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...Starz, which competes with networks such as Showtime and HBO, had about 20mn streaming subscribers at the end of 2021....
...In November, the platform also launched a new online hub, Primetime Channels, where users can subscribe to individual streaming services such as Showtime or Starz....
...The Alexa voice-enabled product can make video calls and stream music and video content, including Amazon Prime, Spotify, Showtime and CBS All Access....
...Affiliate and subscription fees jumped 52 per cent to $1.15bn, boosted by the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor pay-per-view boxing match on Showtime and growth in CBS’s streaming video services....
...Prime members will be able to subscribe to Showtime for $8.99 a month — $2 less than Showtime charges for its standalone online offering....
...Hulu subscribers can get Showtime’s new service, which launches in July and does not require a traditional pay-TV package, for an additional $8.99 a month — or $2 less than what Showtime will charge on other...
...It has also signed agreements to make Hulu available through cable operators’ set-top boxes and partnered with Showtime to offer the premium network’s online service at a discounted rate to Hulu subscribers...
...Starz, which was spun out of John Malone’s Liberty Media in 2013, makes Starz Play available in the US to subscribers of its pay-TV network, which last year passed Showtime to become the number two US premium...
...CBS, the owner of Showtime, which competes with HBO and Starz in the US, is also exploring an over-the-top streaming service. “Is there some time in the future that could happen?...
...The biggest concern facing the market is whether banks, investors, clearing houses and operators of Sefs are ready for showtime....
...has long had a fruitful relationship with the pay-TV industry, with blockbuster movies produced by the biggest studios enjoying a lucrative afterlife on channels such as HBO, part of Time Warner, CBS’s Showtime...
...“Showtime was really the first iteration of sport as entertainment,” says David Carter of USC Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles....
...Showtime, a HBO competitor, has launched its own online streaming service, which is available to authenticated subscribers of the premium cable channel....
...Showtime, the premium cable network owned by CBS, recently pulled its programming from the company’s service....
...The best shows on TV are often found on premium networks such as HBO and Showtime, which have invested heavily in productions and have been judicious about not offering their content on the web for non-subscribers...
...Some have speculated about Starz being merged with a rival such as Showtime, a division of CBS, or Epix, a joint venture of Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM....
...The partners will supplement programming from CBS and Showtime, its pay-TV arm, which broadcasts shows including Dexter, Californication and The Tudors....
...The New York based carrier has also reached agreements with Starz Entertainment Group, Showtime and Discovery Communications, and has said it is close to finalising agreements with several other major content-partners...
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