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Starz has renewed its hit comedy series Run the World, produced by Lionsgate Television, for a second season, with Rachelle Williams joining as showrunner.

Superna Kalle has been promoted to president of international networks at Starz.

Releasing its Q4 and full-year results, Lionsgate announced gains in its media networks division, with global subscribers to Starz rising to 29.5 million, including 16.7 million streaming customers.

Run the World, a new comedy series created by Leigh Davenport (The Perfect Find, Wendy Williams: The Hot Topic, BET’s Boomerang), is set to premiere on Starz and StarzPlay next month.

Lionsgate and Starz have closed a multiyear exclusive first-window output deal for all theatrically released Lionsgate and Summit label films when current agreements expire at the end of 2021 and end of 2022, respectively.

Lionsgate delivered improved revenues of $998.5 million in Q3, driven by its media networks and motion picture segments, but swung to a loss of $97.8 million in the period.

After nearly ten years with Starz, Carmi Zlotnik will be exiting his post as president of programming at the end of the month to pursue new creative endeavors.

The direct-to-consumer streaming app STARZPLAY has launched in Brazil, France, Germany, Mexico and the U.K., with plans to launch in an additional 20 countries in 2020.

Starz has picked up six new titles, including the documentary This Changes Everything from executive producer Geena Davis and the series In the Long Run, created by and featuring Idris Elba. 

Revenues rose at Lionsgate to $963.6 million in the first quarter, driven in part by gains at Starz.