SYDNEY and SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Stan and global
content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) today announced an
expanded new licensing agreement that will bring a robust slate of
upcoming STARZ original series and hundreds of hours of additional
Lionsgate and STARZ premium programming to the Australian streaming
service. With the new deal Stan becomes the Australian home of
STARZ Originals.
The agreement marks the latest step in the continued rollout of
the STARZ brand internationally with the Company partnering with
Bell Media in Canada and Amazon
Prime Video in the UK & Germany to launch new branded channels and
continuing to grow its STARZPLAY venture in the Middle East and North Africa as well as establishing new
content licensing deals such as the Stan partnership in
Australia.
The deal commences with STARZ's critically acclaimed new series
Sweetbitter and Vida and
ground-breaking original docu-series Wrong Man from
Academy Award® and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost).
The agreement will also feature eagerly-anticipated upcoming
STARZ original series such as the supernatural spy thriller
The Rook, coproduced by Lionsgate and Liberty
Global, The Continental, the TV spinoff
of the hit Lionsgate John Wick franchise, and the miniseries
The Spanish Princess, following in the
footsteps of award-winning STARZ original miniseries
The White Queen and original limited
series The White Princess, both currently streaming
on Stan.
Mike Sneesby, Stan's CEO said,
"STARZ and Lionsgate have been fantastic partners for Stan ever
since launch, bringing us some of our biggest hits, including
Ash vs Evil Dead, The Girlfriend Experience, and of
course the record breaking Power, shortly to debut its fifth
season. This new long-term deal takes that relationship to
another level, cementing Stan as the Australian home of STARZ
original series, and exclusively bringing Stan customers some of
the biggest and most exciting new shows from one of the biggest
names in premium TV for many years to come."
"We're thrilled to expand our longstanding partnership with our
friends at Stan and excited to take our relationship to the next
level," said Lionsgate President of Worldwide Television &
Digital Distribution Jim Packer. "Our new licensing agreement spans
not only a great slate of STARZ original series but a deep roster
of Lionsgate and STARZ premium programming that will resonate with
their audiences for years to come."
The highly anticipated series The Rook is a
supernatural thriller about a young woman pursued by shadowy
paranormal adversaries while grappling with extraordinary abilities
of her own. The show is currently in production in London and stars Emma Greenwell (Love
and Friendship, The Path), Joely
Richardson (Nip/Tuck, Red
Sparrow), Olivia Munn
(X-Men: Apocalypse, The Newsroom) and Adrian Lester (Riviera, Hustle).
The Continental, set in the "John Wick universe,"
sees the creators of the hit franchise turn their attention to the
inner workings of the exclusive Continental Hotel which serves as a
refuge for assassins.
Also coming to Stan as part of this new agreement is mini-series
The Spanish Princess, which has just gone into
production. This third installment is a follow up to Golden Globe®
and Emmy® award-nominated STARZ Original Miniseries The White
Queen and the critically –acclaimed STARZ Original Limited
Series The White Princess, both currently streaming on
Stan.
Stan subscribers will also get to enjoy a wide selection of
popular new Lionsgate shows, all streaming on Stan over the coming
months. These include British black comedy hit
Damned, starring Jo
Brand (Getting On) and Alan
Davies (Jonathan
Creek) and all four seasons of salacious drama The
Royals starring Elizabeth
Hurley (Austin Powers,
Gossip Girl) and Joan Collins
(Dynasty and American Horror Story), which will premiere for
the first time in Australia on
Stan.
Also streaming exclusively on Stan will be the tense thriller
series 10 Days in the Valley starring Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) and the
eight-episode hour-long dramatic action series
Insomnia, from executive producer and director Slava
N. Jakovleff and executive producer Michael Ohoven, starring
Shaun Sipos, Dylan Everett and Pasha Lychnikoff. All shows
will have full seasons available to stream on their
premiere date.
Major STARZ series Power, already a huge hit on
Stan, will have its fifth season premiere on July 1, with new episodes weekly, the same day as
the U.S. The hit show, executive produced by and guest
starring Curtis "50 Cent"
Jackson, has already been picked up for a sixth season in which
50 Cent will make his TV directorial
debut.
ABOUT STAN
Stan is Australia's leading
local subscription video-on-demand provider. Stan offers unlimited
access to thousands of hours of entertainment, with an outstanding
line-up of exclusive premieres such as Better Call
Saul, Sherlock, brand new Will &
Grace, Power, Girlfriend Experience, RuPaul's
Drag Race, Power and UnREAL. New SHOWTIME
series also premiere exclusively on Stan, including the recent
third season of Billions, currently streaming;
critically acclaimed and
award-nominated SMILF, last year's TV event,
David Lynch's Twin Peaks and
forthcoming Escape at Dannemora.
Stan Originals include the AACTA Award-winning and Logie
Award-nominated series No Activity, with its US
adaptation produced by Will
Ferrell's production company Funny Or Die, which
has been renewed for a second season; the critically acclaimed
AACTA Award-winning and Logie Award-nominated drama
series Wolf
Creek and most recently Romper
Stomper.
Stan's award-winning TV shows, classic catalogue, blockbuster
movies and popular kids content can be watched in full HD on your
TV or favourite device, including tablets and smartphones. Now you
can download and enjoy your favourite TV shows and movies and watch
them anywhere, anytime, without being tied to an internet
connection. Stan is a joint venture between Nine Entertainment Co.
and Fairfax Media. For more information, visit www.stan.com.au
ABOUT LIONSGATE
The first major new studio in decades, Lionsgate is a global
content platform whose films, television series, digital products
and linear and over-the-top platforms reach next generation
audiences around the world. In addition to its filmed
entertainment leadership, Lionsgate content drives a growing
presence in interactive and location-based entertainment, gaming,
virtual reality and other new entertainment
technologies. Lionsgate's content initiatives are backed by a
16,000-title film and television library and delivered through a
global licensing infrastructure. The Lionsgate brand is
synonymous with original, daring and ground-breaking content
created with special emphasis on the evolving patterns and diverse
composition of the Company's worldwide consumer base.
ABOUT STARZ
STARZ, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), is a leading
global media and entertainment company that provides premium
subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay television
networks and produces and distributes content for worldwide
audiences, including its investment in the STARZ PLAY Arabia OTT
service. Starz is home to the flagship STARZ® brand and STARZ
ENCORE channels and provides high-quality, entertaining premium
subscription video programming with 17 premium pay TV channels and
associated on-demand and online services, including the STARZ app.
Sold through U.S. multichannel video distributors, including cable
operators, satellite television providers, telecommunications
companies, and other online and digital platforms, Starz offers
subscribers more than 5,000 distinct premium television episodes
and feature films every year and up to 1,500 every month, including
STARZ Original series, first-run movies and other popular movies
and television programming.
For Stan:
Milly
Palmer
Head of Publicity
Milly.Palmer@stan.com.au
For Lionsgate:
Peter
Wilkes
pwilkes@lionsgate.com
(310) 255-3726
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