Cinema logo from 2000. This was intended to include only six channels, but Encore decided to launch Starz as a competitor to HBO and Showtime after it acquired the pay-TV rights to broadcast films by Universal Studios released after 1993.The tie to Encore branding-wise continued even as Starz was given its own slate of multiplex channels in the late 1990s. Starz's logo has incorporated a star in some form since its launch. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. after BET withdrew from the partnership during its acquisition by Viacom (which owned rival pay service Showtime at the time) in 2001.The entire multiplex was overhauled on March 28, 2005, as part of an extensive rebranding of the Starz and Encore services.

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While Encore debuted a slightly modified logo and applied the "Encore" brand to the names of its six multiplex channels, Starz underwent a more dramatic makeover, with a completely redesigned logo – which included the The Starz multiplex has been marketed under several names over the years including the "Starz Encore Super Pak" and the "Starz Super Pak".On March 28, 2016, Starz introduced a new logo and tagline, "Obsessable". Download the vector logo of the Starz! 2008-Present Some providers offer Encore and MoviePlex's multiplex channels on a separate digital cable tier from Starz. Paramount's first contract with Starz expired in January 2006.At the time of its launch, Starz had secured exclusive first-run movie rights with Universal Studios, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax, New Line Cinema, Walt Disney Pictures, and Carolco Pictures.Starz expanded its program offerings to include some original television series by the late 1990s with five entertainment news programs and shows that focused on the making of upcoming or current feature films (such as The number of original series that debuted each year on Starz has varied, reaching a high of four series during the 2011 calendar year.Multiplex channel Starz Kids & Family also features some series programming, which are aimed at young children and preteens. In 2008, Starz Cinema made a new logo.

This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons.Information from its description page there is shown below.Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. This Logo Was Revived In October 23rd 2009, To Promote The Premiere Of Thomas and Friends: The Great Discovery On Starz Edge (Japan).

The block provides programming from In 1994, Encore launched the pay television industry's first "themed" multiplex service – seven additional movie channels that each focused on a specific genre.

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The service was launched on September 19, 2001, debuting on The Starzplay name was borrowed from a prior service offered in conjunction with Starzplay (as a Netflix service) was first made available to Starz subscribers of the Verizon FiOS television service.On September 1, 2011, Starz announced that it would not renew its streaming agreement with Netflix, which ended on February 28, 2012; movie titles that are available on DVD from Starzplay is the first Starz-branded service to be localized outside the United States; more precisely within 17 countries in the On April 5, 2016, Starz launched a new app and over-the-top subscription service to compete with The first-run film output agreement with Sony was renewed for nine years on February 11, 2013;Starz also shows sub-runs (runs of films that have already received broadcast or Films for which Starz has pay-cable rights usually also run on Encore and MoviePlex during the duration of its term of licensing.

This article or section lacks a former logo at the moment. Starz Comedy Starz Comedy focuses on lighthearted, . This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. This version has the \"encore 8\" appear underneath that logo until 2002. Encore Love was launched as Love Stories in July 1994, as part of the first three channels that debuted as part of the Encore multiplex. As part of the rebranding, Starz added all the In April 2019, Starz was widely criticized in the tech press and by the Depending on the service provider, Starz provides up to twelve multiplex channels – six 24-hour multiplex channels, all of which are The premium film services Encore and MoviePlex, which are also owned by Starz, Inc., operate as separate services; as such, subscribers to one of the services do not have to subscribe to any of the others. From 1995 to 2002, Starz had broadcast occasional original In January 1997, Starz secured a licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures, broadcasting over 300 titles. The star was composed of two stars, one large one and one smaller one a silhouette inside the first star. In the original logo that was used from its launch in February 1994 until March 27, 2005, the star was composed of a two silhouettes (one star being embedded within a larger one), and a "This logo was abandoned for an abstract star shooting upwards and a A new logo was introduced in April 2008, with lowercase "In 2016, Starz redesigned its logo again; the current logo is the word "

It also held the television rights to releases from Starz's availability was mainly limited to TCI's systems at launch, debuting with a one-month As a startup network, Starz endured major losses during its early years, with total deficits topping By May 1998, Starz maintained a subscriber base reaching 7.6 million households with a cable or satellite television subscription.As part of a corporate restructuring plan in 2003, Starz Encore Group eliminated 100 jobs in its nine regional offices, and closed four of the offices outright.On April 5, 2016, Starz was rebranded, introducing a new logo, this time stylized as "STARZ" in all uppercase. The current status of the logo is active, which means the logo is currently in use. Cinema brand designed by in Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) format.

same as Starz (China) and Along with the other 4 sister channels. This coincides with a revamp of the Starz channels effective April 5 of that year. The logo features a hand-drawn star shooting upwards and the text "starz" is now rendered in lowercase letters and utilizes Helvetica Black as its typeface.