[opendtv] Comcast / Starz video-on-demand

     Comcast and Starz Entertainment Group Announce Groundbreaking
     Movie Deal
     - Jun 28, 2005 07:08 AM (PR Newswire)

                 Largest Movie Video-On-Demand Agreement to Date

                 Long-term Starz and Encore Channels Agreement


PHILADELPHIA, and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast 
(Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), the country's leading provider of cable, 
entertainment and communications products and services, and Starz 
Entertainment Group LLC (SEG), the largest provider of premium movie 
services in the United States, today announced that they will offer 
more than 1,500 movies a year from SEG's extensive library to 
Comcast's ON DEMAND video-on-demand service. This is the single 
largest video-on-demand movie content agreement to date. The 
agreement also covers the launch of two new SEG premium movie 
channels on Comcast systems and provides for the extension of the 
affiliation agreement between the two companies into the next decade. 
Finally, the agreement provides Comcast more control over future 
programming costs while providing SEG greater predictability in its 
long-term revenue stream.


The comprehensive agreement paves the way for Comcast to bring Starz 
to more Comcast customers and expand Encore and its thematic channels 
to additional digital cable customers. In addition to access to these 
channels, the agreement covers broad video-on-demand rights. Comcast 
plans to offer digital cable customers who subscribe to Starz 325 top 
movie titles per month, and offer Encore customers 250 of these movie 
titles per month - all at no additional charge. Digital cable 
customers who would have paid $3-4 per movie to receive top movies 
now will each be able to receive up to $1,000 per month worth of 
value at no additional charge from Comcast.


Comcast will also make available for no additional charge 100 of the 
250 Encore movies as part of a new digital cable package that will be 
the gateway to video-on-demand for those customers who have 
previously experienced traditional television content.

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     - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50121576

 
 
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