Starz inks deals with five major studios, looks to bolster lineup
Feeling as if Starz's offerings are a bit stale of late? Apparently, so did its management team, as it went out and landed deals with five major studios with the sole purpose of bulking up its movie lineup. Reportedly, the network inked "exclusive first run output deals with Sony Pictures Television and Disney-ABC Domestic Television" that are set to last "well into the next decade," and just in case that wasn't enough to keep your clicker on the counter, it also picked up a number of library acquisitions from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, MGM Worldwide Television Group and Universal Pictures. More specifically, Starz should receive some 1,200 top movie titles and TV series from the latter three's film vaults, and the content can be distributed across Starz HD, Starz On Demand and even Vongo. For more details and a glimpse at what's on the horizon, hit up the read link below.[Via MultiChannel News]
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Try Luv @ Jan 24th 2008 6:37AM
Starz gains access to such films from Warner Bros. as The Road Warrior, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Full Metal Jacket, Interview with the Vampire, Risky Business, Heat, Natural Born Killers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, L.A. Confidential, Dog Day Afternoon, The Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Batman, Batman & Robin, Batman Forever, Batman Returns, The Exorcist 1-3, Lethal Weapon 1-3, Police Academy 1-7, Superman 1-3, Superman Returns and legendary Western television series such as The Lawman, Maverick, Cheyenne, and How the West Was Won.
Titles from MGM include Hannibal, Hotel Rwanda, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, 17 James Bond films, Fargo, Top Gun, The Usual Suspects, In the Heat of the Night, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Ronin, Robocop 1-3, Mad Max, The Magnificent Seven, The Pink Panther, Inspector Clouseau, Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Trail of the Pink Panther, Curse of the Pink Panther, Son of the Pink Panther, The Amityville Horror, Raging Bull and Leaving Las Vegas.
Universal Pictures titles include John Waters Hairspray, Mulholland Drive, Conan the Barbarian, Death Becomes Her, The Crow, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Minnie and Moskowitz, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, The Last Temptation of Christ, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Virginian, Wagon Train, Winchester 73, The Lonely Guy, Henry & June, Melvin and Howard, The Milagro Beanfield War, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, Secrets & Lies and Nightmare on Elm Street 3-4.
JayHDDVD @ Jan 24th 2008 7:36AM
Starz.... please give us the original Evil Dead on Blu Ray soon!!!