Updated Thursday, May 29, 2008 0:00 am TWN, Los Angeles Times

Starz turns to Verizon for online video subscriptions

NEW YORK -- Starz Entertainment, among the first premium movie channels to embrace Internet distribution, will offer its online service in the same way it offers its films — through cable, satellite and telecommunications companies. Liberty Media’s Starz group said Tuesday that Verizon Communications Inc. would offer the Starz Play online video subscription service to its 8.5 million high-speed Internet customers. The service is similar to Vongo, the standalone movie service that Starz launched in 2006, only US$4 cheaper.

Verizon will charge US$5.99 a month for on-demand access to a catalog of more than 1,000 movies, including “Spider-Man 3” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” as well as 2,500 other videos of extreme sports, anime and concerts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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