Lionsgate, Starz ink multi-year pact

Lionsgate and Starz Entertainment Thursday introduced a completely new multiyear, multiplatform, film certification deal that will bring greater than 500 Lionsgate movies for the premium funnel.The comprehensive new agreement is Lionsgate's first extended-term library deal with Starz. The studio, which just acquired Summit Entertainment, can be a founding father of rival pay TV network Epix, along with Vital and MGM.Photos include recent releases ''Conan The Barbarian,'' ''Abduction,'' ''Margin Call'' and ''Red State'' additionally to photos within the ''Saw'' and ''Tyler Perry'' franchises, ''Precious,'' ''Rambo,'' ''3:10 To Yuma,'' ''Monster's Ball,'' and ''The Blair Witch Project.''Jim Packer, Lionsgate Leader of Worldwide Television and Digital Distribution, mentioned, ''This is an additional significant area of the ongoing income generating within our 13,000-title shot entertainment library, and that we are delighted to improve and expand our productive extended-term relationship with Starz, with whom we most recently became a member of round the television series ''Boss.'' Lionsgate remains dedicated to tapping traditional and digital customers alike after we explore techniques to unlock the requirement for our huge shot entertainment library resource.''''Starz Entertainment offers its clients a great combination of both original programming and theatrical films. We are always striving to possess a extended-term pipeline of quality library content to boost our first-run output film programming from Disney and also the new the new sony. This agreement - getting a good partner in Lionsgate -- enables us to satisfy people extended-term programming goals,'' mentioned Stephan Shelanski, EVP, Programming, for Starz Entertainment. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com