Comcast NBCUniversal and Starz Reach Comprehensive, Long-Term Agreement
December 23 2019 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
STARZ and STARZ Encore channels will
continue to be available on Xfinity TV platform nationwide;
NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service to license Lionsgate
content
Comcast NBCUniversal and Starz, a Lionsgate company, announced
today that they have entered into a long-term agreement for the
continued carriage of the Starz networks on Xfinity TV as well as a
new content deal between Lionsgate and NBCUniversal.
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“We are pleased that we were able to extend the partnership to
Peacock and other businesses within Comcast while also ensuring
Xfinity customers continue to enjoy great Starz programming,” said
Dana Strong, President of Consumer Services for Comcast Cable.
“We look forward to continuing our longstanding partnership with
Comcast to deliver great content and great value to our customers,”
said Starz President and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch. “Our ongoing
relationship with Comcast reflects our ability to unlock
opportunities across all of our businesses to the benefit of our
subscribers.”
The companies announced that NBCUniversal will license content
from Lionsgate for Peacock, its streaming service launching in
April 2020. Peacock will have access to hundreds of feature films
and shows from the Lionsgate catalog to stream alongside the
previously announced slate of original series, TV shows, and films
from Universal and other major studios. NBCUniversal will also
license content to Starz to be featured in the U.S. and on its
international streaming service, STARZPLAY, now available in 49
countries worldwide.
Under the new agreement, the STARZ flagship premium channel, as
well as the STARZ ENCORE suite of channels -- including Encore,
Encore Westerns, Encore Black, and Encore Action -- and related
video on demand content will continue to be available to Xfinity
customers with expanded distribution on the Comcast Flex platform
and a path for an orderly transition to an à la carte business.
Financial terms of the agreement between Comcast NBCUniversal
and Starz were not disclosed.
About Comcast Corporation Comcast Corporation
(Nasdaq:CMCSA) is a global media and technology company with three
primary businesses: Comcast Cable, NBCUniversal, and Sky. Comcast
Cable is one of the United States’ largest high-speed internet,
video, and phone providers to residential customers under the
Xfinity brand, and also provides these services to businesses. It
also provides wireless and security and automation services to
residential customers under the Xfinity brand. NBCUniversal is
global and operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks,
the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production
operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures, and
Universal Parks and Resorts. Sky is one of Europe's leading media
and entertainment companies, connecting customers to a broad range
of video content through its pay television services. It also
provides communications services, including residential high-speed
internet, phone, and wireless services. Sky operates the Sky News
broadcast network and sports and entertainment networks, produces
original content, and has exclusive content rights. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
About Starz Starz (www.starz.com), a Lionsgate company
(NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), is a leading global media and entertainment
company that produces and distributes premium streaming content to
worldwide audiences across subscription television platforms. Starz
is home to the flagship domestic STARZ® brand, STARZ ENCORE, 17
premium pay TV channels and the associated on-demand and online
services, including the highly-rated STARZ app. With the launch of
the STARZPLAY international premium streaming platform and STARZ
PLAY Arabia, Starz is expanding its global footprint in a growing
number of territories. Sold through multichannel video
distributors, including cable operators, satellite television
providers, telecommunications companies, and other online and
digital platforms, Starz offers subscribers more than 7,500
distinct premium television episodes and feature films, including
STARZ Original series, first-run movies and other popular
programming.
About Lionsgate The first major new studio in decades,
Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) is a global content leader whose
films, television series, digital products and linear and
over-the-top platforms reach next generation audiences around the
world. In addition to its filmed entertainment leadership,
Lionsgate content drives a growing presence in interactive and
location-based entertainment, video games, esports and other new
entertainment technologies. Lionsgate's content initiatives are
backed by a nearly 17,000-title film and television library and
delivered through a global sales and distribution infrastructure.
The Lionsgate brand is synonymous with original, daring and
ground-breaking content created with special emphasis on the
evolving patterns and diverse composition of the Company's
worldwide consumer base.
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Media: Comcast John
Demming (215) 286-8011 John_Demming@Comcast.com
NBCUniversal Lauren
Skowronski (212) 664-2432 Lauren.Skowronski@NBCUni.com
Starz Lauren Townsend (424)
204-4072 Lauren.Townsend@Starz.com
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