by Virginia Anziano | Sep 28, 2022 | OTT / VOD
Starz, the U.S. premium TV network owned by Lionsgate studio, has announced the rebranding of its international streaming platform Starzplay. As from September 29, the subscription service will be called Lionsgate+. It is worth mentioning that Lionsgate has filed a...
by Virginia Anziano | Jun 23, 2022 | OTT / VOD
As a result of an alliance that is quite unprecedented in Latin America, The Walt Disney Company and US premium TV network Starz, owned by movie studio Lionsgate, have begun to offer a pack comprising three streaming platforms at a single price. Two of them, Disney+...
by Hernán Amaya | Aug 11, 2021 | Audiovisual Market in General
The Walt Disney Company and U.S. premium network Starz (Lionsgate) have reached an agreement to settle the dispute involving both companies in connection with the similarity between Star and Star+ brands, owned by Disney, and Starzplay, owned by Starz. According to...
by Hernán Amaya | Jul 26, 2021 | Audiovisual Market in General
U.S. premium network Starz (Lionsgate), the owner of streaming platform Starzplay, operating in most Latin American countries, requested an injunction prohibiting Disney from using Star and Star+ brands on the allegation that such brands are similar to Starzplay. An...
by Hernán Amaya | Jun 9, 2021 | Audiovisual Market in General
The owners of streaming platform Starzplay have filed legal proceedings against The Walt Disney Company in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Starzplay alleges that the names of Disney’s new OTT service Star+ (Star Plus), which has not premiered yet, and Pay TV Star...
