Bresnan and Starz Entertainment Celebrate Summertime Movies With 'Bresnan Under the Starz'

Bresnan and Starz Entertainment Celebrate Summertime Movies With 'Bresnan Under the Starz'

Nine-City Series of Free 'Open Season' Outdoor Screenings at Bresnan Markets in Wyoming, Montana and Colorado

PURCHASE, N.Y. and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Bresnan Communications will air Open Season, the Sony Pictures Entertainment's animated family hit, free of charge for families at a series of outdoor events in nine major Bresnan markets. Bresnan is offering the movie events, "Bresnan Under the Starz," in partnership with Starz Entertainment.

"There is nothing quite like enjoying an outdoor movie "under the Starz" noted Patrick Bresnan, senior vice president, for Bresnan. "We anticipate well over 5,000 attendees at this series of screenings using our huge new outdoor movie screen. Bresnan creates a series of events each summer as a special thank you to our loyal customers, and thanks to Starz providing us Open Season to present to families in our communities, the 2008 will be among the best events we have ever done."

Bresnan will have live radio remotes and other local promotional activities in each market.

"Starz is delighted to partner again with Bresnan and help make these family events possible," said Andy Nigolian, senior vice president, sales and affiliate marketing for Starz Entertainment, "Starz has the best assortment of recent hit movies available anywhere and we are very pleased to be able to showcase Open Season, a true family-friendly hit."

   Bresnan Under the Starz - Open Season Schedule   Note: All events scheduled to run from 6:30PM MT - 8:30PM MT    Date       City, State         Location    8/15/2008  Cheyenne, Wyo.      Lions Park Amphitheater   8/16/2008  Fort Morgan, Colo.  Riverside Park   8/22/2008  Powell, Wyo.        Washington Park   8/23/2008  Casper, Wyo.        Conwell Park   8/29/2008  Cody, Wyo.          Hugh Smith Park   9/06/2008  Billings, Mont.     Pioneer Park   9/12/2008  Bozeman, Mont.      Bogert Park Band Shell   9/19/2008  Sheridan, Wyo.      Kendrick Park   9/20/2008  Gillette, Wyo.      Lasting Legacy Park     About Starz Entertainment  

Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 16.8 million and 31.4 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, EncoreHD, Starz On Demand, Encore On Demand, MoviePlex On Demand, Starz HD On Demand, Encore HD On Demand, MoviePlex HD On Demand, and Starz Play. Starz Entertainment (http://www.starz.com/) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, and is attributed to Liberty Entertainment Group, a tracking stock group of Liberty Media Corporation.

About Bresnan Communications

Bresnan Communications, a broadband telecommunications company founded by Bill Bresnan in 1984, serves more than 320,000 customers throughout Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Utah. Bresnan's advanced services and features include high-definition digital TV with video-on-demand, super high-speed Internet and digital phone. The company also serves the business community through its Business Services and Advertising Sales divisions. More information about Bresnan is available at http://www.bresnan.com/.

    Contacts:     Shawn Beqaj                       Eric Becker    Vice President, Public Affairs    Executive Director of Corporate    Bresnan Communications             Communications    (914) 641-3324                    Starz Entertainment    sbeqaj@bresnan.com                (720) 852-4065                                      eric.becker@starz.com  

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Source: Bresnan Communications; Starz Entertainment, LLC

CONTACT: Shawn Beqaj, Vice President, Public Affairs of Bresnan
Communications, +1-914-641-3324, sbeqaj@bresnan.com, or Eric Becker, Executive
Director of Corporate Communications of Starz Entertainment,
+1-720-852-4065, eric.becker@starz.com

Web site: http://www.starz.com/
http://www.bresnan.com/

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