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STARZ MEDIA
EXPANDS DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONALLY, BRINGING CONTENT TO Deal with Xbox LIVE Will Deliver Top Anime, Features, Family Programming and More Outside the U.S. Los Angeles and New York – Oct. 14, 2008 – Starz Media today announced a key expansion |
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of its partnership with Xbox LIVE®, significantly growing its digital distribution presence internationally. The new digital rental deal will make fan-favourite anime movies, classic horror films and other popular titles from Starz Media’s robust catalogue available to Xbox 360 users in the UK, Ireland and Canada. Available titles include: • Classic horror titles such as Re-Animator Marc DeBevoise, Starz Media’s senior vice president of digital media and business development, who made the announcement, noted that this will be the first time many of the Anchor Bay and Manga Entertainment titles will be accessible for digital rental in Canada, the UK and other European countries, although they have been available on DVD, TV and even theatrically in those territories. Manga Entertainment also previously launched www.manga.co.uk, a destination site for fans of anime in the UK which features clips and other videos from many of the titles. Titles are available in the Xbox LIVE Video Store for video-on-demand (VOD) purchase, with standard usage rules: Consumers can rent the titles for up to 30 days, and can watch as many times as desired within 24 hours of starting each title. “We’ve been hearing from fans across Europe and the rest of the world, asking when they would be able to get our content digitally ever since we started putting it on services in the U.S., so we’re thrilled to be able to give it to them now,” DeBevoise said. “This is the first of several ex-US deals we’ll be rolling out in the near future, and we hope that soon everyone will be able to get our content delivered digitally, no matter where they are.” “With Halloween just around the corner, we’re thrilled
to partner with Starz Media to bring some fantastic content that
really resonates with our core audience to the UK Xbox LIVE Video
Store,’ said Stephen McGill, Head of Gaming and Entertainment and
Devices Division, Microsoft Ltd.. “As the biggest provider
of downloadable HD content in the UK, more and more consumers are
connecting with the things they love through Xbox 360 and Xbox
LIVE.” Starz Media, LLC, is a programming production
and distribution company operating worldwide. It includes the
Film Roman, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Manga
Entertainment brands. Its units create animated and
live-action programming -- including theatrical films -- and programming
created under contract for other media companies. It distributes
that programming, and programming acquired from outside producers,
through home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and
premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video
distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media (www.starzmedia.com)
is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation
attributed to the Liberty Capital Group. Xbox LIVE is the first and most comprehensive
unified online entertainment network seamlessly integrated throughout
the entire console experience, making it easy for people to find the
friends, games and entertainment they want from the moment they power on
their Xbox 360 system. Xbox LIVE connects millions
of members across 26 countries to enjoy hundreds of multiplayer games,
downloadable games via Xbox LIVE Arcade, free and premium
playable game demos, music videos, TV shows and movies in the United
States as well as new game levels, characters and vehicles for all their
favourite retail games. More information can be found online at
http://www.xbox.com/en-us/live |