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Lionsgate confirms UK departure date

February 15, 2024 11.13 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Lionsgate has confirmed when it will pull its streaming service from the UK as part of its withdrawal from international markets.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Streaming Tagged With: Lionsgate Edited: 16 February 2024 14:04

Lionsgate/Starz withdraws from major markets

November 4, 2022 13.04 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Lionsgate is to drop its direct-to-consumer streaming service in seven international markets after clocking up a $1.8 billion quarterly loss.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Top Story, TV Tagged With: Lionsgate Edited: 15 February 2024 11:03

Lionsgate+ debuts on Sky Glass, Sky Stream and Sky Q

October 25, 2022 09.27 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The international premium streaming service Lionsgate+ has today (October 25) launched on Sky Glass (UK and Ireland, Sky Stream (UK) and Sky Q (UK and Ireland).

Filed Under: Newsline, Platforms, Streaming, Top Story Tagged With: Ireland, Lionsgate, UK Edited: 26 October 2022 13:06

Starzplay rebrands as Lionsgate+

September 28, 2022 16.53 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The premium international streaming service Starzplay will rebrand as Lionsgate+ in 35 countries alongside a new brand look on Thursday, September 29.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, Platforms, Streaming Tagged With: Lionsgate, Starzplay Edited: 30 September 2022 10:46

Lionsgate considers Starz options

November 8, 2021 11.32 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Lionsgate is to explore a sell-off of its Starz channel.

Filed Under: Newsline Tagged With: Lionsgate, Starz Edited: 8 November 2021 11:32

Starzplay comes to Apple TV in Europe

May 27, 2019 09.38 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Starzplay is now available across Europe and Latin America including the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia as an Apple TV channel.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Newsline, On Demand/VOD, TV Tagged With: Apple TV, Lionsgate, Starzplay Edited: 28 May 2019 12:23

Long prison sentences for UK torrent pirates

March 19, 2019 21.16 Europe/London By Broadband TV News Correspondent

In the UK, four local residents who ran the torrent tracker thefoundry.name were sentenced to prison sentences from two to 4.5 years.

Filed Under: Newsline, Regulation Tagged With: CPS, Lionsgate, Piracy, UK Edited: 19 March 2019 21:16

Lionsgate to launch Starzplay in France, Italy and Spain

August 11, 2018 08.33 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Lionsgate will launch Starzplay branded channels in France, Italy and Spain in addition to the previous launches in the UK and Germany.

Filed Under: Finance, Newsline, TV Tagged With: France, Italy, Jon Feltheimer, Lionsgate, Spain, Starzplay Edited: 11 August 2018 08:33

Lionsgate launches Spanish-language streaming OTT service

August 2, 2017 08.50 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Lionsgate and Hemisphere Media Group have launched Pantaya, the first Spanish-language OTT service dedicated to premium content for the Hispanic community in the US.

Filed Under: Newsline, OTT, TV Tagged With: Alan Sokol, Hemisphere, Jon Feltheimer, Lionsgate, Pantaya, Paul Presburger, Streaming Video, US Edited: 2 August 2017 08:51

Vimeo Online TV Storefront adds Starz as new partner

October 19, 2016 09.51 Europe/London By Robert Briel

Vimeo officially launched its new Global television storefront in partnership with Lionsgate.

Filed Under: MIPCOM, Newsline, TV Tagged With: Lionsgate, MIPCOM 2016, Starz, Vimeo Edited: 19 October 2016 10:01

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