Starz (TV network)

Starz (originally Starz!, since March 2005 starz ) is established in 1994 U.S. pay- TV channels of cable and satellite television, which is the core business of the Media Group Inc. Starz.

Starz is the most important transmitter of the company, although the sister Encore was founded three years earlier. The program of starz consists primarily of first-run movies and television series. The headquarters of the transmitter is located, along with those of his sisters Encore and Movieplex on the Meridian International Business Center Complex in Meridian, Colorado.

History

Starz! announced on 1 February 1994 on the cable network of Tele-Communications Inc. ( TCI) made ​​its debut. The first films were broadcast Scent of a Woman and The Crying Game. The station was originally run as a joint venture between TCI and Liberty Media, both of which were under the influence of John Malone. TCI held 50.1 % of the shares, the majority of the transmitter. The network began as part of a seven - kanäligen bouquets of Encore. This bouquet was originally supposed to consist of only six channels, but after a contract Encore rest assured the broadcast rights to recent movies from Universal Pictures in 1993, another channel was added the following year, which should make HBO and Showtime competition.

Starz! sent initially, following the numbering system Encores, under the name Encore 8, although Starz! into operation before the other six channels, followed July to September 1994.

The transmitter then focused on more recent films than its sister channel Encore, the films of the 1960s sent to 1980s. In addition to the broadcasting rights to films from Universal Pictures had Starz! initially, the television rights to publications of Carolco Pictures, Fine Line Features, whose sister studio New Line Cinema and belonging to Disney Miramax Films, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures, but films these studios were not sent until 1997. The channel broadcast adult content only late in the evening or at night.

Initially, the availability of the Starz channels was limited to TCI's cable network until 1995, a contract with Continental Cablevision was closed. The station gained in importance as a Treaty in 1997 following Comcast offered Starz in Pennsylvania and New Jersey (to replace the set PRISM ). In the early 2000s, was Starz! represented in most major U.S. cable and satellite networks, facilitated by the proliferation of digital television.

Channels

Depending provider, up to twelve channels are received by starz - six of which broadcast 24 hours a day and are available in both standard definition (SDTV ) and high definition (HDTV ) available. Furthermore, there is the video -on- demand service " Starz on Demand".

The pay- TV services by starz, Encore and Movieplex, which all belong to Starz Media Group Inc., are independent. However, Encore and Movieplex are often sold in a package with starz.

• Starz, the main channel. starz send popular and latest movies from blockbusters to independent films to international movies.
• Starz sends Cinema since 1999 classic films outside of the mainstream and avant-garde films.
• Starz comedy focuses on carefree of slapstick movies over romantic comedies to Dramedies. The channel replaced 2005 Starz! Kids from.
• Edge sends starz on 18 - to 34 -year-old (the " new generation" ) tailored films.
• Starz inblack focuses on films of Black Cinema, including both current and cult films.
• Starz Kids & Family sends ad-free family movies and children's series (some animated). The channel was created in 2005 from the merger of Starz! Family and Starz! Kids.

Program

Current series

• Since 2013: Da Vinci's Demons
• Since 2014: Black Sails

Former series

• 2005-2007: Hollywood Residential
• 2005-2010: Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand -up
• 2007: The Bronx Bunny Show
• 2007-2009: Head Case
• 2009: L.A. Crash (Crash )
• 2009-2010: Party Down
• 2010: Gravity
• 2010: The Pillars of the Earth ( The Pillars of the Earth )
• 2010-2013: Spartacus
• 2011: Torchwood ( season 4 )
• 2011: Camelot
• 2011: Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
• 2011-2012: Boss
• 2012-2013: Magic City
• 2013: The White Queen

Future series

• 2014: Outlander
• 2014: Power
• 2015: Flesh and Blood