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Stand-Alone Starz CEO Jeff Hirsch Sees A Future Of Owned Shows, Lower Costs & Deals With Networks “Marooned” In Linear Limbo
Starz CEO Jeff Hirsch sketched out a new era of lower costs, owned shows, bundling and partnerships with networks stuck in the linear space.
BMFSTARZ Starz CEO Jeff Hirsch, in his first solo outing as head of a newly standalone publicly traded company, sketched out an era of lower costs, ownership of shows, more bundling and deals with networks that are stuck in the linear space. It’s a lot of tough work to get these shows to be performers as we’ve seen with the likes of the Power franchise and Outlander ” but “coming into 2027, half of the slate will be ours … and we’ll continue to add into that.” The idea was to give each piece of the business room to focus and grow, and in the process hopefully create value – meaning a higher share price – for stockholders.
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