January 03, 2006
Starz Offers Video iTunes Movie Service
Starz is the first to really offer the movie video iTunes experience.
Starz has access to about 40 percent of all first-run Hollywood films made available to cable subscription services such as Time Warner Inc.'s HBO and Viacom's Showtime. The cable network has deals for exclusives on new releases from Walt Disney Co. and Sony, typically a year after movies have been released in theaters. For $9.99 per month, subscribers will have unlimited access to watch more than 1,000 movies at any time on a laptop or a portable media player, the company said. The fee also gives users access to a live stream of the Starz cable channel.
