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Starzplay, the Starz-backed streamer that is available in 50 countries, has pulled the curtain back on its first slate of Spanish and Mexican originals. The four shows (detailed below) will stream on Starzplay across Latin America, with a plan to debut select titles in Spain and in the U.S. on Starz and Spanish…

Mad Men is returning to streaming via Amazon and coming back to its original TV home, AMC, as Lionsgate has completed licensing deals for one of the signature series in its TV library. The complex agreement includes global licensing pact with Amazon. The company’s IMDb TV will become Mad Men‘s exclusive free-streaming…

EXCLUSIVE: The streaming war is raging on a global scale. Studios such as Disney and Warner Bros are charging head-first into competition with powerful upstart Netflix and tech giants Amazon and Apple in an aggressive land-grab for eyeballs and subscriptions. Against all that noise, it would be easy to forget that…

StarzPlay, one of the leading SVOD services in the MENA region, has inked a fresh multi-year deal with Warner Bros for the studio's content, including DC series such as Batwoman, Swamp Thing and the Harley Quinn animated series. The agreement also covers premium boxsets such as Supernatural, Castle Rock, Pennyworth…

The Great, Hulu’s period comedy about Catherine the Great from creator and writer Tony McNamara, has been sold to a swathe of international territories. Starzplay has picked up the series, which stars Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, in the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Latin America and Brazil…

Lionsgate announced Thursday it's entered a theatrical output deal with Starzplay, its Starz platform's premium international streaming service, to split first pay streaming rights in the UK to Lionsgate's recently released and upcoming feature films. Under the multi-year agreement, Starzplay subscribers in the UK…

EXCLUSIVE: StarzPlay, a leading SVOD service in the MENA region, has inked a deal with Image Nation Abu Dhabi for the latter to produce the platform's first original, Urban Legends. The Arabic-language anthology series will explore regional tales and fables from the Middle East, with each episode focusing on a new…

Starz is to roll-out its mobile streaming app in a raft of new international markets following a handful of European and Latin American launches. The Lionsgate company is to launch the Starzplay app in 20 countries in 2020 following the rollout across a number of European and Latin American territories. This year…

Streaming service Starzplay has landed the UK rights to Doom Patrol, and will premiere the DC Universe show on January 2, 2020. Doom Patrol is a re-imagining of a beloved group of outcast superheroes: Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl and Crazy Jane, led by modern-day mad scientist Dr. Niles Caulder (The…

Spanish erotic thriller Instinto and Nordic Noir thriller Sanctuary are heading to streaming service Starzplay in the UK. The digital platform will launch the pair of acquisitions from Studiocanal and will launch the scripted series on December 5. Separately, Starzplay will air Starz original drama The Rook in the…

Starz SVOD service Starzplay has picked up most European streaming rights to A24 and Hulu comedy series Ramy from Lionsgate Worldwide Television Distribution Group. The deal covers the UK, Ireland,  Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg. It will launch in UK on Friday August 30 and roll out in…

Starz is looking to double the growth of its streaming service internationally over the next two years but COO Jeffrey Hirsch warns that companies don't have to spend $13B on content like Netflix to succeed in a digital world. "Netflix has done a phenomenal job of convincing everyone in this room and everyone on Wall…