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