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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Entertainment and DIRECTV announced that three new HD channels from Starz Entertainment launched today on DIRECTV, including the brand new Starz In Black HD and Starz Cinema HD offerings. DIRECTV is the first affiliate to launch the new Starz HD channels, and now offers every Starz premium channel in high definition. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080522/LATH063LOGO-b) (Logo:...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Casting Society of America (CSA), Hollywoodnews.com and Yahoo! Movies are teaming up with the Hollywood Film Festival® and the Hollywood Awards®, to present the Hollywood Discovery Awards®, a nationwide acting competition which will celebrate the talent and star quality of two lucky winners. A blue-ribbon panel of casting directors from the Casting Society of America will select ten finalists, and their audition videos will be posted...

LOS ANGELES, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Entertainment has acquired U.S. television rights to the next installment of the BBC's audience sensation "Torchwood," developed and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. Starz will debut the 10-episode series exclusively in the U.S., and BBC One will debut it in the U.K., both in summer, 2011. This is a co-production between Starz, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Worldwide, and BBC Worldwide will distribute the show outside the U.S. The deal was jointly...

LOS ANGELES, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- NCTA Cable Show 2010 -- Pre-production is underway on a six-part prequel to Starz' hit original series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand." Andy Whitfield, who played the title character in the series, will appear in the prequel briefly, but Lucy Lawless and John Hannah take center stage in this story of the rise of the House of Batiatus and its champions before Spartacus arrives as a captured Thracian slave. With the title still to be determined, the prequel...

NEW YORK and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon and Starz Entertainment LLC are offering FiOS TV subscribers an exclusive free preview of all Starz and Encore programming. From May 13 through May 17, FiOS TV customers will get a chance to check out all Starz and Encore premium channels and video-on-demand content. "Starz and Encore programming is part of the Verizon FiOS TV Movie Package featuring an unmatched entertainment value for consumers, and this free preview gives us a...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Carmi Zlotnik and John Penney, both successful and experienced media executives, have been named to the new positions of Managing Director of Starz Media, and Executive Vice President, Strategy and Business Development for Starz, LLC, Starz President and CEO Chris Albrecht announced today. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100413/STARZLOGO-b) Zlotnik, who will be based in Starz' Beverly Hills offices and report to Albrecht, will...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Two sneak preview episodes from the new Starz original series, "Gravity," will be made available for free on-demand and online viewing beginning April 21st. "Gravity," an offbeat series about a support group for people who have attempted suicide, follows the return of "Party Down" and will air on Friday, April 23rd at 10:30 PM (ET/PT). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080522/LATH063LOGO-b) Participating cable, satellite and Telco...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Two sneak preview episodes from the second season of the irreverent and critically-acclaimed Starz comedy series, "Party Down," will be made available for free on-demand and online viewing beginning April 21st. "Party Down" returns to Starz for its much-anticipated second season on Friday, April 23rd at 10:00 PM (ET/PT). (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080522/LATH063LOGO-b) "Party Down" preview opportunities are available in more...

BURBANK, Calif., April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Proclaimed the "Champion of Capua," Spartacus is now taking on the rest of the world, with Starz Entertainment's original series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" set to debut in high-profile markets around the world. Starz Worldwide Distribution, the sales unit of the premium entertainment company, is finalizing additional markets at the 2010 MIP-TV market (Starz is based at stand RSV-25 at MIP-TV). (Logo:...

BURBANK, Calif. and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Entertainment, LLC, and Disney-ABC Domestic Television, a division of The Walt Disney Company, announced today the signing of a new, exclusive long-term licensing agreement for theatrical releases from The Walt Disney Studios through 2015. The previous output agreement was set to run through 2012. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The deal extension provides Starz with exclusive pay TV rights to exhibit...