BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.,
March 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz
announced that ENCORE PLAY and MOVIEPLEX PLAY, the authenticated
online TV Everywhere services for ENCORE and MOVIEPLEX premium
subscribers respectively, launched today on Xbox Live®
for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system
from Microsoft and are in development for Xbox One®. The
launches follow the December 2013
debut of STARZ PLAY on Xbox 360, which marked the first Starz video
game and entertainment system deployment for the popular online
service and the first extension directly to the television.
STARZ PLAY, ENCORE PLAY and MOVIEPLEX PLAY are available in
the United States as free
downloads for Xbox Live Gold members in the Xbox Apps Store.
ENCORE PLAY and MOVIEPLEX PLAY are both included as part of the
company's broader Xbox One development efforts for STARZ PLAY and
are expected to launch later this year.
PLAY service device support is available on a wide array of
platforms including PCs/Macs, and devices including iPhone, iPad
and iPod touch and several Android handsets, tablets and other
platforms including Kindle fire, Kindle Fire HD, NOOK HD, NOOK HD+
and select Google Nexus devices including the Nexus 4, Nexus 7, and
Nexus 10. For a complete list of supported devices, please visit
assets.starzplay.com/devices.
STARZ PLAY, ENCORE PLAY, and MOVIEPLEX PLAY offer robust online
monthly access to approximately 1,500 of the premier movies,
originals, and additional TV episodes from the respective Starz
premium services. Provided at no additional monthly charge, the
three authenticated online PLAY services provide a suite of
easy-to-use, online viewing options for STARZ, ENCORE, and
MOVIEPLEX subscribers to enjoy the quality original programming and
commercial-free movies offered on the respective STARZ, ENCORE, and
MOVIEPLEX services.
STARZ PLAY, ENCORE PLAY and MOVIEPLEX PLAY are accessible
through 3G/4G cellular, Wi-Fi, and broadband connections.
The PLAY services have a recommended minimum required
bandwidth of 1Mbps, and a minimum 2.5Mbps for an optimal viewing
experience. The STARZ PLAY, ENCORE PLAY, and MOVIEPLEX PLAY
PC/Mac® interfaces are available at www.starzplay.com,
www.encoreplay.com, and www.movieplexplay.com respectively.
More about the PLAY Services
STARZ PLAY offers approximately 400 monthly selections,
including 100 episodes of exclusive STARZ Original series ("Black
Sails," "The White Queen," "Spartacus," and beginning in March, the
second season of "Da Vinci's Demons") and 300 movies comprising
first-run films from Disney (Iron Man 3, Monsters
University) and Sony (This Is The End, White House Down,
Grown Ups 2) and other great films from a wide selection of
Hollywood studios. ENCORE
PLAY offers about 1,500 monthly selections, with 300 movies (Oz
The Great and Powerful, Zero Dark Thirty, Independence Day, Rush Hour, Stripes, Good
Will Hunting) and favorite TV
series and other TV content ("Murphy Brown," "Magnum P.I.," "Night
Court," "Diff'rent Strokes"). MOVIEPLEX PLAY offers about 200
movies every month (Back to the Future, Stand By Me, The Dead
Zone, Annie).
With simple and intuitive layouts and designs, the STARZ PLAY,
ENCORE PLAY, and MOVIEPLEX PLAY applications offer fun and easy
ways to enjoy the wide range of premium content offered on the
STARZ, ENCORE, and MOVIEPLEX channels and services.
Family members can "PLAY" everything from great family films to
the riveting "Black Sails," on many new platforms in addition to
television. Resume functionality allows the user to seamlessly pick
up from where they left off in watching a great movie or TV show on
any registered device in the account.
Easy set-up of parental controls provides families with options
for limiting content accessibility. Menus, screens and
commands are optimized for touchscreens to provide a fun, but
efficient, means to drop down and swipe through the quality content
selection and viewership controls. Facebook and Twitter
integrations let fans talk about the latest episode of their
favorite STARZ Original series or big hit movie.
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 December 31, 2013, STARZ and
ENCORE serve a combined 57.1 million subscribers, including 22.2
million at STARZ, and 34.9 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
more than 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.
Contact:
Eric Becker
Starz
(720)
852-4065
eric.becker@starz.com
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