Starz Entertainment Relaunches Starz.com Website as Showcase for New Starz Original Programming

Starz Entertainment Relaunches Starz.com Website as Showcase for New Starz Original Programming

Website Now Offers Sneak Preview of 'Crash' First Episode, Features Content from Starz Entertainment, Starz Media and Overture Films

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- There is a whole new look at Starz. New branding, new upcoming original dramatic series with "Crash," new hit movies, and now a newly revamped online home at Starz.com (http://www.starz.com/).

Starz.com has relaunched with an inviting new user interface that showcases the great movie and entertainment programming from Starz Entertainment and its extended family of companies including, Starz Media ("Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!") and Overture Films (Righteous Kill, Traitor).

Starz.com is also hosting an early sneak preview of the premiere episode of "Crash," the widely anticipated Starz original dramatic series. Consumers may stream the first episode leading up to the primetime premiere on Starz on October 17, 2008 at 10PM ET/PT.

Co-produced with Lionsgate, "Crash" is a provocative new 13-episode drama starring an ensemble cast led by film icon Dennis Hopper. Set in Los Angeles, the series explores the complexities of social and racial tolerance through characters whose lives intersect and collide.

"Starz.com has grown to be a favored destination site for the millions of people drawn to all of the great moves and television programming produced, directed and distributed by our family of companies," said Ann Ivancie, vice president, online & new media for Starz Entertainment. "Starz.com is geared to those wanting to sample, engage, and interact with others passionate about quality programming such as 'Crash' and other Starz projects. We will take fans behind the scenes, introduce them to casts, enable them to build and create virtual communities around them, and more"

The re-launched Starz.com website enjoys a new stunning, yet strikingly clean visual design that is functionally robust and yet easy-to-use for consumers with more movie extras, special programming such as the award-winning animated "Bunnies" movie parodies, ratings and personalized favorites. New community and interactive features on Starz.com include message boards, blogs and widgets.

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 17 million and 31.3 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, Encore HD, 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.

    Contact:     Eric Becker    Starz Entertainment (720) 852-4065    eric.becker@starz.com  

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CONTACT: Eric Becker of Starz Entertainment, +1-720-852-4065,
eric.becker@starz.com

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

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