It was later shown regularly on Starz Cinema, and in 2007, Turner Classic Movies featured the film as part of TCM Underground, showing the film unedited and in its original aspect ratio.

Besides rights to Universal Pictures films, Starz also initially had rights to films released by Carolco Pictures, Fine Line Features and its sibling New Line Cinema, and Disney-owned Miramax, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures ( although films from those studios did not begin to be carried on Starz!

Cinema ( launched 1999 ), Starz!

* Starz Cinema: The destination for movies with enduring themes, films outside the mainstream cinema, and arthouse films ; launched in 1999.

Family, which aired only family movies, and the other service was Starz Cinema, a movie channel featuring thought-provoking independent films and movies outside of mainstream cinema.

The remaining Starz multiplex channels, Starz Cinema and Starz In Black, launched their HD simulcast feeds on June 23, 2010, with DirecTV becoming the first provider to offer all six channels ( including both coastal feeds of the primary Starz channel ) in HD.

Starz also airs older titles from Time Warner subsidiaries Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema and Turner Entertainment, as well as from 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Miramax Films, Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios.

The film was shot in late 1999 and early 2000 in Chicago and England, but New Line Cinema continually postponed the American release, leaving the film on the shelf until finally premiering it on the Starz network in August 2003 and then sending it direct-to-DVD that October.

The film was directed by Pete Circuitt and animated by Starz Animation, makers of Shane Acker's 9.

An unreleased track featuring Lopes was released on the Internet, on the eve of the 10-year anniversary of her death by Block Starz Music.

The film originally aired on Starz, and was later featured as an extra on the DVD of Pumping Iron.

In February 2011, it was announced that Cinemax will begin to offer mainstream original programming to compete with sister channel HBO, and rivals Showtime and Starz ; the channel is slated to develop action-oriented original mainstream series aimed at males ages 18-49.

Stoten was recently Head of Story for the Elton John produced Animated Feature Film Gnomeo and Juliet and currently is the Creative Development Lead at Arc Productions ( formerly Starz Animation ) in Toronto.

He was featured in the highly rated TV movies Category 6: Day of Destruction and Category 7: The End of the World and starred in Last Rites, a made-for-cable Starz / Encore!

" The script was marketed as a two hour, back door pilot with MGM, but now apparently is with Direct TV and Starz Media.

Yost was then the manager of licensing for Pioneer Entertainment, where he sold completed television shows and films to such networks as Showtime, Starz / Encore and Cartoon Network.

In 2002 the unfinished footage was released and made available as an exclusive fourth disc in Anchor Bay / Starz Entertainment's Sleepaway Camp DVD boxed set.

It was released on 8 February 2011 in the United States from Starz / Anchor Bay Entertainment.

" Kalki " was used on trailer for the new Starz original series The Pillars of the Earth.

Macross II: The Movie was released as a downloadable video rental on the Xbox Live Marketplace for the Xbox 360 by Starz.

" The documentary was shown at the Starz Denver Festival, the 7th Human Rights Film Festival and the 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in 2009.

The channel is the flagship service of Liberty Starz, a subsidiary and joint venture of Liberty Media ( 75 %) and The Weinstein Company ( 25 %), which also owns its sister channel Encore, which was launched three years before Starz's February 1, 1994 debut ; despite this, Starz is considered by the company as the flagship of the Starz Entertainment channels.

It was not until September 1995, that Starz!

On June 2, 1997, TCI announced a deal in which it would transfer majority ownership of Starz to sister company Liberty Media, with TCI retaining a minority 20 % ownership ; the corporate entity behind Starz and Encore was renamed Encore Media Group ( which was renamed the Starz Encore Media Group in 2000, and then to Starz Entertainment in 2005 ), which operated the seven Encore multiplex networks.

As of 2011, Showtime holds first-run premium cable rights to films from Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Miramax Films ( also including rights to Dimension Films releases ), DreamWorks Pictures ( live-action releases through Touchstone Pictures only ), CBS Films, First Look Pictures, IFC Films ( rights are shared with Starz ), THINKFilm and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

The Movie Channel ( through Showtime ) holds first-run premium cable rights to films from Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Miramax Films ( also including rights to Dimension Films releases ), DreamWorks Pictures ( live-action releases through Touchstone Pictures only ), CBS Films, First Look Pictures, IFC Films ( rights are shared with Starz ), THINKFilm and Anchor Bay Entertainment.

When it launched in December 2003, the simulcast originally covered only the main Starz channel ( east and west coast feeds ); an enhanced definition simulcast feed and a separate 1080i HD channel called Sharper Movies HD, that would be similar to sister channel Encore's MoviePlex, were also planned ; but plans for the latter service were later scrapped due to a lack of interest from providers to charge a premium fee for the network.

* In 1999, Starz launched the in-house company Starz Pictures, a production company that produced made-for-cable films for the Starz channel ; Starz Pictures ' only major film project was the 2002 telefilm Joe and Max.

This practice was discontinued after the April 2008 revamp ; instead, a bright white logo ( all channels ) and a bright orange ( Starz Kids & Family HD only ) logo, respectively, are in use as of July 2011.

After the channel's April 2008 rebrand, the InfoBar began to once again only serve to promote programming on the main Starz channel, while on its multiplex networks, the InfoBar only serves as a network ID.

Just like Starz, Showtime has recently begun to air lower-third promotions for upcoming programs during films airing during primetime slots on the main channel and during original series on the main Showtime channel, Showtime 2 and Showcase ( in the case of its original series, the closing credits are typically replaced with a marginalized credit sequence similar to those used by the major U. S. broadcast networks ).

*** Starz ( TV channel ), an American premium cable channel

* Starz TV, a UK digital satellite channel

While sister channel Encore is separate from Starz, cable providers usually offer the Encore services on a separate digital cable tier from Starz and some cable systems do not sell and bundle Encore separately from Starz.

Starz and Encore were the first major premium channel competitors since The Movie Channel and Cinemax launched in 1979 and 1980, respectively ; as other premium channels that existed before the launch of the Starz and Encore channels including Home Theater Network and Spotlight were unable to compete against HBO and Showtime, and their aforementioned respective sister premium channels.

Starz packages the Eastern / Central and Pacific / Mountain feeds of the main Starz channel together, allowing viewers to watch the same movie / program three hours earlier or later.

* Starz: The flagship channel ; features hit movies and first-run films from Hollywood blockbusters to indie flicks and international pictures, along with some original series.

* Starz Comedy: Lighthearted flicks and movies that make you laugh ; took over the channel space from Starz!

This channel previously was two services: Starz!

2 in 1996, then in 1997, a multiplex channel that served as a joint venture with BET called BET Movies: Starz!

A few other notable artists who've been influential in Icelandic Graffiti include Short, Lopez, Noem, Mint, Starz, Barok, Soda, Trek, Does, Wyh, and Kyte.

" An unofficial name for the Starz and Encore channels on Dish Network is the ' Starz Moviepack ,' while other providers who bundle all of the channels still use the " Starz Super Pak " moniker.

On September 1, 2011, Starz announced that it would not renew its streaming agreement with Netflix, which ended on February 28, 2012 ; movie titles from Sony Pictures, Disney and other studios that Starz has pay-TV rights to that are available on DVD are not affected and can be acquired from Netflix by this method.

As of 2011, Starz, Encore and their respective multiplex movie channels have exclusive first-run premium cable rights to films from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ( including Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures ), Sony Pictures Entertainment ( including Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures ), Overture Films ( also owned by Starz ' parents, Liberty Media and The Weinstein Company ), Anchor Bay Entertainment, Yari Film Group, and Warren Miller Films, among other leading distributors.

" Another part of the relaunch is a revamped InfoBar, whose purpose was expanded to tell viewers they were watching " one of the six Starz channels ", promote events on the other networks, ( example: the InfoBar on Starz promotes " Stand Up or Shut Up " on Starz Comedy ) and display entertainment headlines from The Daily Variety < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s website.

As of 2011, Encore ( through Starz ) has exclusive first-run premium cable rights to films from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ( including Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures ), Sony Pictures Entertainment ( including Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Screen Gems, TriStar ), Overture Films ( also owned by Starz ' parents, Liberty Media and The Weinstein Company ), Anchor Bay Entertainment, Yari Film Group, and Warren Miller Films, among other leading distributors.

In 2011 Strait started on filming for Starz new Series Magic City, which centers on Miami mobsters and other characters from Miami Beach in the late 1950s.