TWC Inks TVE Deal With Starz

Agreement includes several new services for subscribers

Light Reading
May 31, 2013
URL: http://www.lightreading.com/vod/twc-inks-tve-deal-with-starz/240155882

NEW YORK -- Time Warner Cable today announced customers will begin to have unprecedented digital access to online content and expanded Video On Demand services as a result of a new agreement secured with Starz. Included in this agreement cable customers will continue to enjoy the STARZ and ENCORE premium programming they have come to enjoy, as well as twelve multiplex networks plus MOVIEPLEX, RETROPLEX and INDIEPLEX. Time Warner Cable customers can expect to have access to the new content within the next month.

“We are excited to provide our customers with access to these new innovative products and services through our agreement with Starz”

This extensive and expanded rights package provides for:

24/7 online destinations that will deliver thousands of hours of premium movies and original programming annually as part of TV Everywhere which will give subscribers the opportunity to watch STARZ and ENCORE premium programming through their PCs/Macs, mobile iOS devices like iPhone and iPad, and select Android and other mobile devices.

Expanded VOD services in many markets: bonus material for STARZ Original series on STARZ ON DEMAND including, “Da Vinci’s Demons,” the upcoming second season of the 2013 Golden Globe® nominated “Magic City” (premieres June 14, 2013), and “The White Queen” (premieres August 10, 2013); including first look at many new STARZ movies, while providing an opportunity to catch up on missed episodes of favorite original series and hundreds of other popular movies. Hit movies currently on STARZ ON DEMAND include The Amazing Spider-Man, Men In Black 3, Brave, and 21 Jump Street.

Time Warner Cable Inc.