John J. Sie's cable service, Starz Encore, reaches around the globe. Founded as Encore Media Corp. in 1991 by Sie, who is still chairman and CEO, and renamed Starz Encore in 1999, the company is the ...

The Starz cable service came to the rescue when a crime drama written and directed by Robby Henson, and starring Oscar-winner Billy Bob Thornton, was about to be orphaned. Thornton plays a small-town ...

Starz Encore Group has licensed films and series from Universal Domestic Television and Buena Vista Pay Television Sales for use on its thematic multiplex channels, including Westerns, STARZ! Cinema ...

NEW YORK — Pay movie web Starz Encore is facing a potentially debilitating hike in its feature film costs come 2004. Parent company Liberty Media admitted Wednesday the premium net’s programming tab ...

NEW YORK — As if Disney didn’t have enough on its hands in the runup to its shareholder meeting next month, John Malone-owned pay movie outlet Starz Encore has sued the Mouse House for violating its ...