Starz wheels, deals for films

January 24, 2008 At the same time, Starz has inked library deals with Warner Bros., MGM and Universal that will give Starz the rights to 1,200 back titles and classic TV series. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed, but the $800 million figure is realistic if a reasonable number of the two studios' titles performed well at the boxoffice. "For us, these deals are very significant because they provide us with the main acquisitions that we have to line up new subscribers," Starz executive vp programming Stephan Shelanski said.

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