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{{Infobox television channel
| name = Starz Encore
| logo = File:Starz Encore Logo 2022.svg
| logo_size = 300px
| logo_caption = Current logo used since September 29, 2022
| logo_alt = 
| image = 
| type = [[Pay television|Pay television network]]
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1991|4|1}}
| closed_date = 
| former_names = Encore (1991–2016)
| picture_format = [[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])<br>(downscaled to [[letterboxed]] [[480i]] for the [[Standard-definition television|SDTV]] feed)
| owner = [[Starz Entertainment Corp.]]
| parent = [[Starz Inc.]]
| key_people = {{Plainlist|
* Jeffrey Hirsch (President/[[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]], Starz Inc.)
* Audrey Lee ([[Vice President|EVP]]/[[General Counsel]], Starz Inc.)
}}
| country = United States
| language = {{Plainlist|
* English
* [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (Starz Encore Español; also as [[Second audio program|SAP]] option on all other channels)
}}
| area = Nationwide
| headquarters = [[Meridian, Colorado]]
| replaced = 
| replaced_by = 
| sister_channels = {{Plainlist|
* [[Starz]]
* [[MoviePlex]]
}}
| timeshift_service = {{collapsible list|title=Starz Encore timeshift channels{{refn|group="note"|name=Timeshift|Starz Encore Espanol operates exclusively on an Eastern Time schedule.}}|
* Starz Encore ([[Eastern Time Zone|East]]/[[Pacific Time Zone|West]])
* Starz Encore Action (East/West)
* Starz Encore Black (East/West)
* Starz Encore Classic (East/West)
* Starz Encore Español (East/West)
* Starz Encore Family (East/West)
* Starz Encore Suspense (East/West)
* Starz Encore Westerns (East/West)
}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.starz.com/}}
| online_serv_1 = [[Starz#Starz app and subscription service|Starz (streaming service)]]
| online_chan_1 = {{small|(requires subscription or trial to access content)}}
{{collapsible list|title=Available feeds|
* Starz Encore (East)
* Starz Encore (West)
}}
| online_serv_2 = [[Apple TV (software)#Apple TV Channels|Apple TV Channels]]
| online_chan_2 = Over-the-top TV<br>{{small|(requires subscription or trial to access content)}}
* Starz Encore (East)
| online_serv_3 = [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Video Channels]]
| online_chan_3 = Over-the-top TV<br>{{small|(requires subscription or trial to access content)}}
{{collapsible list|title=Available feeds|
* Starz Encore (East/West)
* Starz Encore Action (East/West)
* Starz Encore Black (East/West)
* Starz Encore Classic (East/West)
* Starz Encore Español (East)
* Starz Encore Family (East/West)
* Starz Encore Suspense (East/West)
* Starz Encore Westerns (East/West)
}}
| online_serv_4 = [[Roku#The Roku Channel|The Roku Channel]]
| online_chan_4 = Over-the-top TV<br>{{small|(requires subscription or trial to access content)}}
* Starz Encore (East)
| online_serv_5 = {{URL|https://www.claropr.com/personas/servicios/servicios-hogar/claro-tv-plus/|ClaroTV+}}<br />
| online_chan_5 = Over-the-top TV<br>{{small|(requires subscription to access content)}}
{{collapsible list|title=Available feeds|
* Starz Encore (East)
* Starz Encore Action (East)
* Starz Encore Black (East)
* Starz Encore Classic (East)
}}
}}

'''Starz Encore''' is an American [[pay television|premium television]] [[television channel|channel]] owned by [[Starz Inc.]], a subsidiary of [[Starz Entertainment Corp.]] (a namesake of the network) and headquartered at the Meridian International Business Center complex in [[Meridian, Colorado|Meridian]], [[Colorado]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Colorado Gov. Bill Owens Helps Starz Encore Group Dedicate New Headquarters In Meridian Office Park South of Denver|url=http://starz.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=396|agency=[[PR Newswire]]|website=Starz MediaRoom|date=July 2, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Liberty Media Spins-off Starz|date=January 15, 2013 |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/liberty-media-spins-off-starz-135852048.html|publisher=Zacks Equity Research|via=[[Yahoo! Finance]]|access-date=January 24, 2013}}</ref> Launched as '''Encore''' on April 1, 1991, its programming features mainly older and recent [[Art release#Film|theatrically released]] [[feature film]]s, although some of its [[Multiplex (television)|multiplex]] channels also carry acquired [[television series]]. It is the sister channel of [[Starz]] and [[MoviePlex]].

{{As of|September 2018}}, Starz Encore's programming was available to approximately 34.026 million U.S. households that had a subscription to a multichannel television provider (30.918 million of which receive Starz Encore's primary channel at minimum).<ref name="Cable Homes">{{cite web|title=Nielsen coverage estimates for September see gains at ESPN networks, NBCSN, and NBA TV, drops at MLBN and NFLN (Cable Network Coverage Area Household Universe Estimates: September 2018)|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/espn/nielsen-coverage-estimates-september-espn-nbcsn-nbatv-mlbn-nfln.html|author=Andrew Bucholtz|website=Awful Announcing|publisher=[[NESN|NESN Digital]]|date=September 10, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018}}</ref> Prior to 2018, Starz Encore outpaced [[HBO]] for the largest subscriber reach of any American premium channel. (According to February 2015 [[Nielsen Media Research|Nielsen]] estimates, Starz Encore had 40.54 million pay subscribers vs. HBO's 35.8 million subscribers.)<ref>{{cite web|title=List of how many homes each cable network is in as of July 2015|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/07/21/list-of-how-many-homes-each-cable-network-is-in-as-of-july-2015/434373/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724162303/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/07/21/list-of-how-many-homes-each-cable-network-is-in-as-of-july-2015/434373/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2015|author=Robert Seidman|website=[[TV by the Numbers]]|date=July 21, 2015|access-date=July 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Why Doesn't HBO Allow Non-Cable Subscribers To Subscribe To HBO Go א la Hulu?|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2012/09/05/why-doesnt-hbo-allow-non-cable-subscribers-to-subscribe-to-hbo-go-a-la-hulu/|author=Jonathan Sherman-Presser|periodical=[[Forbes]]|date=September 5, 2012}}</ref>

Starz Encore has a higher subscriber base than its competitors and sister channels because, although Starz and Starz Encore are often sold together in a singular package, some digital cable, telco and satellite providers offer the Starz Encore multiplex separately from Starz as part of an [[a la carte cable television|a la carte]] tier in which it is packaged with other commercial-free and advertiser-supported film-oriented channels (such as [[MGM+]], [[FX Movie Channel]] and [[LMN (TV network)|LMN]]). Therefore, Starz Encore subscribers do not necessarily have to subscribe to Starz in order to receive the channel.

==History==
===Early focus on 1960s, 1970s and 1980s movies===
Encore launched at 9:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Time]] on April 1, 1991, on four cable systems that were operated by [[Tele-Communications Inc.]] (both TCI and [[Liberty Media]], both of which jointly owned Encore initially, were controlled by [[John C. Malone|John Malone]]). The channel debuted with an introduction by founder [[John J. Sie|John Sie]], who served as the [[president (corporate title)|president]] of the network from its launch until 1999 and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] until his retirement in 2004,<ref>{{cite web|title=John Sie, Starz Founder, Bids Adieu After Decade; Entrepreneur Retires as Network Faces Hurdles|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-116488574.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105154334/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-116488574.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Chris Walsh|newspaper=[[Rocky Mountain News]] |date=May 8, 2004|access-date=February 25, 2011}}</ref> which was then followed by Encore's first movie telecast, the 1980 comedy film ''[[9 to 5 (film)|9 to 5]]''.<ref name="TCI">{{cite web|title=Encore debuts in four TCI systems|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-10694914.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151301/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-10694914.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Kim Mitchell|periodical=[[Multichannel News]]|publisher=[[Fairchild Publications]]|date=April 8, 1991|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> Encore was the first major U.S. premium channel to debut in almost 11 years, since [[Cinemax]] launched on August 1, 1980 – at the time of Encore's launch, Cinemax, HBO, [[Showtime (TV channel)|Showtime]] and [[The Movie Channel]] were its only competitors (Encore was the only upstart premium channel that managed to gain any headway with those services; other premium channels that debuted prior to Encore's launch, such as [[Spotlight (TV channel)|Spotlight]] and [[Home Theater Network]], were unable to compete with those four channels and would eventually shut down during the prior decade).

Initially, Encore focused on movies released primarily during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, with some releases from the 1950s mixed in; the channel was formatted similarly to [[AMC (TV channel)|American Movie Classics]] at the time, with hosted introductions leading into the movie presentations. Breaks between films on Encore during its early years were quite lively, consisting less of [[promo (media)|promotions]] and more of trivia and nostalgia, fitting in with Encore's motto "The Movies of Your Life." The channel even ran an interstitial during breaks within its daytime schedule that informed viewers about programs that were scheduled to air on competing premium channels that evening in [[prime time]]. The channel had initially broadcast films from [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] (owned by [[Time Warner]], which ironically is the parent company of rival pay services HBO and Cinemax), [[Columbia Pictures]]/[[TriStar Pictures]], [[Orion Pictures]], [[20th Century Fox]], [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]], [[Paramount Pictures]] (which also ironically came under ownership of Showtime and The Movie Channel's then-parent company [[Viacom (original)|Viacom]] in 1994), [[Turner Entertainment]], and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]/[[United Artists]].<ref>{{cite web|title=TCI offers encore; Sie to be at helm|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-10493781.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151336/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-10493781.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Kim Mitchell|periodical=Multichannel News|publisher=Fairchild Publications |date=February 25, 1991|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> The channel was formatted as a "mini-pay" service, available to subscribers for a $1 monthly fee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore Channel Taking its Bows, Pay Channel Service Built its Success by Filling a Niche Avoided by Other Cable Firms|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67768003.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151135/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67768003.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Bill Menezes|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News |date=March 31, 1996|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref>

TCI initially offered Encore as a [[Negative option billing|negative option]], in which customers were required to notify TCI if they declined to subscribe to the channel full-time after an introductory offer, or TCI would automatically add on a $1 charge to their monthly bill, which would have then increased to $4.95 per month by May 1992. The negative option fee led to lawsuits filed against TCI by ten states, eventually causing the company to back away from utilizing the billing method for the channel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cable TV Giant Faces Legal Static on Movie Channel Offer|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-156240355.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151433/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-156240355.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|newspaper=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]] |date=June 4, 1991|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cable TV firm's 'opt out' is out|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4059191.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151442/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4059191.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Maudlyne Ihejirika|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|publisher=[[Sun-Times Media Group|American Publishing Company]] |date=June 16, 1991|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> Many other cable providers were reluctant to offer Encore in its early years due to concerns that it would cannibalize subscriptions of other premium services.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore tries to face down industry's fears|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-12374525.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151211/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-12374525.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Kim Mitchell|periodical=Multichannel News|publisher=Fairchild Publications |date=March 30, 1992|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> However, Sie positioned the channel as such that would bolster the growth of what had been a lagging pay television industry, as premium channels had been seeing a steady decline in subscribers overall since the late 1980s.<ref name="TCI"/>

Around the time of its launch, there was some debate as to whether Viacom or TCI originally conceived the idea for Encore; Viacom executives insisted that TCI lifted part of the idea from Viacom-owned [[Showtime Networks]] (which would launch a similarly formatted mini-pay service, [[Flix (TV channel)|Flix]], in August 1992).<ref>{{cite web|title=Showtime shopping new pay service; Showtime Networks Inc. considers starting a new broad-based, movie-driven network|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-10694882.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151306/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-10694882.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Kim Mitchell|periodical=Multichannel News|publisher=Fairchild Publications |date=April 8, 1991|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> In a 1991 interview with ''[[Multichannel News]]'', John Sie said that TCI brought up the Encore network concept as a way to revitalize Showtime, either by launching a new tertiary pay service from scratch, or overhauling the format of Showtime sister network [[The Movie Channel]]. Incidentally, TCI made a failed bid to acquire a 50% ownership stake in Showtime in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=Viacom: Encore was partly our idea|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-10617790.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105130822/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-10617790.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=[[John M. Higgins]]|periodical=Multichannel News|publisher=Fairchild Publications |date=March 11, 1991}}</ref> Encore had increased its subscriber base to an estimated 7 million subscribers nationwide by 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz!, Encore snag pay nets at TCI|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17888322.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105152801/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17888322.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=[[John M. Higgins]]|periodical=Multichannel News|publisher=Fairchild Publications |date=November 20, 1995|access-date=February 25, 2011}}</ref>

On January 1, 1997, Encore launched a new pay service called [[MoviePlex]] (originally named "Encore Plex" for its first few months on the air)<ref>{{cite web|title=Plex channel arrives without warning|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4374660.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151447/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4374660.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Kevin M. Williams|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|publisher=American Publishing Company |date=February 16, 1997|access-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref> which replaced a Liberty Media-owned network called [[INTRO Television]], that ran blocks of programming from other [[cable channel]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=TCI sampler channel gets mixed reception|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15695895.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105152530/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15695895.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Richard Katz|periodical=Multichannel News|publisher=Fairchild Publications |date=June 27, 1994|access-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref> Until it adopted a separate film schedule on August 1, 2011,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Szalai |first1=Georg |title=Starz to Launch Spanish-Language Channel Encore Espanol |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/starz-launch-spanish-language-channel-193281 |website=www.hollywoodreporter.com |date=May 31, 2011 |access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="enhancements">{{cite press release|title=Starz Entertainment Enhances ENCORE with ENCORE ESPANOL, More HD, and New Channels|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/starz-entertainment-enhances-encore-with-encore-espanol-more-hd-and-new-channels-122859079.html|agency=PR Newswire|publisher=Starz Inc.|date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> MoviePlex originally carried programming blocks from Encore's multiplex channels (which differed from that day's actual schedules for each channel to exclude R-rated movies) on a rotating day-to-day schedule. On June 2, 1997, TCI announced a deal in which it would transfer majority ownership of its Encore Media Group subsidiary to sister company Liberty Media, due in part to the significant profit losses incurred by Starz following that channel's launch – TCI retained a minority 20% ownership interest until its 1999 merger with [[AT&T Corporation]], when Liberty Media assumed full ownership of the Encore Media Group.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liberty takes most of Starz! off TCI's hands|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19568168.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151217/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19568168.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Kent Gibbons|periodical=Multichannel News |date=June 2, 1997|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> By May 1998, Encore had a subscriber base of 11.4 million homes with cable or satellite television.<ref>{{cite web|title=Subscribers Put Premium on Movies|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67609402.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105152435/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67609402.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Rebecca Cantwell|newspaper=Rocky Mountain News |date=May 15, 1998|access-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref>

===Format change with addition of recent movies===
[[File:Encore (TV network) 2013 logo.svg|thumb|150px|left|Final Encore logo used from 2013 to 2016.]]
As the channel aged, it adopted a more conventional presentation style: first in 1998, Encore began to carry two exclusive first-run feature film broadcasts each month,<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore Channel Adds First-Run Movies to Its New Programming Lineup|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-50118751.html|agency=PR Newswire |date=June 29, 1998|access-date=February 24, 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> then Encore shifted its focus to hit movies as part of a major rebrand of the channel on May 24, 1999, primarily incorporating recent films, but with notable classics mixed in as well.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sie's Latest Move: Encore To Become Full Premium Service|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-50104178.html|periodical=CableFAX|publisher=Access Intelligence, LLC |date=June 24, 1998|access-date=February 23, 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='The New Encore' Re-launches as a Full First-Run Premium Movie Channel; Over $2 Billion Invested to Back 'a Great Movie Every Night – GUARANTEED!'|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-new-encore-re-launches-as-a-full-first-run-premium-movie-channel-over-2-billion-invested-to-back-a-great-movie-every-night---guaranteed-74588202.html|agency=PR Newswire|date=May 19, 1999|access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref> By this point, Encore advertised itself as guaranteeing to air "a great movie every night", even setting up a special [[Toll-free telephone number|1-800 number]] in which a $2.50 [[Money back guarantee|refund]] would be given to unsatisfied subscribers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Don't Like the Movie? Ask for Money Back|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54743494.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105155636/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54743494.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Jim Forkan|periodical=Multichannel News |date=May 24, 1999|access-date=February 25, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Encore makes a new pitch|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54720385.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105152407/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54720385.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Deborah D. McAdams|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |date=May 24, 1999|access-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref>

Encore eventually began to be sold as a hybrid service, offered as either a premium channel or a digital basic network depending on the provider, retaining the uncut and commercial-free nature of its programming. Through this change in distribution, the channel was eventually available in 25 million homes nationwide by September 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore Celebrates 25 Million Subscriber Milestone|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/encore-celebrates-25-million-subscriber-milestone-55077527.html|agency=PR Newswire |date=September 20, 2005|access-date=February 25, 2011}}</ref> On November 19, 2009, Liberty Media [[Corporate spin-off|spun off]] Starz and Encore into a separate public [[tracking stock]] called Liberty Starz.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liberty Media Completes Split-Off and Merger with The DIRECTV Group, Inc.|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-212447968.html|agency=PR Newswire |date=November 20, 2009|access-date=February 23, 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On August 8, 2012, Liberty Media announced that it would spin off Liberty Starz into its own separate, publicly traded company.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liberty Media Completes Split-Off and Merger with The DIRECTV Group, Inc.|url=http://ir.libertymedia.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=576482|agency=PR Newswire|publisher=[[Liberty Media]]|date=November 19, 2009|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> The spin-off of the subsidiary was completed on January 11, 2013, with Liberty Starz changing its name to [[Starz Inc.]] as a result.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liberty Media to Spin-off Starz Network|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/08/08/liberty-media-to-spin-off-starz-network/|agency=[[Reuters]]|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=August 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Liberty Media Corporation and Starz Announce Completion of Spin-Off|url=http://ir.libertymedia.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=733175|agency=[[Business Wire]]|publisher=Liberty Media|date=January 11, 2013}}</ref>

On April 5, 2016, Encore and its seven multiplex channels were rebranded as Starz Encore, unifying the network under the brand umbrella of the channel that Encore ironically spun off in September 1994. With the rebranding, Starz Encore also began to carry reruns of Starz original comedy and drama series within its schedule.<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz Brings Encore Under Umbrella, Unveils Rebrand|url=https://www.thewrap.com/starz-encore-rebrand-obsessable/|last=Maglio|first=Tony|work=The Wrap|date=March 28, 2016|access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/starz-rebrand-encore-1201727280/|title=Starz Gets Rebrand; Encore Channels To Add Starz Moniker, Series Reruns|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=March 28, 2016|access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref>

[[File:Starz Encore.svg|thumb|upright=0.9|left|Starz Encore logo used from April 5, 2016, to September 28, 2022.]]
On June 30, 2016, [[Starz Entertainment|Lionsgate]] agreed to acquire Starz Inc. for $4.4 billion in cash and stock; the acquisition was completed five months later on December 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/lionsgate-buys-starz-1201781609/|title=Lionsgate Agrees To Buy Starz For $4.4 Billion In Cash And Stock|last=Lieberman|first=David|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=June 30, 2016|access-date=June 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lionsgate-starz-nab-shareholder-approval-44b-merger-950417|title=Lionsgate Completes $4.4B Acquisition of Starz|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 8, 2016|access-date=December 9, 2016}}</ref>

==Channels==

===List of channels===
Depending on the service provider, Starz Encore provides up to thirteen [[multiplex (TV)|multiplex channels]] – eight 24-hour multiplex channels, five of which are simulcast in both [[standard-definition television|standard definition]] and [[high-definition television|high definition]] – as well as a [[video on demand|subscription video-on-demand]] service (Starz Encore On Demand).

Starz Encore broadcasts its primary and multiplex channels on both Eastern and [[Pacific Time Zone]] schedules. The respective coastal feeds of each channel are usually packaged together (though most cable providers only offer the east and west coast feeds of the main Starz Encore channel), resulting in the [[Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting|difference in local airtimes]] for a particular movie or program between two geographic locations being three hours at most.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="100%"
|-
! Channel
! Description and programming
|-
| [[File:Starz Encore Logo 2022.svg|125px]]
'''Starz Encore'''
| The main "flagship" feed; Starz Encore features movies from the 1970s to the present day including blockbuster movies, first-run films and some [[anime]] films.
|-
| [[File:Starz Encore Action Logo 2022.svg|125px]]
'''Starz Encore Action'''
| Starz Encore Action focuses on action movies, martial arts films and horror movies; it also previously carried anime feature films (most with more intense violent content than those currently seen on Encore Family) until 2008. Starz Encore Action was originally called simply Action from 1994 to 2005.
|-
| [[File:Starz Encore Black Logo 2022.svg|125px]]
'''Starz Encore Black'''
| Starz Encore Black features movies, and off-network comedy and drama television series aimed at [[African Americans|African American]] audiences; due to its carriage of the latter, it is one of only four Starz Encore channels that currently airs series programming (consisting of sitcoms that air during primetime hours). The channel originally launched on September 12, 1994, as True Stories & Drama, focusing on movies based on historical events, [[biopic|biographical pictures]] and other dramatic films; in 1997, its name was shortened to True Stories, before rebranding as Encore Drama on March 25, 2005. Encore Drama was relaunched under its current name and format on December 2, 2013.<ref name="changes encore">{{cite news|title=Starz Shuffles Encore Content Mix to Draw More Black, Hispanic Viewers|url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/starz-shuffles-encore-content-mix-to-draw-more-black-hispanic-viewers-1200819317|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 11, 2013|access-date=November 11, 2013}}</ref>
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'''Starz Encore Classic'''
| Starz Encore Classic features a broad mix of classic movies along with some off-network television series from the 1970s to the 1990s; due to its carriage of the latter, it is one of only four Encore channels that currently airs series programming (consisting of sitcoms and drama series that air during the morning and primetime hours). The channel originally launched on July 1, 1994, as Love Stories, and focused on romantic comedy and drama films; it was renamed Encore Love on March 25, 2005. Encore Love was reformatted under its current name and format on December 2, 2013.<ref name="changes encore"/>
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'''Starz Encore Español'''
| Starz Encore Español focuses on imported and domestic Spanish language feature films. When the channel launched on August 1, 2011, it originated as a Spanish [[simulcast]] of the main Encore channel, before adopting its own separate schedule on December 1, 2013.<ref name=enhancements/>
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'''Starz Encore Family'''
| Starz Encore Family features live action, animated and anime films targeted at family audiences.<ref name=enhancements/> Films broadcast on the channel are primarily rated G or PG (or the [[TV Parental Guidelines|equivalent]] TV-G and TV-PG), although Encore Family does run select films with a rating of PG-13 or TV-14.<ref>{{cite web|title=August 2011 Encore Family Schedule|url=http://www.starz.com/guides/1108WAM1.pdf|website=Starz|date=August 2011}}</ref> Prior to its original launch on September 12, 1994, the channel had the [[working title]] Tweens,<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore renames its kid's channel|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15695913.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105152518/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-15695913.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|periodical=Multichannel News|publisher=Fairchild Publications |date=June 27, 1994|access-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref> before its name was changed to WAM! America's Youth Network (later called WAM! America's Kidz Network from 1997 to 2005, and then Encore Wam from 2005 to 2011) prior to its launch; the "WAM!" name was chosen through a naming contest, serving as an [[acronym]] for "<u>W</u>hat <u>A</u>dults are <u>M</u>issing".<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore Media Launches 'WAM! America's Youth Network'; New Commercial-Free Cable and Satellite TV Channel Offered to Schools|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18833369.html|agency=[[U.S. Newswire]] |date=September 14, 1994|access-date=February 25, 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> As WAM!/Encore Wam until 2008, the channel also ran imported series aimed at children and teenagers during the daytime hours.
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'''{{nowrap|Starz Encore Suspense}}'''
| Starz Encore Suspense features mystery and suspense films as well as detective movies and series, film noir and neo noir. It is one of only four Encore channels that currently airs series programming (consisting of mystery series that air during the late evening hours). The channel, which has maintained the same format since its launch, was originally called '''Mystery''' from 1994 to 2005 and was later renamed '''Encore Mystery''' from 2005 to 2011.<ref name=enhancements/>
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'''Starz Encore Westerns'''
| Starz Encore Westerns features a mix of classic and contemporary [[Western (genre)|western]] movies, as well as reruns of popular western series from the 1950s to the 1970s. It is one of only four Encore channels that currently airs series programming (consisting of classic western series thar air during the morning and late afternoon hours). The channel was originally called '''Westerns''' from 1994 to 2005.
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====Background====
On February 1, 1994, Encore launched the [[pay television]] industry's first "themed" multiplex – seven additional channels that each focused on a specific genre. This was initially going to be composed of six channels,<ref>{{cite web|title='Mood' TV is Encore times six|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-14041776.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151240/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-14041776.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|last1=Mitchell|first1=Kim|last2=Higgins|first2=John|periodical=Multichannel News|publisher=Fairchild Publications |date=May 31, 1993|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> but Encore decided to launch its own competitor to HBO and Showtime, called Starz!, after a May 1993 deal in which it acquired the pay television rights to run [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] films released after that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore Media Corp. signed a deal with Universal film studios that will allow Encore to launch its own movie service as its seventh multiplexed channel|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-13922902.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105151254/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-13922902.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|periodical=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |date=May 31, 1993|access-date=February 23, 2011}}</ref> Starz was the first of the multiplex channels to launch, debuting on February 1, 1994. Three additional multiplex channels launched five months later on July 1, 1994: Love Stories, Mystery, and Westerns;<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore to spin off channels early|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-14791539.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105152511/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-14791539.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable |date=December 6, 1993|access-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref> these were followed on September 12, 1994, by the launch of the final three channels: True Stories & Drama (later shortened to True Stories), Action and WAM!: America's Youth Network (later known as WAM!: America's Kidz Network; it also went under the preliminary names ''Arcade'' and ''Tweens'' prior to the launch of the multiplex).<ref>{{cite web|title=ENCORE CELEBRATES THE EXPANSION OF SIX MULTIPLEX CHANNELS BY HONORING FILM GREATS|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ENCORE+CELEBRATES+THE+EXPANSION+OF+SIX+MULTIPLEX+CHANNELS+BY+HONORING...-a015512904|agency=PR Newswire|via=The Free Library|date=June 29, 1994}}</ref>

Encore initially utilized a numbering system for each multiplex channel: Love Stories was designated as "Encore 2", Westerns was "Encore 3", Mystery was "Encore 4", Action was "Encore 5", True Stories was "Encore 6", WAM! was "Encore 7" and Starz! was designated "Encore 8". Encore eventually abandoned the numbering system for most of its channels in 1996, instead using the tagline "an encore network" from then on until the early 2002, in contrast, Starz! continued to use the "Encore 8" branding in its main [[Station identification|IDs]] and feature presentation bumpers until 2002, even though that service had been long since separated entirely from the Encore brand by that time, and was given its own slate of multiplex channels.

The entire multiplex was rebranded to bring the individual channels back in line with the overall Encore brand on March 28, 2005, due to focus tests that revealed that viewers did not know the themed channels were directly related to the service's main channel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Logos Herald new Starz alignment|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131163034.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105154746/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131163034.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=Mike Reynolds|periodical=Multichannel News |date=March 28, 2005|access-date=February 25, 2011}}</ref> All of the multiplex channels had the "Encore" brand incorporated into the names of each channel, though three of the Encore multiplex channels underwent more extensive name changes: True Stories rebranded as Encore Drama, Love Stories became Encore Love and WAM!: America's Kidz Network became simply Encore Wam.<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz heats up brand iron|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131606915.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105154002/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131606915.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2012|author=John Dempsey|periodical=Variety |date=March 29, 2005|access-date=February 25, 2011}}</ref> Additional changes to the Encore multiplex came on August 1, 2011, with the launch of a Spanish-language simulcast of Encore's primary channel called Encore Español, and the respective rebrands and refocusings of Encore Mystery and the teen-targeted Encore Wam into Encore Suspense and Encore Family (the latter channel adopting a format similar to that of sister service Starz Kids & Family), Encore Westerns and Encore Action became the only Encore multiplex channels to retain the naming schemes that were in use since the multiplex's original 1994 launch (prior to the incorporation of the "Encore" name in the branding of the multiplex channels).<ref name=enhancements/>

Three of the Encore channels (two of them being among the channel's six original multiplex services) underwent changes in their programming formats on December 2, 2013, as part of an extensive rebranding of the Encore multiplex. Encore Drama relaunched as Encore Black (adopting the same target audience demographic – African Americans – as sister channel Starz's multiplex service Starz In Black) and Encore Love was reformatted as Encore Classic (focusing primarily on classic feature films), both channels began incorporating reruns of network television series from the 1970s to the 1990s as part of specialized program blocks alongside feature films from that period. In addition, Encore Español, which originally sought carriage alongside the other multiplex channels, began to be made available as part of the Spanish-language channel tiers offered by most cable and satellite providers and adopted an independent schedule of Spanish-language feature films.<ref name="changes encore"/>

The multiplex has been given several collective brand names over the years, including the "Encore Multiplex", "Encore Movie Networks", "Starz Encore Super Pak", and "Starz Super Pak". As of 2014, the multiplex currently has no "official" marketed name, and viewers are simply told they are watching "one of the seven Encore channels", though some providers collectively brand the channels as the "Encore Movie Pak", while [[Dish Network]] uses the "Starz Moviepack" as an unofficial name for the entire collection of Starz and Encore channels and select other providers (such as [[DirecTV]]) continue to brand the channels as the "Starz Super Pak".

===Starz Encore HD===
'''Starz Encore HD''' is a high definition simulcast feed of Starz Encore that broadcasts in the [[1080i]] resolution format. The main Encore channel originally launched its HD simulcast feed on March 22, 2004;<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz Encore Group Announces March 22 Launch of Encore HD|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/starz-encore-group-announces-march-22-launch-of-encore-hd-72010137.html|agency=PR Newswire|date=March 9, 2004|access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref> it was shut down after the channel's March 2005 rebrand. The current incarnation of the HD simulcast feed was launched in July 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz Announces Plans for July Encore HD Launch|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/starz-announces-plans-for-july-encore-hd-launch-57241917.html|agency=PR Newswire|date=July 13, 2008|access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref> The main Encore HD simulcast is currently carried nationally by all major cable and satellite providers. Encore Action and Encore Drama (now Starz Encore Black) began broadcasting in high definition on August 1, 2011,<ref name=enhancements/> while Encore Classic and Encore Suspense began their own HD simulcasts on December 2, 2013. It is currently unknown if or when Encore Westerns, Encore Family, and Encore Español will become available in high definition.

===Other services===

====Starz Encore On Demand====
Starz Encore operates a subscription video-on-demand television service called '''Starz Encore On Demand''', which is available at no additional charge to new and existing Starz Encore subscribers. Starz Encore On Demand offers program content available in standard or high definition, consisting of theatrically released feature films and original programs, to most cable and satellite providers. The service's rotating program selection incorporates select new titles that are added each Friday, alongside existing program titles held over from the previous one to two weeks.

====Encore Play====
'''Encore Play''' was a website and [[mobile app]] that featured original programming and feature film content from Encore available for [[streaming media|streaming]] in standard or high definition. It was available to Encore subscribers of [[Verizon FIOS]],<ref>{{cite press release|title=Verizon FiOS Launches STARZ PLAY And ENCORE PLAY Authenticated Online Services|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/verizon-fios-launches-starz-play-and-encore-play-authenticated-online-services-193040611.html|agency=PR Newswire|date=February 25, 2013}}</ref> [[AT&T U-verse]],<ref>{{cite web|title=AT&T U-verse gets Starz Play, Encore Play and Movieplex Play access|url=https://www.engadget.com/2012/12/18/atandt-u-verse-gets-starz-play-encore-play-and-movieplex-play-acc/|last=Heater|first=Brian|website=[[Engadget]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|date=December 18, 2012}}</ref> [[Cox Communications]],<ref>{{cite web|title=New Starz Play website and apps stream only to Cox customers, but you might not need them|url=https://www.engadget.com/2012/10/09/new-starz-play-website-and-apps-stream-only-to-cox-customers-bu/|author=Richard Lawler|website=Engadget|publisher=AOL|date=October 9, 2012}}</ref> [[Comcast Cable|Xfinity by Comcast]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Comcast Opens Up To Starz Play|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/tv-everywhere/comcast-opens-starz-play/374662|last=Baumgartner|first=Jeff|periodical=Multichannel News|date=May 19, 2014|access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref> and DirecTV<ref>{{cite web|title=DirecTV Gets Starz Play And Encore Play|url=http://www.webpronews.com/directv-gets-starz-play-and-encore-play-2012-12|last=Crum|first=Chris|website=WebProNews|date=December 21, 2012}}</ref> until it was merged with Starz.com on April 5, 2016.

The Encore Play [[iPad]], [[iPhone]] and [[iPod Touch]] app was first released on October 8, 2012,<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz Launches Online Viewing Options for Subscribers in Deal With Cox|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/starz-play-online-video-services-cox-hbo-go-400281|author=Georg Szalai|periodical=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media|Guggenheim Digital Media]]|date=October 8, 2012}}</ref> followed by the release of the app for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] devices on May 7, 2013;<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz, Encore and Movieplex Play apps arrive on Android|url=https://www.engadget.com/2013/05/07/starz-play-movieplex-play-encore-play-apps-now-on-android/|last=Santos|first=Alexis|website=Engadget|publisher=AOL|date=May 7, 2013}}</ref> an app for the [[Xbox 360]] was released on December 3, 2013 (available for no extra charge to Xbox Live Gold members)<ref>{{cite news|title=Starz Hops Aboard Microsoft's Xbox|url=https://variety.com/2013/digital/news/starz-hops-aboard-microsofts-xbox-1200913876/|author=Todd Spangler|periodical=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Guggenheim Digital Media|date=December 3, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref> and on the [[Xbox One]] on August 5, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Starz Plays On The Xbox One|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/tv-everywhere/starz-plays-xbox-one/382979|last=Baumgartner|first=Jeff|periodical=Multichannel News|date=August 5, 2014|access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref> The Encore Play service, as well as Movieplex's TVEverywhere service Movieplex Play were merged into Starz's streaming app and website on April 5, 2016.

====Amazon Prime====
From winter of 2015 to April 5, 2016, Encore's east coast linear feed along with much of its movie and TV series catalog had been offered as part of Starz's add-on subscription service, through [[Amazon Prime]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=atv_hm_hom_5_c_h_2_htsstzfe2?_encoding=UTF8&benefitId=starzSub&node=2858778011&pf_rd_i=home&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=2337904342&pf_rd_r=13E2AY2PXTB0CTJ5AMQK&pf_rd_s=center-8&pf_rd_t=12401|title=Amazon.com: Amazon Video: Amazon Video|website=Amazon }}</ref> The cost was $8.99 per month (after a seven-day free trial) for Amazon Prime subscribers to access the Starz/Encore catalog and live feeds.

==Programming==

===Movie library===
{{As of|2023}}, Encore – through Starz – maintains exclusive first-run film licensing agreements with [[Lionsgate Films]] (since 2022, including [[Summit Entertainment]] since 2023) and [[Universal Pictures]] (since 2022, after each films' 18 month window on Peacock and Prime Video)

On March 2, 2021, Lionsgate announced films from Lionsgate Films will air on Starz for first-run rights starting in 2022, except Summit Entertainment which will start airing on Starz in 2023 after output deals with [[Hulu]] and [[HBO]] expire at the end of 2021 and 2022 respectively. On July 15, 2021, Starz reached a licensing deal with Universal Pictures for first-run movies 18 months after they stream on [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]] and [[Prime Video]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vlessing |first1=Etan |title=Lionsgate, Summit Label Films Headed to Starz for Exclusive First Window  |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lionsgate-summit-label-films-headed-to-starz-for-exclusive-first-window-4141830/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=July 15, 2021|title=Starz Inks Post Pay-One Licensing Deal for Universal Movies|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/starz-post-pay-one-licensing-deal-universal-jurassic-park-dominion-1234793988|access-date=January 11, 2022|website=Deadline|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111155950/https://deadline.com/2021/07/starz-post-pay-one-licensing-deal-universal-jurassic-park-dominion-1234793988/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Despite being acquired by [[Lions Gate Entertainment]] in 2016, films released under the Lionsgate label did not air on Starz until 2022 due to an output deal with [[Epix]] until the end of 2019, then [[Hulu]] until the end of 2021. Summit Entertainment films did not air on Starz until 2023 due to an output deal with [[HBO]] until the end of 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last=McNary | first=Dave|title=Lionsgate Pacts With Hulu, FX for Two-Year Output Deal|url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/lionsgate-hulu-fx-distribution-deal-1203240225/ |website=Variety |date=June 11, 2019}}</ref>

Encore also shows sub-runs (runs of films that have recently received broadcast or [[broadcast syndication|syndicated television]] airings) of theatrical films from [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] (including subsidiaries [[Walt Disney Pictures]], [[Touchstone Pictures]], [[Marvel Studios]], [[Lucasfilm]], [[20th Century Studios]], and [[Hollywood Pictures]] - all for films released before 2016), [[List of Warren Miller films|Warren Miller Films]] (for films released before 2020), [[Sony Pictures|Sony Pictures Entertainment]] (including subsidiaries [[Columbia Pictures]], [[Sony Pictures Classics]], [[Screen Gems]], [[Destination Films]], [[Triumph Films]], and [[TriStar Pictures]] - all for films released before 2022), [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Discovery]] (including content from subsidiaries [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], [[New Line Cinema]], [[Turner Entertainment]] – both for films released prior to 2005 – and [[Castle Rock Entertainment]]), [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] (including content from subsidiaries [[United Artists]], [[Orion Pictures]], and [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]]), [[Europa Corp]], [[Paramount Pictures]] (including content from [[DreamWorks Pictures]] (pre-2011), [[Republic Pictures]], [[Nickelodeon Movies]], [[Dimension Films]] (pre-2005), [[Miramax]], [[Paramount Vantage]] and television rights to the [[Cannon Films]] and [[Carolco Pictures]] libraries), [[Revolution Studios]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Roth lines up $3bn for Revolution Studios launch|url=http://www.screendaily.com/roth-lines-up-3bn-for-revolution-studios-launch/402588.article|first=Mike |last=Goodridge|website=ScreenDaily|date=June 7, 2000|access-date=February 10, 2013|archive-date=October 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012090913/http://www.screendaily.com/roth-lines-up-3bn-for-revolution-studios-launch/402588.article|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Overture Films]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Overture Films ends three-year run, hands off marketing and distribution to Relativity Media|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/07/overture-films-is-over.html|first=Claudia |last=Eller|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=July 23, 2010|access-date=February 25, 2011|archive-date=February 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201054204/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/07/overture-films-is-over.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Yari Film Group]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz nabs TV rights to four Yari films|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/starz-nabs-tv-rights-to-four-yari-films-1117982209/|first=John |last=Dempsey|periodical=Variety|date=March 11, 2008|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-date=March 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307151115/https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/starz-nabs-tv-rights-to-four-yari-films-1117982209/|url-status=live}}</ref> and the network's sister company [[Lions Gate Entertainment]] (since 2012).<ref name="Lionsgate">{{cite web|title=Starz Entertainment Licenses More Than 500 Movies from Lionsgate|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/02/starz-entertainment-licenses-more-than-500-movies-from-lionsgate/118479/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217095252/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/02/02/starz-entertainment-licenses-more-than-500-movies-from-lionsgate/118479/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 17, 2013|first=Bill |last=Gorman|website=TV by the Numbers|date=February 2, 2012|access-date=February 2, 2012}}</ref>

In January 1997, Encore secured a licensing agreement with [[Paramount Pictures]], broadcasting over 300 titles; Paramount's first contract with Encore expired in December 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore Media Corporation Acquires Over 300 Titles from Paramount Pictures|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Encore+Media+Corporation+Acquires+Over+300+Titles+from+Paramount...-a019021258|agency=PR Newswire|via=The Free Library|date=January 14, 1997}}</ref> In March 2013, Encore reassumed sub-run rights to Paramount Pictures' feature film releases. The first film broadcast through this deal was ''[[Primal Fear (film)|Primal Fear]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz: Primal Fear|url=http://www.starz.com/titles/primalfear|website=Starz|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref> Additional Paramount Pictures releases were broadcast the following month on Encore, such as ''[[Racing with the Moon]]'', ''[[She's Having a Baby]]'' and ''[[Black Rain (American film)|Black Rain]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz: Racing With The Moon|url=http://www.starz.com/titles/racingwiththemoon|website=Starz|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Starz: She's Having A Baby|url=http://www.starz.com/titles/sheshavingababy|website=Starz|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Starz: Black Rain|url=http://www.starz.com/titles/blackrain|website=Starz|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref> In April 2013, Encore acquired sub-run rights to feature films from [[DreamWorks Pictures]]. The first film broadcast through this deal was ''[[In Dreams (film)|In Dreams]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz: In Dreams|url=http://www.starz.com/titles/indreams|website=Starz|access-date=March 1, 2013}}</ref>

Encore generally airs older films released between the 1960s to the 1990s, with some newer movie titles (usually broadcast between six and nine months after their premiere on Starz) interspersed throughout the day (mostly on Sunday nights, as of the summer of 2014). The newly released films (previous aired on Starz) premiered on Sunday nights.

====Former first-run contracts====
During the 1990s, Encore (through Starz) had exclusive first-run movie rights with Universal Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax Films, New Line Cinema and [[Carolco Pictures]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=Starz!, New Premium Channel, Launches Tonight with Unprecedented Support from Major Hollywood Studios|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/STARZ!,+NEW+PREMIUM+CHANNEL,+LAUNCHES+TONIGHT+WITH+UNPRECEDENTED...-a014767050|agency=PR Newswire|via=The Free Library|date=February 1, 1994|access-date=February 24, 2011}}</ref> Between 1995 and 2005, Encore broadcast films from [[Turner Pictures]] and New Line Cinema.<ref>{{cite web|title= STARZ! signs new exclusive output agreement with Turner Pictures and extends current agreement with New Line Cinema and Fine Line until 2005|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/STARZ!+signs+new+exclusive+output+agreement+with+Turner+Pictures+and...-a017494591|agency=Business Wire|via=The Free Library|date=September 27, 1995}}</ref> Encore's contract with Universal Pictures expired in late 2002; HBO and Starz shared half of Universal's films in 2003 before HBO assumed pay television rights the following year.<ref>{{cite web|title=HBO bid bests Starz|url=http://business.highbeam.com/5543/article-1G1-80191669/hbo-bid-bests-starz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507093520/http://business.highbeam.com/5543/article-1G1-80191669/hbo-bid-bests-starz|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 7, 2013|author=Mike Reynolds|periodical=Cable World |date=February 5, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=HBO, Uni ink licensing deal|url=http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-70431507/hbo-uni-ink-licensing-deal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508051403/http://business.highbeam.com/2012/article-1G1-70431507/hbo-uni-ink-licensing-deal|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2013|author=Brett Sporich|author2=Nellie Andreeva|periodical=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=BPI |date=February 6, 2001}}</ref>

In 1997, Encore lost its rights to many of the [[Dimension Films]] to Showtime, due to its violent content surrounding the films, except for several future [[Jackie Chan]] films Dimension Films released, which Encore kept the rights.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Variety Staff |date=1997-11-04 |title=Showtime taps Dimension |url=https://variety.com/1997/tv/news/showtime-taps-dimension-111661026/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> After the Showtime deal, in August 1999, Encore preemptively signed a four-year deal with Dimension Films that took effect in January 2003, in conjunction with a four-year extension of its existing deal with Miramax Films and the rest of the Disney family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Richard |date=1999-08-20 |title=BV takes an Encore |url=https://variety.com/1999/tv/news/bv-takes-an-encore-1117750597/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dempsey |first=John |date=2001-01-31 |title=HBO eclipses Starz in 8-year U pact |url=https://variety.com/2001/tv/news/hbo-eclipses-starz-in-8-year-u-pact-1117793026/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2002, Encore picked up the pay television rights to Disney's animated films, which previously bypassed a pay television window.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=R. Thomas Umstead |date=2002-03-25 |title=Starz Gets Disney Movie Rights |url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/starz-gets-disney-movie-rights-146135 |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Multichannel News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dempsey |first=John |date=2002-03-22 |title=Mouse seeing Starz! |url=https://variety.com/2002/tv/news/mouse-seeing-starz-1117864319/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

The first-run film output agreement with [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] expired after December 2015, with [[Netflix]] assuming pay television rights in January 2016 (excluding films released by Touchstone Pictures, which were retained by Starz through a separate contract).<ref name="Netflix Disney">{{cite news|title=Netflix to stream newer Disney movies|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2012/12/04/netflix-outbids-pay-tv-for-rights-to-disney-movies/1746037/|author=Michael Lietdke|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|date=December 4, 2012|access-date=December 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=What the Netflix-Disney Deal Means for You|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/netflix-disney-deal-means-105030674.html|author=Dori Zinn|website=Yahoo! Finance|via=[[Money Talks News]]|date=December 4, 2012|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010220123/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/netflix-disney-deal-means-105030674.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Netflix scores exclusive rights to Disney movies|url=http://www.phonearena.com/news/Netflix-scores-exclusive-rights-to-Disney-movies_id37315|author=Maxwell R.|website=PhoneArena|date=December 4, 2012|access-date=February 20, 2013|archive-date=January 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111161317/http://www.phonearena.com/news/Netflix-scores-exclusive-rights-to-Disney-movies_id37315|url-status=live}}</ref> Through at least the first half of 2016, Starz provided Disney films that were released before the expiration, such as ''[[Inside Out (2015 film)|Inside Out]]'' and ''[[The Good Dinosaur]]'', but none released after, such as ''[[Zootopia]]''.

The first-run film output agreement with Sony was renewed for nine years on February 11, 2013, and expired at the end of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Starz, Sony Pictures Extend Film Output Deal|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/starz-sony-extend-film-deal-420320|first=Georg |last=Szalai|periodical=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media|Guggenheim Digital Media]]|date=February 11, 2013|access-date=February 19, 2020|archive-date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828011331/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/starz-sony-extend-film-deal-420320|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Starz Announces New Long-Term First-Run Premium Output Agreement With Sony Pictures Entertainment|url=http://starz.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1152|agency=PR Newswire|website=Starz MediaRoom|date=February 11, 2013|access-date=February 11, 2013|archive-date=February 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217085334/http://starz.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=1152|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 8, 2021, Sony announced that they would not be renewing the agreement with Starz in favor of a new first-run agreement with Netflix.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Donnelly |first1=Matt |last2=Littleton |first2=Cynthia |title=Sony Pictures Moves Movie Output Deal From Starz to Netflix in Rich Pact |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/netflix-sony-pictures-pay-1-starz-output-1234946413/ |website=Variety |access-date=April 8, 2021 |date=April 8, 2021 |archive-date=April 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408170225/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/netflix-sony-pictures-pay-1-starz-output-1234946413/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Warren Miller output deal was renewed for 10 years on October 19, 2009.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Starz Encore Hits the Slopes: Extends Exclusive Output Deal With Warren Miller Films|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Starz+Encore+Hits+the+Slopes%3A+Extends+Exclusive+Output+Deal+With...-a096391611|agency=PR Newswire|via=The Free Library|date=January 13, 2003|access-date=February 20, 2013|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203231735/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Starz+Encore+Hits+the+Slopes%3A+Extends+Exclusive+Output+Deal+With...-a096391611|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Starz, Miller ink 10-year deal; 'Children of Winter' to bow in November|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/starz-miller-ink-10-year-deal-1118010154/|first=Jon |last=Weisman|periodical=Variety|date=October 19, 2009|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142406/https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/starz-miller-ink-10-year-deal-1118010154/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Original programming===
Encore aired its first ever slate of original programming in 2011: the miniseries ''[[Moby Dick (2011 miniseries)|Moby Dick]]''<ref name=mobydicktake>{{cite web|title=Encore Dives Into Original Programming With Miniseries 'Moby Dick' And 'The Take'|url=https://deadline.com/2011/07/encore-dives-into-original-programming-with-miniseries-moby-dick-and-the-take-146721/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=Mail.com Media|date=July 13, 2011}}</ref> and ''[[The Take (TV series)|The Take]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore Original Miniseries 'The Take' Debuts Friday, December 2|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/10/17/encore-original-miniseries-the-take-debutes-friday-december-2/107521/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019031056/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/10/17/encore-original-miniseries-the-take-debutes-friday-december-2/107521/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 19, 2011|author=Robert Seidman|website=TV by the Numbers|date=October 17, 2011}}</ref> and the biographical documentary ''[[Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore To Do Documentary On Jerry Lewis|url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/03/encore-to-do-documentary-on-jerry-lewis/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320072430/http://www.deadline.com/2011/03/encore-to-do-documentary-on-jerry-lewis/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 20, 2011|author=Nellie Andreeva|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=Mail.com Media|date=March 16, 2011}}</ref> The following year, Encore broadcast ''[[Thorne (TV series)|Thorne]]'' in June 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title='Thorne' Premiere: Encore Miniseries With David Morrissey Exclusive Preview (VIDEO)|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/thorne-premiere-david-morrissey-encore_n_1581349.html|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|publisher=The Huffington Post Media Group|date=June 8, 2012|access-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref>

====Programming block====
'''The Big Miniseries Showcase''' (originally airing on weeknights, and later seen only on Sunday mornings<ref>{{cite web|title=The Big Miniseries Showcase Only On ENCORE |url=http://www.starz.com/promotions/bigminiseriesshowcase |website=Starz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120152202/http://www.starz.com/Promotions/BigMiniseriesShowcase |archive-date=January 20, 2013 }}</ref>) is a former weekly [[block programming|programming block]] that showcased a mix of classic and recent critically acclaimed [[miniseries]]. As part of this block, Encore broadcast original miniseries such as ''[[The Crimson Petal and the White (miniseries)|The Crimson Petal and the White]]'',<ref>{{cite press release|title=Encore Presents "The Big Miniseries Showcase" This Fall With the U.S. Television Premiere of "The Crimson Petal and the White"|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/06/27/encore-presents-the-big-miniseries-showcase-this-fall-with-the-us-television-premiere-of-the-crimson-petal-and-the-white-902401/20120627encore01/|publisher=Starz Inc.|via=The Futon Critic|date=June 27, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Titanic: Blood and Steel]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore Premieres 'Titanic: Blood and Steel' on Monday, October 8 at 8PM|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/28/encore-premieres-titanic-blood-and-steel-on-monday-october-8-at-8pm/146477/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012234751/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/28/encore-premieres-titanic-blood-and-steel-on-monday-october-8-at-8pm/146477/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2012|author=Amanda Kondolojy|website=TV by the Numbers|date=August 28, 2012}}</ref> ''Moby Dick'', ''Thorne'' (both of which were already broadcast previously) and ''Hindenburg: The Last Flight''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore to Air 'Hindenburg' Miniseries Starring Stacy Keach|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/encore-hindenburg-miniseries-408879|author=Lesley Goldberg|periodical=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Guggenheim Digital Media|date=January 5, 2013}}</ref> In addition to showcasing original miniseries, Encore has also aired older miniseries previously seen on network television such as ''[[The Thorn Birds (miniseries)|The Thorn Birds]]'', ''[[North and South (miniseries)|North and South]]'', ''[[Shōgun (1980 miniseries)|Shōgun]]'', ''[[Jason and the Argonauts (miniseries)|Jason and the Argonauts]]'' and ''[[Gulliver's Travels (miniseries)|Gulliver's Travels]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Encore's 'The Big Miniseries Showcase' Presents 'The Thorn Birds' on Monday December 10 at 8PM|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/19/encores-the-big-miniseries-showcase-presents-the-thorn-birds-on-monday-december-10-at-8pm/158291/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130004551/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/11/19/encores-the-big-miniseries-showcase-presents-the-thorn-birds-on-monday-december-10-at-8pm/158291/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 30, 2012|author=Amanda Kondolojy|website=TV by the Numbers|date=November 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Encore's 'The Big Miniseries Showcase' Presents 'Sally Hemings: An American Scandal' On February 3rd and 'North and South' on February 4th|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/01/17/encores-the-big-miniseries-showcase-presents-sally-hemings-an-american-scandal-on-february-3rd-and-north-and-south-on-february-4th/165758/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122013311/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/01/17/encores-the-big-miniseries-showcase-presents-sally-hemings-an-american-scandal-on-february-3rd-and-north-and-south-on-february-4th/165758/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2013|author=Amanda Kondolojy|website=TV by the Numbers|date=January 17, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ENCORE Premieres 'Shogun' on Monday September. 17 & 'The Pillars of the Earth' on Monday September 24|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/09/06/encore-premieres-shogun-on-monday-sepember-17-the-pillars-of-the-earth-on-monday-september-24/147604/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203091500/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/09/06/encore-premieres-shogun-on-monday-sepember-17-the-pillars-of-the-earth-on-monday-september-24/147604/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2014|author=Sara Bibel|website=TV by the Numbers|date=September 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Encore's 'The Big Miniseries Showcase' Presents Jason and the Agronauts' & 'Gulliver's Travels'|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/09/20/encores-the-big-miniseries-showcase-presents-jason-and-the-agronauts-gullivers-travels/149490/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614082730/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/09/20/encores-the-big-miniseries-showcase-presents-jason-and-the-agronauts-gullivers-travels/149490/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2013|author=Sara Bibel|website=TV by the Numbers|date=September 20, 2012}}</ref> The block was discontinued on December 29, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=ENCORE Schedule • December, 2013 (page 5)|url=http://www.starz.com/guides/1312ENC1.pdf|website=Starz|date=December 2013}}</ref>

====Acquired programming====
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Despite being a premium service, Encore has incorporated acquired programming on several of its multiplex channels. Originally, these were limited to Encore Westerns and Encore Family (as WAM!/Encore Wam), consisting of classic western series from the 1950s to the 1970s on the former, and imported series aimed at children and teenagers on the latter channel (after Encore Wam stopped carrying acquired programming in 2009, sister channel Starz Kids & Family later incorporated some series programming onto its schedule that are aimed at the same target audience as those that were carried by Wam).

Currently, Starz Encore Westerns carries the classic western series ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke#Television series (1955–1975) and TV movies|Gunsmoke]]'' and ''[[Have Gun – Will Travel]]''. Just prior to its rebranding as Encore Suspense, Encore Mystery eventually added acquired mystery series to its schedule (such as ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''). With the 2013 rebranding and refocusing of what had been Encore Drama and Encore Love as Encore Black and Encore Classic, both channels added series fitting their respective formats in weekdaily blocks. Encore Black currently carries the classic African American sitcoms ''[[What's Happening!!]]'', ''[[Amen (TV series)|Amen]]'', ''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' and ''[[227 (TV series)|227]]'';<ref name=blackclassic>{{cite web|title=Starz Re-Brands Encore Channels|url=http://www.multichannel.com/content/starz-re-brands-encore-channels/146600|author=R. Thomas Umstead|periodical=Multichannel News|date=November 11, 2013}}</ref> while Encore Classic airs the classic sitcoms ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' and ''[[Night Court]]''; and crime dramas ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' and ''[[The A-Team]]''.<ref name=blackclassic/> Encore Black began airing ''[[The Jeffersons]]'', ''[[Sanford and Son]]'', and ''[[Good Times]]'' on December 1, 2015.<ref>[http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2015/10/sanford-and-son-jeffersons-good-times.html Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons & Good Times Coming to Encore Black] ''Sitcoms Online'', October 20, 2015</ref> Starz Encore Family airs classic animated children's shows such as ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' and various ex-[[DIC Entertainment]] shows like ''[[Heathcliff (1984 TV series)|Heathcliff]]'', ''[[Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)|Inspector Gadget]]'',  ''[[Liberty's Kids]]'', and ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' until November 30, 2020.

==Branding==
Throughout the network's history, Encore's logo has included a [[starburst (symbol)|starburst]] mark. In the original logo used from 1991 to 1994, the starburst appeared within the "O" in the channel's name, which was rendered in uppercase and similar in design to sister network Starz's 2008 logo design – the mark was then revamped into a box design in 1994. The logo was simplified for the 1999 rebrand, removing the box design and turning the starburst into a line artwork above the "encore" logotype; the basic design was carried over in the 2005 revamp. On December 1, 2013, Encore introduced a new text-only logo, dropping the starburst mark included in its branding since its launch. In accordance with the rebrand, feature presentation bumpers were dropped across the Encore channels, with programs prefaced only by a graphic informing viewers of the program airing next.

===Network slogans===
* ''Hit Movies of the {{'}}60s, {{'}}70s, and {{'}}80s'' (1991–1994)
* ''The Movies of Your Life'' (1991–1999)<ref>{{YouTube|title=Encore Movie Channel Commercial (1998)|id=kvnCCsVlPGA}}</ref>
* ''The Greatest Movies of Yesterday and Today'' (1994–1999)
* ''A Great Movie Every Night, Guaranteed'' (1999–2004)<ref>{{YouTube|title="The New" Encore Junction – 1999|id=5nDGS3n1fNM}}</ref>
* ''The Place For Movies, 24 Hours a Day'' (2004–2010)
* ''Playing Favorites'' (2010–present, primary slogan since 2013)<ref>{{YouTube|title=Encore Movie Channel Movie Favorites Commercial|id=pQTrRcM2Gpw}}</ref>
* ''The New Encore'' (secondary slogan, 2013–2014)
* ''Encore: So Classic, It's Original'' (secondary slogan, 2014–present)
* ''Touchground For The Game!'' (planned slogan, inspired by the [[Joe Garagiola]] catcphrase from the BBC and NBC-TV coverage of the [[1964 World Series|1964]] and [[1965 World Series]])

===Notes===
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://www.starz.com/|Starz website}}

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