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Chris Albrecht, the CEO of Starz, is stepping down from the company as of next month.

The president and CEO talks about working with showrunners, taking chances on new talent, growing the app and international expansion.

Starz has named Darren Nielson and Jeff Cooke to the international digital networks team.

Lionsgate has inked an expanded licensing agreement with the Australian streaming service Stan.

Lionsgate delivered a second-quarter profit of $15.5 million, as compared with the year-ago loss of $17.5 million, on revenues of $940.8 million.

Carmi Zlotnik, the president of programming at Starz, talks to World Screen Newsflash’s Anna Carugati about working with A-list creative talent, the value of returning series, the channel's involvement with American Gods and what’s up next.

ENGLEWOOD: In reporting its third-quarter financial results, Starz revealed that subscriptions are up by 1.2 million year on year for the channel, while the standalone OTT service is nearing 1 million subs.

CANNES: Vimeo has launched its new global television storefront in partnership with Lionsgate, which has made available such hit series as Orange is the New Black, Casual, The Royals, Mad Men and Weeds.

ENGLEWOOD: Consolidated revenue at Starz fell by 4 percent in the second quarter to $402.6 million, with operating income down by 5 percent to $105.4 million.

BEVERLY HILLS: Starz is scheduled to launch its app on the Roku platform starting July 17, making available original series such as Outlander and Power on Roku players and TVs.