History Creator / Starz

* '''''Series/ShiningVale''''' (2022-present)

* ''Series/TheMissing'' (2014, 2016)

* '''''Series/{{Blindspotting}}''''' (2021-present)

* '''''Series/{{Heels}}''''' (2021-present)
* '''''Series/{{Hightown}}''''' (2020-present)

The biggest news came that year, when Lionsgate announced they were to acquire the company for $4,4 billion. Lionsgate's previous premium TV attempt, Creator/{{Epix}}, was formed in 2009 by Lionsgate, Creator/{{MGM}} and Creator/{{Paramount}} after pulling their films from Creator/{{Showtime}}, but it hasn't seen much success (Comcast and [=DirecTV=] outright refused to carry the Epix networks at launch). More recently, Starz decided to do what HBO had done and launch a standalone streaming service; but as a result, Comcast subscribers can't use their login info to access their new service (and ironically led to friendlier relations between Comcast and Epix). In 2017, MGM would buy Lionsgate and Creator/{{Viacom}}'s stake in Epix for $1.03 billion. New Lionsgate films are set to premiere on Starz starting with their 2022 slate, following the expiration of deals with Epix (through 2019) and Creator/{{Hulu}} (2020-2021); Creator/SummitEntertainment films will join in 2023 following the expiration of the label's deal with Creator/{{HBO}}. Epix itself became Creator/MGMPlus in 2023.

The biggest news came that year, when Lionsgate announced they were to acquire the company for $4,4 billion. Lionsgate's previous premium TV attempt, Creator/{{Epix}}, was formed in 2009 by Lionsgate, Creator/{{MGM}} and Creator/{{Paramount}} after pulling their films from Creator/{{Showtime}}, but it hasn't seen much success (Comcast and [=DirecTV=] outright refused to carry the Epix networks at launch). More recently, Starz decided to do what HBO had done and launch a standalone streaming service; but as a result, Comcast subscribers can't use their login info to access their new service (and ironically led to friendlier relations between Comcast and Epix). In 2017, MGM would buy Lionsgate and Creator/{{Viacom}}'s stake in Epix for $1.03 billion. New Lionsgate films are set to premiere on Starz starting with their 2022 slate, following the expiration of deals with Epix (through 2019) and Creator/{{Hulu}} (2020-2021); Creator/SummitEntertainment films will join in 2023 following the expiration of the label's deal with Creator/{{HBO}}.

Starz was thrown into crisis in April 2021 when Sony announced it would end its first-look pact with Starz in favor of a new deal with Netflix, who, as previously mentioned, also carries the studio's aforementioned animated productions. With Lionsgate being the only major content provider for Starz, and former partners New Line, Disney and Universal having long moved on[[note]](though Universal did ink an agreement with Starz for second-window Universal content beginning with their 2022 slate)[[/note]], Starz will be left with only its original programming as a major draw, leaving the future of the network uncertain.

Encore's plan was 7 different channels focusing on one specific genre (action flicks, westerns, etc.) But when they acquired some rights to first-run and recent movies from Creator/{{Universal}}, Creator/NewLineCinema, Creator/CarolcoPictures, Creator/{{Disney}}, and its sub-labels Creator/TouchstonePictures, Creator/HollywoodPictures and then-Disney-owned Creator/MiramaxFilms, they decided to create an 8th channel to show only these movies: [[ExcitedShowTitle Starz!]] It launched on February 1, 1994, primarily on TCI cable systems. However, it and the Encore multiplex continued to grow in the following years, as providers began to pick up the channel, especially Comcast systems after Liberty struck a deal with them in 1997 regarding Philadelphia[[note]]Starz would replace [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(TV_network) PRISM]], a regional network that screened movies, other entertainment programs, and, primarily, sports telecasts from each of the major non-NFL teams in the area; the sportscasts would move to the very first Comcast [=SportsNet=], which also replaced [=SportsChannel=] Philadelphia; the [=SportsChannel=] networks would later become part of [[Creator/{{Fox}} Fox SportsNet]][[/note]]; meanwhile, HBO and Showtime rushed to create their own multiplex services, but none of them really got off the ground until 1999-2000, when digital cable started becoming widespread.

* '''''Series/BecomingElizabeth''''' (2022 - present)
* '''''Series/{{Blindspotting}}''''' (2021 - present)

* '''''Series/{{Heels}}''''' (2021 - present)
* '''''Series/{{Hightown}}''''' (2020 - present)

* '''''Series/{{Outlander}}''''' (2014 - present)
* ''Series/PartyDown'' (2009-10)

** '''''Power Book III: Raising Kanan''''' (2021 - present)

* '''''Series/PValley''''' (2020 - present)

* '''''Series/TheSerpentQueen''''' (2022 - present)
* '''''Series/ShiningVale''''' (2022 - present)

* ''Film/StepUp'' (TBA)[[note]]Season 3 onward; prior seasons aired on Website/{{YouTube}} Premium as ''Step Up: High Water''[[/note]]

Starz is a premium cable network launched in 1994, specializing in first-run movies. It is owned by Creator/{{Lionsgate}}.

* ''Series/BecomingElizabeth'' (2022 - present)

* ''Series/BecomingElizabeth'' (2022-present)
* '''''Series/{{Blindspotting}}''''' (2021-present)

* '''''Series/{{Hightown}}''''' (2020-present)

* '''''Series/{{Outlander}}''''' (2014-present)

** '''''Power Book III: Raising Kanan''''' (2021-present)
** ''Power Book IV: Force'' (premiering 2022)
* '''''Series/PValley''''' (2020-present)

* '''''Series/ShiningVale''''' (2022-present)

* ''Series/{{Gaslit}}'' (2022)

* '''''P-Valley''''' (2020-present)

* '''''Shining Vale''''' (Premiering 2022)

* '''''Shining Vale'''''' (2022-)