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Comcast Renews Carriage Deal With Starz

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Jessica Toonkel
· · Source: The Information

After a long, contentious negotiation, Comcast has renewed its deal to carry Lionsgate’s Starz channels, the companies announced today. The new agreement sheds light on how deals between cable companies and programmers may start to look as their focus shifts from traditional cable to streaming video services. Under the terms of the deal, Starz channels will no longer be available to Comcast...

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