Starz Entertainment and Comcast signed a new multi-year affiliation agreement Tuesday, a comprehensive agreement for the cable giant to carry all of Starz' movie channels, On Demand programming, and online services.
Starz operates 16 premium movie channels including the Starz and Encore brands. Starz' online offerings include Starz Online and Encore Online, which each offer viewers 300 movies. MoviePlex Online will launch later this summer and will offer customers an additional 120 titles.
Exact terms of the contract were not revealed by Starz or Comcast, but it will replace existing agreements between Starz and Comcast. Execs at both companies said they were "pleased" with the deal.
Matt Bond, executive vice president of content acquisition for Comcast, said the agreement would provide his company with "a great pipeline of commercial-free movies and original programming for years to come."
Starz entertainment president and COO Bill Myers said, "We are extremely pleased to enter into an agreement with one of our long-standing partners and provide them with a value-rich collection of premium programming across multiple platforms."
