Starz Extends Action Sports Slate

BURBANK: Starz Entertainment has clinched a ten-year output and library deal with winter action-sports producer Warren Miller Entertainment that kicks off next month with the world TV premiere of Warren Miller’s Children of Winter.

The deal for the premium channel operator also covers four untitled projects that will premiere across all Starz platforms, including linear, on demand and Starz Play, beginning 2010 and extending through 2019. The deal also extends Starz Entertainment’s exclusive rights to Warren Miller’s Off the Grid, Warren Miller’s Playground, and other library titles.

“Warren Miller has delighted sports enthusiasts with his astounding winter films for 60 years,” said Keenan Young, Starz Entertainment’s director of program acquisitions. “It’s great that our long standing relationship is continuing for another ten years, and it’s equally great for our viewers that Starz is the exclusive home for his incredible films.”