Topic: premium channel

Beginning Dec. 10, Comcast will replace Starz and begin offering Epix, a premium network owned by MGM, in some of its Xfinity TV premium packages.

Lionsgate is considering plans to turn premium channels Starz and Encore into a separate company that could shoulder some of the studio’s debt load.

When a report surfaced last week suggesting that Comcast would drop Starz by the end of the year, it was enough to crater parent company Lionsgate’s stock.

Still swimming in the wake of HBO’s zeitgeist-capturing mega-hit “Game of Thrones,” you’d be forgiven for forgetting about Cinemax. But, Comcast remembered the channel enough to cook up a new replacement for it.

Comcast confirmed that it will soon launch a new commercial-free, on-demand movie service called Hitz that will replace Cinemax in some channel packages.

Roku’s streaming video aggregation hub The Roku Channel today announced it's adding HBO to its list of available premium subscriptions, just in time for the final season of “Game of Thrones.”

HBO has long used Sunday nights as its original programming showcase, but now the premium network is expanding to Monday nights.

Roku is kicking off 2019 by adding a big roster of premium services to the mix beginning in late January.

Somewhat later than expected, premium channel Epix is launching in June on Comcast, including the voice-enabled X1 platform.

Adding some girth to its programming bundles, virtual pay TV operator fuboTV is offering an 80-channel tier for $49.99 a month.