 Current logo used since September 29, 2022 | |
| Type | Pay television network |
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| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Meridian, Colorado |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
| Timeshift service | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Lionsgate |
| Parent | Starz Inc. |
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| History | |
| Launched | April 1, 1991 |
| Former names | Encore (1991–2016) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Starz (streaming service) | (requires subscription or trial 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 Encore is an American premium television channel owned by Starz Inc. a subsidiary of Lionsgate and headquartered at the Meridian International Business Center complex in Meridian, Colorado, United States.[1][2] Launched as Encore on 1 April 1991, its programming features mainly older and recent theatrically released feature films, although some of its multiplex channels also carry acquired television series. It is the sister channel of Starz and MoviePlex.
As of September 2018[update], Starz Encore's programming was available to approximately 34.026 million U.S. households that had a subscription to a multichannel television provider (30.918 million of which receive Starz Encore's primary channel at minimum).[3] Prior to 2018, Starz Encore outpaced HBO for the largest subscriber reach of any American premium channel. (According to February 2015 Nielsen estimates, Starz Encore had 40.54 million pay subscribers vs. HBO's 35.8 million subscribers.)[4][5]
Starz Encore has a higher subscriber base than its competitors and sister channels because, although Starz and Starz Encore are often sold together in a singular package, some digital cable, telco and satellite providers offer the Starz Encore multiplex separately from Starz as part of an a la carte tier in which it is packaged with other commercial-free and advertiser-supported film-oriented channels (such as MGM+, FX Movie Channel and LMN). Therefore, Starz Encore subscribers do not necessarily have to subscribe to Starz in order to receive the channel.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "Liberty Media Spins-off Starz". Zacks Equity Research. January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2013 – via Yahoo! Finance.
- ^ Andrew Bucholtz (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. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
- ^ Robert Seidman (July 21, 2015). "List of how many homes each cable network is in as of July 2015". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 24, 2015. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ Jonathan Sherman-Presser (September 5, 2012). "Why Doesn't HBO Allow Non-Cable Subscribers To Subscribe To HBO Go א la Hulu?". Forbes.