Charter Offers Free On Demand Sneak Previews of Starz Originals 'Head Case' and New Series 'Party Down,' With Online Free Trial of the 'Party Down' Game

Charter Offers Free On Demand Sneak Previews of Starz Originals 'Head Case' and New Series 'Party Down,' With Online Free Trial of the 'Party Down' Game

ST. LOUIS and ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter Communications is bringing an early sneak preview of two Starz original series beginning March 13th. New episodes of "Head Case" and the new comedy series "Party Down," from Starz Entertainment, LLC will be offered to all Charter Digital Cable customers on Charter On Demand and to Charter High-Speed Internet customers on Charter.net.

Full episodes of "Head Case" and "Party Down" will be made available for free during the sneak preview. Charter.net will also host a special, full-functional free trial of the "Party Down" casual game at www.charter.net/games_channel.

"Head Case" and "Party Down" early sneak previews precede the March 20th Starz primetime premiere at 10PM ET/PT and 10:30PM ET/PT respectively. High definition and standard definition versions of the premiere episodes will be available in Charter markets that have launched HD On Demand services.

The new episodes of "Head Case" and "Party Down" will remain a staple in the Starz On Demand subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) programming mix and will debut day-and-date on Starz On Demand with new episode premieres.

Ten new episodes of the acclaimed unscripted comedy series "Head Case," starring Alexandra Wentworth, return with an all-star lineup of celebrity guests, including Jerry Seinfeld, Playboy(TM) kingpin Hugh Hefner with "girlfriend" Bridget Marquardt, Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, SNL(TM) alum Kevin Nealon, "Survivor" host Jeff Probst, TV reality stars Tori Spelling and hubby Dean McDermott, superstar songstress Macy Gray, "CSI New York's" Melina Kanakaredes, WWE(R) star Dave Batista(TM) and many more.

"Party Down," a new 10-episode comedy series from creator Rob Thomas ("Veronica Mars," "Cupid"), follows a Los Angeles catering team - a sextet of Hollywood wannabes stuck working for tips while hoping for their "big break." "Party Down" stars Ken Marino ("Veronica Mars," Role Models), Adam Scott ("Tell Me You Love Me," Step Brothers), Jane Lynch (Role Models, The 40 Year Old Virgin), Martin Starr (Knocked Up, "Freaks and Geeks), Ryan Hansen ("Veronica Mars," Friday the 13th (2009)) and Lizzy Caplan ("True Blood," Cloverfield, Mean Girls). Celebrity guest appearances include: Ed Begley, Jr., Marilu Henner, Joey Lauren Adams, Breckin Meyer, Rob Corddry and Steven Weber.

Charter.net will also host a special online free trial of the upcoming "Party Down" casual game, jointly developed by Starz Media and Merscom. In the game, the player takes over a team at the famous "Party Down" catering company as you serve the elite of Hollywood. Serve food, DJ the dance floor and keep conversations going as you schmooze with the stars and try and build up your reputation while waiting for your big break. Keep your cool, and show them what you got and maybe you can become the next big thing.

"Charter is excited to leverage our robust On Demand platform to offer sneak previews of new episodes from these two Starz comedy series, and to extend the entertainment experience to Charter.net where we will also offer our online customers a virtual 'Party Down' game experience," said Rich DiGeronimo, vice president of product management for Charter.

"We are very pleased to have 'Head Case" coming back to Starz with new episodes and have great enthusiasm about our next new series, 'Party Down,'" said Christine Carrier, Starz Entertainment senior vice president, affiliate sales and marketing. "'Party Down' also gave us entry into the casual gaming space and we welcome Charter offering a free trial of game during the preview."

Various "Head Case" and "Party Down" trailers and behind-the-scenes promotional material for the comedy series will also be made available on Charter.net.

About Charter Communications

Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications company and the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services, including Charter Digital Cable(R) video entertainment programming, Charter High-Speed(R) Internet access, and Charter Telephone(R). Charter Business(TM) similarly provides scalable, tailored, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, video and music entertainment services, and business telephone. Charter's advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media(R) brand. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com.

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 17.7 million and 31.7 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 (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.

   Contacts:    Anita Lamont                           Eric Becker   Charter Communications                 Starz Entertainment   (314) 543-2215                         (720) 852-4065   alamont@chartercom.com                 eric.becker@starz.com  

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CONTACT: Anita Lamont of Charter Communications, +1-314-543-2215,
alamont@chartercom.com; or Eric Becker of Starz Entertainment,
+1-720-852-4065, eric.becker@starz.com

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

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