BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.,
Jan. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/
-- "Black Sails" has become the most widely watched new series
debut in the history of STARZ original programming, following its
opening weekend on Saturday, January
25.
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More than 2.6 Million viewers watched the series premiere
Live+Same Day (Live+SD) during its opening weekend on the network's
linear channels
- Surpassed "The White Queen" premiere weekend (approximately 2.6
Million viewers), which had been the highest new series/miniseries
premiere to-date, making this the highest STARZ series premiere
weekend ever
- Nearly 1.7 Million Live+SD total viewers watched the combined
Saturday telecasts, making this the best STARZ new series
premiere night ever
- Nearly 850,000 Live+SD viewers for series premiere at
9PM ET/PT
Additionally, STARZ launched a wide, week-long sampling campaign
with strong results to date:
- Early reporting of on-demand, online platforms and affiliate
linear airings yielded an additional
900,000 viewers to-date and thus 3.5 million viewers and
counting
*Viewership for additional multiplex repeats, extended DVR,
and complete STARZ ON DEMAND, Free On Demand, STARZ PLAY, and other
online platforms are not included. More results available
later this week.
(SOURCES: Nielsen Npower P2+ Live+SD data. Sampling
results based on internal estimates of subscription and free On
Demand, on-line as well as affiliate linear viewing. Subject
to further qualifications available upon request.)
New episodes of "Black Sails" air on Saturdays at 9PM ET/PT exclusively on STARZ.
About "Black Sails"
The eight-episode first season of "Black Sails" centers on the
tales of Captain Flint (Toby
Stephens) and his men, and takes place twenty years prior to
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic
"Treasure Island." "Black Sails"
is executive produced by Michael Bay
(Transformers, Armageddon, Pearl
Harbor) and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew
Form (The Purge, Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles). The series was created by showrunner and
executive producer Jonathan
Steinberg (creator "Jericho," "Human Target") and
co-executive producer Robert Levine
("Touch"). Production began on the 10-episode second season
at Cape Town Studios in Cape Town, South
Africa in November.
About Starz
Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading
integrated global media and entertainment company with operating
units that provide premium subscription video programming on
domestic U.S. pay television channels (Starz Networks), global
content distribution (Starz Distribution) and animated television
and movie production (Starz Animation), www.starz.com.
Starz Networks is a leading provider of premium subscription video
programming through the flagship STARZ® and
ENCORE® pay TV networks which showcase premium original
programming and movies to U.S. multichannel video distributors,
including cable operators, satellite television providers, and
telecommunications companies. As of September 30, 2013, STARZ and ENCORE serve a
combined 57.0 million subscribers, including 22.0 million at STARZ,
and 35.0 million at ENCORE, making them the largest pair of premium
flagship channels in the U.S. STARZ® and
ENCORE®, along with Starz Networks' third network
MOVIEPLEX®, air over 1,000 movies monthly across
17 linear networks, complemented by On Demand and authenticated
online offerings through STARZ PLAY, ENCORE PLAY, and MOVIEPLEX
PLAY. Starz Distribution develops, produces and acquires
entertainment content, distributing it to consumers globally on
DVD, digital formats and traditional television. Starz
Distribution's home video, digital media and worldwide distribution
business units distribute original programming content produced by
Starz, as well as entertainment content for itself and third
parties. Starz Animation produces animated TV and movie
content for studios, networks, distributors and audiences
worldwide.
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