 Current logo used since September 29, 2022 | |
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California |
| Programming | |
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| Picture format | |
| Timeshift service | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Lionsgate (2016-24) Paramount Global (2024-present) |
| Parent | Starz Inc. |
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| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched | February 1, 1994 |
| Former names | Starz! (1994–2005) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Starz (streaming service) | (U.S. cable internet subscribers only; requires subscription, trial or television provider login to access content)
Available feeds
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| Apple TV Channels | Over-the-top TV (requires subscription or trial to access content)
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| Amazon Video Channels | Over-the-top TV (requires subscription or trial to access content) Available feeds
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| The Roku Channel | Over-the-top TV (requires subscription or trial to access content)
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| ClaroTV+ | Over-the-top TV (requires subscription to access content) Available feeds
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Starz (stylized in all caps since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lionsgate, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Launched in 1994 as a multiplex service of Starz Encore, programming on Starz consists of theatrically released motion pictures and first-run original television series.
Starz operates six 24-hour, linear multiplex channels; a traditional subscription video on demand service; and a namesake over-the-top streaming platform that both acts as a TV Everywhere offering for Starz's linear television subscribers and is sold directly to streaming-only consumers.
Starz is also sold independently of traditional and over-the-top multichannel video programming distributors a la carte through Apple TV Channels and Amazon Video Channels, which feature VOD library content and live feeds of Starz's linear television services (consisting of the primary channel's East and West Coast feeds and, for Amazon Video customers, the East Coast feeds of its five multiplex channels).[2][3] Starz's programming has been licensed for use by a number of channels and platforms worldwide, and the brand name is licensed by Bell Media for a companion channel of the Canada-based company's Crave premium service.
Starz and its sister networks, Starz Encore and MoviePlex, are headquartered in Santa Monica, California,[4] with satellite office facilities located at the Meridian International Business Center complex in Englewood, Colorado,[5] and at a small office located on 5th Avenue in New York City. As of September 2018[update], Starz was available to approximately 28.517 million American households that had a subscription to a multichannel television provider (27.675 million of which receive Starz's primary channel at minimum).[6]
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- ^ "Lionsgate Signs Lease for STARZ". Commercial Property Executive. September 22, 2017. Archived from the original on January 4, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ "Colorado Gov. Bill Owens Helps Starz Encore Group Dedicate New Headquarters In Meridian Office Park South of Denver". Starz MediaRoom. PR Newswire. July 2, 2002. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
- ^ Bucholtz, Andrew (September 10, 2018). "Nielsen coverage estimates for September see gains at ESPN networks, NBCSN, and NBA TV, drops at MLBN and NFLN (Cable Network Coverage Area Household Universe Estimates: September 2018)". Awful Announcing. NESN Digital. Archived from the original on September 18, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.