STARZ App Launches on Xbox One – Hit STARZ Original Series & First-Run Movies Including “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ...
September 28 2016 - 3:05PM
Business Wire
STARZ Original Series “Blunt Talk” and “Ash
vs Evil Dead” Return with Season Two Premieres on October 2
Starz announced today that the STARZ app launched on the Xbox
One® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
The STARZ app on Xbox One is a single destination for all
subscribers who want to stream STARZ premium content. Its intuitive
content discovery design and navigation offers ease of use and a
compelling user experience, regardless of how the consumer
purchased a subscription to STARZ. Subscribers to the STARZ sister
networks, STARZ ENCORE and MOVIEPLEX, will also use this single
destination app for access to stream. STARZ subscribers* may now
download the app for free through the Xbox Live® service on their
Xbox One and watch exclusive STARZ Original series including
the upcoming season two premieres of “Blunt Talk” and “Ash vs Evil
Dead” on Sunday, October 2; as well as hundreds of movies
and first-run films.
About the STARZ App
STARZ subscriptions can be purchased direct through the App
Store, Google Play or Roku for $8.99 per month with a 7-day free
trial for new subscribers. Other than a free Xbox Live membership
to enjoy the app on Xbox One, no other subscription to any other
service is required.
The STARZ app is offered on a variety of devices such as: Xbox
One, Apple TV (4th gen and newer), iPhones and iPads running iOS
8.0 or higher, Roku®, Sony Android TV, as well as most Android
phones, tablets and TV devices. For a complete list of supported
devices, please visit www.starz.com/settings/faq.
STARZ subscribers also receive instant access to more than 3,200
selections available via the app each month, including STARZ hit
series ranging from “Power,” “Outlander” and the upcoming “American
Gods,” when it premieres in 2017; to Hollywood hits and popular
movies including Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
STARZ subscribers from participating cable, satellite and telco
partners can also authenticate and view STARZ content in the app
including every episode of every season of the best of STARZ’s
original programming, as well as the biggest, most extensive movie
library of all the premium subscription networks in the U.S.**
STARZ Originals in 2016 include “Outlander,” “Power,” “Black
Sails,” “The Girlfriend Experience,” “Survivor’s Remorse,”
“Blunt Talk,” and “Ash vs Evil Dead,” and the first STARZ Original
movie, The Dresser. Exclusive hit movies on STARZ in 2016 include:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Inside Out,
Pixels, Concussion, The Good Dinosaur, Ricki and the Flash, Paul
Blart: Mall Cop 2, Cinderella, Tomorrowland, The Wedding Ringer and
Ant-Man. Popular movie and television programming on the new STARZ
ENCORE includes: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Signs,
Never Been Kissed, Dances With Wolves, Sweet Home Alabama, There’s
Something About Mary, Spider-Man 3, Out of Sight, Total Recall,
Steel Magnolias, “Magnum, P.I.,” “Diff’rent Strokes,” “The
Jeffersons,” and “Gunsmoke.”
About Starz
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading integrated global
media and entertainment company with operating units that provide
premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay
television networks (Starz Networks) and global content
distribution (Starz Distribution), www.starz.com. The Starz
Networks operating unit is home to the flagship STARZ® brand with
24.2 million subscribers in the United States as of June 30, 2016,
with the STARZ ENCORESM network at 31.8 million subscribers.
Through STARZ, the company provides high quality, entertaining
premium subscription video programming with 17 premium pay TV
channels and associated on-demand and online services. STARZ is
sold through U.S. multichannel video distributors, including cable
operators, satellite television providers, telecommunications
companies, and other online and digital platforms. Starz offers
subscribers more than 5,000 distinct premium television episodes
and feature films every year and up to 1,500 every month, including
STARZ Original series, first-run movies and other popular movie and
television programming. The Starz Distribution operating unit is
home to the Anchor Bay Entertainment, Starz Digital, and Starz
Worldwide Distribution divisions. In addition to STARZ Original
series, Starz Distribution develops, produces and acquires movies,
television and other entertainment content for worldwide home
video, digital, and television licensing and sales.
* Comcast/Xfinity does not allow subscribers to log into the
STARZ app at this time.**source: Starz internal analysis of
distinct movie title data for the period 7/1/2015- 6/30/2016.
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