Starz, Encore Join Cablevision’s SVOD Offering

BETHPAGE, March 26:
Cablevision Systems has added Starz On Demand and Encore On Demand, featuring
first-run, hit and classic movies, to its current SVOD services available to iO
TV digital cable customers.

Offering more than 150
first-run movies at all times, as well as exclusive on-demand premieres of each
new Starz title, Starz On Demand and Encore On Demand are available to iO TV
customers with a Starz/Encore subscription for $4.95 per month. Starz On Demand
features exclusive new movies available only on Starz, including Ghost Rider, The Pursuit of Happyness, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Wild Hogs. Upcoming movies include Ratatouille, Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Underdog and Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Starz On Demand also showcases new original
content such as the series Crash,
based on the Academy Award-winning film, and original comedic series like Head
Case and Hollywood Residential. Available on Encore On Demand are movies like Cars, Invincible, Click, Rush Hour and The Sixth Sense.

Starz and Encore
programming is accessible to digital-cable customers with an iO TV digital
set-top box through the On Demand menu on the iO TV user interface.

"Cablevision
continues to enhance the home entertainment experience by adding quality,
branded video on demand content from the most popular cable television
networks," said John Trierweiler, Cablevision's senior VP of product
management. "Subscribers to Starz On Demand and Encore On Demand have
access to a blend of popular new releases and classic films with the
convenience and control of on demand viewing."

—By Irene Lew