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UPDATE, 8:40 AM: Now we can add the Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD to the devices that can receive Starz Play, Encore Play, and Movieplex Play programming from participating distributors. The new apps are available for free at the Amazon Appstore for Android. READ MORE »
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Starz Q1 Revenues Fall As Distributors Play Hardball On Renewal Terms
The folks at Starz couldn’t have been happy writing this morning’s earnings release. Start with the numbers: The premium cable network company generated Q1 net income of $58.2M, -26.5% vs the period last year, on revenues of $399.3M, … Read More »
Piers Morgan To Produce Starz Drama About The Rise Of Tabloid Journalism In England
Starz has put in development Fleet Street, a drama project executive produced by British journalist and CNN anchor Piers Morgan, which is set in 1970’s England and chronicles the rise of tabloid journalism, … Read More »
Michael Bay’s Starz Series ‘Black Sails’ To Premiere In January
Black Sails, Starz‘s upcoming pirate adventure series executive produced by Michael Bay, will debut next January. (It had been targeted for 2014.) NBC is yet to set a premiere date for its pirate series Crossbones … Read More »
Writers Room On Starz Drama ‘Incursion’ To Close, Project Still In Contention
I’ve learned that the informal writers room for Incursion, Starz‘s alien drama project from Spartacus creator Steven S. DeKnight, has started to ramp down. I hear the decision was made based on the … Read More »
Hot TV Trailer: ‘The White Queen’
Starz/BBC series The White Queen is a 10-episode drama based on the bestselling historical novels by Philippa Gregory. Colin Callender is executive producer for the series that’s produced by the UK’s Company Pictures. The period drama is set against the backdrop of England’s Wars … Read More »
Ron Moore’s ‘Outlander’ Series Adaptation For Starz Sets Up Writing Staff
Outlander, Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling fantasy/romance/adventure series of books, is slowly inching to the screen. No greenlight from Starz yet, but I’ve learned that the project has opened a writers room, with Battlestar Galactica developer Ron Moore, who is spearheading the drama series adaptation, hiring four scribes to work with him. The move indicates that Starz is contemplating a potential straight-to-series order for Outlander, a route the pay cable network has taken with most of its original series. Joining Moore on Outlander are two writers who have worked with him before — Battlestar alumna Toni Graphia and Caprica‘s Matt Roberts — along with veteran showruner Ira Behr (Alphas, The 4400) and Anne Kenney (LA Law, Switched At Birth).
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Starz CEO Chris Albrecht Made $12.9M In 2012, +132%
The bump came mostly from option awards which Starz‘s former parent, Liberty Media, was eager to award last year. The company feared that the feds might tinker with the corporate tax deduction for performance-based pay “in response to … Read More »
Starz’s ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’ Renewed For Second Season
On the heels of its strong premiere last Friday, Da Vinci’s Demons, Starz’s new series from David Goyer, has been given a second season pickup. The historical fantasy about the young years of world’s greatest genius, Leonardo da Vinci (Tom Riley), drew 1.04 million viewers for its debut behind the series finale of Spartacus. The Da Vinci’s Demons opener was watched by more than 2.14 million total viewers over the weekend, making it the highest-rated premiere weekend ever for a Starz original series, edging Camelot (2.09 million). Starz had already made preparations for a potential second season, so production is expected to begin pretty soon, next month, for a 2014 premiere. ’Da Vinci’s Demons’ serves up action, adventure and history in a unique and highly entertaining way that only someone like David S. Goyer can,” said Starz CEO Chris Albrecht. Added Goyer, “I’m excited that we get to continue the adventures of the world’s most eccentric and glorious polymath.” Read More »
TV Trailer: Starz’s Pirate Series ‘Black Sails’ Produced By Michael Bay
Here is a first-look trailer for Black Sails, Starz‘s upcoming pirate adventure series executive produced by Michael Bay, which is slated to air next year. The eight-episode drama takes place 20 years before the events in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and chronicles the tales of Captain … Read More »
Starz’s Hits Viewership High With ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’ Debut & ‘Spartacus’ Finale
The debut of one series scored an all-time high for Starz as another went out strong. The series premiere of Starz’s Da Vinci’s Demons and the series finale of Spartacus: War Of The Damned this weekend was seen by 4.8 million over multiple viewings. That’s a record weekend result for Starz Original series. With a lead-in by Spartacus, the April 12 premiere of Da Vinci at 10 PM was watched by 1.04 million overall viewers. In total, the David S. Goyer created series garnered over 2.14 million viewers over all its plays over the weekend to nudge ahead of the 2.09 million in total who watched the series premiere of Camelot to hit a new high for a Starz Original series premiere. Da Vinci’s Demons is produced by Adjacent Productions as the first project under a multi-year agreement that Starz and BBC Worldwide Prods. entered into in August 2011. The lush action drama depicts the early life of the famed inventor with British actor Tom Riley playing Leonardo Da Vinci. Starz ordered eight-episodes of the first season of the series. Da Vinci’s Demons’ season finale is scheduled for June 7, 2013.
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Liberty Media CEO Says Deals May Make Sense For Sirius XM And Starz: Video
Greg Maffei seems open to all kinds of possibilities for the properties his company controls. The newly anointed chairman of Sirius XM told CNBC’s David Faber today that Liberty “absolutely” might consider spinning off the satellite radio company, making it independent again. And he says that … Read More »
‘Magic City’ Season 2 Premiere Is June 14
James Caan and Esai Morales joined the cast for Season 2 of Magic City, the Starz original series set in 1950s-era Miami at the glamorous Miramar Playa Hotel. The network today announced the second season will bow Friday, … Read More »
Starz Developing Vietnam Drama From ‘Spartacus’ Producer
Starz has put in development Airborne, a drama series from writer Gideon Yago (The Newsroom) and Spartacus executive producer Rob Tapert. Airborne is a coming-of-age story set at the dawn of the Vietnam War. It … Read More »
Starz & Sky Atlantic Order 13-Episode Drama Series ‘Fortitude’ For 2014 Premiere
On the heels of collaborating with the BBC on the upcoming period drama The White Queen, Starz has teamed with 
another British network … Read More »
MIPTV: David S. Goyer Talks ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’, Batman & Controversy
Da Vinci’s Demons creator David S. Goyer was in Cannes this morning to present clips from the new Starz/BBC Worldwide series that debuts April 12 in the U.S. The Batman trilogy and Man Of Steel scripter said he’d already had a lifelong interest in the famed inventor when he was approached for Da Vinci’s Demons and “wrote a crazy idea I never thought they’d go for.” 
Likening Da Vinci to the original Batman, whose cape was based Da Vinci’s glider drawings, he said the show could be seen as “Leonardo as a superhero.” British actor Tom Riley, who plays Da Vinci, was also in the MIPTV audience and showed off his ambidextrous talents in snippets from the series which got a rousing reaction. Read More »
Starz Shares Rise After Liberty Media Says It’s Looking Out For A “Partnership”
Starz shares are up 3.2% this morning after Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei told investors that we’re entering a period of programming consolidation and “we’ll see whether there’s a partnership … Read More »
Starz’s Theano Apostolou Upped To EVP
Starz‘s head of communications Theano Apostolou has been promoted to EVP. Based in Los Angeles, Apostolou will remain as the chief press officer and spokesperson for the company, reporting to Starz’s CEO Chris Albrecht, … Read More »
Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman, Episode 25
Listen to (and share) episode 25 of our audio podcast Deadline Big Media With David Lieberman.
Deadline Executive Editor Lieberman and host David Bloom look at the antitrust suit Cablevision filed against Viacom and what it might mean for the pay-TV oligopoly; whether Starz can be a star on its own; growing shareholder opposition to Bob Iger’s dual role at the top of Disney; and whether quality films can still sell lots of tickets.
Deadline Big Media, Episode 25 (MP3 format)
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