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Starz Free Preview Weekend on DIRECTV October 11 - 14
DIRECTV Customers Eligible to Receive a $25 Target Gift Card with New Starz
Super Pack Subscription
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Entertainment, LLC and
DIRECTV, Inc. are offering an exclusive free preview weekend of the Starz
Super Pack (channels 518 -- 533) to all DIRECTV customers beginning
Thursday, Oct. 11 through Sunday, Oct. 14. DIRECTV customers who sign up
for the Starz Super Pack from Monday, Oct. 1 through Sunday, Nov. 18 are
eligible to receive a $25 Target gift card.
"The Starz free preview weekend on DIRECTV provides a great way for our
customers to see the hit movies on the Starz Super Pack," said Randy
Satterburg, vice president of marketing, DIRECTV. "In addition to the free
preview, we are pleased to offer our customers an added incentive with a
$25 Target gift card for new Starz Super Pack subscribers."
The free preview will highlight 12 of the standard def channels in the
Starz Super Pack, Starz (east), Starz (west), Starz InBlack, Starz Edge,
Encore (east), Encore (west) and the Encore theme channels; plus the five
Starz HD feeds, Starz HD (east), Starz HD (west), Starz Comedy HD, Starz
Kids & Family HD and Starz Edge HD.
"The Starz Super Pack provides an unparalleled variety of films, with
each channel delivering something new and unique for all movie lovers,"
added Eric Neal, director of affiliate sales and marketing, Starz
Entertainment. The free preview weekend features Hollywood-hits available
exclusively on Starz including The Holiday, The Da Vinci Code, Monster
House, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and more. Additional movies coming to Starz
later in 2007 include The Pursuit of Happyness, Marie Antoinette, and Ghost
Rider.
DIRECTV customers who sign up for the Starz Super Pack during the
promotion period will be awarded a $25 Target gift card with proof of a new
two-month subscription. The gift card is redeemable at Target stores
nationwide, or online at http://www.target.com.
No sponsorship, endorsement, approval or responsibility for this
promotion by Target is intended or implied. Target is not affiliated with
Starz Entertainment or DIRECTV.
About Starz Entertainment
Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating
in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship
Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 15.5 million and 27.3
million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000
movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services
including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment
(http://www.starz.com) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to
Liberty Capital Group.
About DIRECTV, Inc.
DIRECTV, Inc., the nation's leading satellite television service
provider, presents the finest television experience available to more than
16.3 million customers in the United States, through exclusive content,
industry-leading customer satisfaction (which has surpassed cable for seven
years running) and superior technologies. Each day, DIRECTV subscribers
enjoy access to over 250 channels of 100% digital picture and sound,
exclusive programming and the most comprehensive collection of sports
programming available anywhere, including NFL SUNDAY TICKET(TM) and MLB
EXTRA INNINGS(R). DIRECTV ( DTV) also leads the digital television
technology revolution with exclusives such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET
SuperFan(TM), US Open Interactive and YES Network Interactive and will soon
have the capacity to offer over 150 channels in HD. For the most up-to-date
information on DIRECTV, please visit directv.com.
SOURCE Starz Entertainment, LLC













