Starz
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HBO Hedges Its $65M ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Bet: Ratings Aren’t Everything
Faced with diminishing subscriptions and eroding Emmy clout, HBO is turning to its new $65 million man — Steve Buscemi — to turn the tide
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Starz Shows Off ‘Camelot’ + New ‘Torchwood,’ ‘Spartacus’ Projects
Starz presented “Camelot,” “Torchwood: The New World” and “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena” at the annual TCA summer press tour Saturday
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Starz Ups Trio of Execs
Marta Fernandez and Robert Markovich both named vice presidents of original programming, Richter Hartig elevated to vice president of original production finance
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Ratings: Starz’s ‘Pillars’ Debuts to 424,000
The debut of the medieval miniseries didn’t match the premiere of “Spartacus”
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Dustin Clare Starring in ‘Spartacus’ Prequel
Aussie actor will appear as a gladiator named Gannicus, while series star Whitfield recovers from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
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Beware BlackBerry: Albrecht Makes an Historic Slip of the Thumb
When Chris McGurk and Danny Rosett were let go – or resigned, depending on your version of events – it flowed from a painful slip of the thumb.
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Good Morning Hollywood, July 14: Picking Pixar’s Brain
A BlackBerry causes problems at Starz, while the Pixar braintrust freelances for Disney
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Starz Gives Up on ‘Party Down,’ ‘Gravity’
The two ratings-challenged original series are given the ax
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Starz Enters Affiliation Agreement With Comcast
Comcast enters a comprehensive agreement to carry Starz’ premium movie channels and online content
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The Best of TV’s Wall-to-Wall Michael Jackson Coverage
Many networks are planning special programming for the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death including MTV, CNN and even Animal Planet
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Starz Brings ‘Torchwood’ Across the Pond
Starz signs on to distribute the upcoming season of the U.K. sci-fi hit in the States
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Starz’s ‘Camelot’ Names Its Arthur, Guinevere, Merlin
Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green, Jamie Campbell Bower to topline 2011 medieval drama series
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Starz Preps ‘Spartacus’ Prequel
Working around star Whitfield’s illness, six-part prequel puts focus on House of Batiatus
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Underwood Hosts ‘Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-Up’
Starz brings back comedy show for fifth season
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Why Chris Albrecht Is Shaking Up Starz
Bill Hamm had a good track record at the network. But with Albrecht on board, he was made redundant