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Starz Extends First Quarter Loss on Lower Revenues

The Hollywood Reporter·Etan Vlessing·26 days ago
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Starz Entertainment ended its first year as a standalone company after splitting from Lionsgate with lower overall revenues and a widened net loss as it looks to positive year-over-year streaming growth in 2026. The premium cable and streaming platform, which no longer discloses its subscriber counts, ended the three months to March 31, 2026 with $307 million in overall revenues, compared to $330.6 million in the same period of 2025. Streaming revenue came to $211.1 million for the latest quarter, down from $223.4 million in OTT revenue in the year-ago period. Starz in its results forecast positive year-over-year streaming revenue growth in fiscal 2026. And linear TV revenue at $95.8 million was down on from $102.8 million in the first quarter of 2025. Starz also saw its operating loss at $152.8 million widen from a year-earlier operating loss of $142.3 million due in part to higher interest expenses, while the overall net loss at Starz grew to $165 million, against a year-earlier $153 million.…

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