Content + distribution = money.
That’s the basic equation behind Thursday’s news that movie and TV studio Lions Gate acquired subscription channel Starz for $4.4 billion.
The deal, a combination of stock and cash, merges the company that made “The Hunger Games” series with one of the biggest pay-for cable channels.
In Starz, Lions Gate now has a way to directly make money from its hits as opposed to going to other distributors, as it does now with Orange is the New Black.
In Lions Gate, Starz gains access to a pipeline of high-quality shows and an existing library that will make its subscription services more enticing. Read more…
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