Encore Media Corp. corrects release regarding output agreement.ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1995--Encore Media Corp. (EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. ) announced today that its first-run movie service STARZ!-encore 8 ("STARZ!") will be the exclusive first-run premium pay cable provider of theatrical output from Turner Pictures, New Line Cinema and Fine Line Features for the next 10 years."We are thrilled to have signed Turner Pictures and to have extended our current agreement with New Line Cinema and Fine Line Features. This agreement ensures that STARZ! will have one of the strongest exclusive movie packages in premium pay television. Turner Pictures will join New Line Cinema, Fine Line Features, Universal Pictures, Imagine, Miramax, Carolco, Touchstone (1997) and Hollywood Pictures (1997) providing STARZ! with exclusive programming well into the next century," said John J. Sie, chairman/chief executive officer of Encore Media Corp. "We're joining our partners New Line and Fine Line in having our pictures showcased on what is fast becoming a powerful, highly valued network," said Robert Osher, executive vice president, Turner Pictures Group. "This long-term output agreement aligns New Line and Fine Line with a strategic partner for our first-run pay-tv programming," said Bob Friedman, president of New Line Television. "The STARZ! program strategy lends itself well to both the broad reach and franchise nature of New Line's feature film product. Also, we are delighted that for the first time STARZ! has embraced Fine Line as a primary supplier of distinguished theatrical product." In the past year, New Line Cinema and Fine Line Features have produced such box-office hits as "Seven," "Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat (commonly abbreviated as MK) is a popular series of fighting games created originally by the Midway Manufacturing Company. Mortal Kombat ," "Friday," "Hoop Dreams" and "Dumb and Dumber." Combined, the two companies will contribute approximately 30 films a year to Encore's library of premium choices. The New Line/Fine Line deal also secures the rights to such upcoming films as "The Island of Dr. Moreau," starring Marlon Brando Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004) was an Academy Award-winning American actor whose body of work spanned over half a century. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential actors of all time. and Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer[1] (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. A trained stage actor, Kilmer became well-known in the mid 1980s, after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984), then the cult classic Real Genius ; "Gundown!," starring Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor and singer. He came to fame in the late 1980s and has since retained a career as both a Hollywood leading man and a supporting actor, in particular for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard series. and Bruce Dern; "The Long Kiss Goodnight," directed by Renny Harlin and starring Geena Davis; "The Women," starring Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan; "The Grass Harp," starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon; "The Mask II," starring Jim Carrey; "Feeling Minnesota," starring Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz; and feature film adaptations of the classic television series "Lost in Space" and "The Love Boat." Encore Media Corp. (EMC) is a joint venture of Liberty Media Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI (Trustworthy Computing Initiative) An umbrella term from Microsoft for its efforts to improve security in Windows. TCI was announced in 2002 after viruses such as Code Red and Nimda had succeeded in attacking numerous Windows computers. ) and JJS JJS Journal of Japanese Studies Communications Inc. EMC is one of the largest providers of national cable and satellite channels (15 channels total) in the U.S. and includes ENCORE, a widely popular service, featuring hit movies of the `60s, `70s, `80s (6.2 million subscribers); six Thematic Multiplex services -- Love Stories-encore 2, Westerns-encore 3, Mystery-encore 4, Action-encore 5, True Stories & Drama-encore 6, and WAM WAM - Intermediate language for compiled Prolog, used by the Warren Abstract Machine. "An Abstract Prolog Instruction Set", D.H.D. Warren, TR 309, SRI 1983. ! America's Youth Network-encore 7 (3.5 million subscribers); and ENCORE+ theme by day; STARZ!-encore 8, the first-run premium multiplex movie service (2.2 million subscribers); and the International Channel, offering multi-lingual basic cable programming in 22 different Asian, European and Middle Eastern languages to 7 million subscribers in the U.S. and Latin America. Planned for the future is STARZ!2 featuring prime time any time. Turner Pictures is one of the motion picture production subsidiaries of Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (often abbreviated TBS Networks or TBS, inc.) is the company managing the collection of cable networks and properties started by Robert Edward "Ted" Turner from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. Inc. Recently, Turner Pictures announced its first feature film project from president of production, Amy Pascal, and her team. "Michael," based on an original screenplay written by Pete Dexter, stars John Travolta and re-written by Nora and Delia Ephron, with Nora Ephron set to direct. "Michael" is scheduled to begin production in early 1996 for release in late 1996. The full-length animated feature "Cats Don't Dance Cats Don't Dance is a 1997 animated family feature film, notable as the only animated feature produced by the short-lived Turner Entertainment animation unit and was distributed to theaters by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment. ," currently in production, is scheduled for release in 1997. By 1998, Turner Pictures will be releasing eight films per year, inclusive of both live action and animation. New Line Cinema, a subsidiary of Turner Broadcasting System Inc. is the industry's leading independent producer and distributor of theatrical motion pictures. New Line licenses its films to ancillary markets including cable and broadcast television, as well as to international venues. "The Mask;" "Dumb and Dumber;" "Menace II Society;" "The Player;" "Short Cuts;" and "The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "TMNT" redirects here. For the 2007 film, see TMNT (film). For other uses, see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (disambiguation). The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (or simply Ninja Turtles and abbreviated TMNT " and "House Party" series are among the critically acclaimed and commercially successful films released by New Line and Fine Line Features, New Line's specialty films division. CONTACT: Encore Media Corp. Warren Zeller, 303/267-4003 or New Line Television Steve Elzer, 310/967-6654 or Turner Entertainment Group Libby Gill, 310/788-6901 |
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