ION TELEVISION LICENSES THEATRICAL TITLES FROM STARZ MEDIA FOR FIRST BASIC CABLE & BROADCAST WINDOWS
NEW YORK – JULY 14, 2011 – ION Television announced today that it acquired the rights to six theatrical titles from Starz Media, LLC, for the movies’ first basic cable and broadcast exhibition. The agreement between the companies marks the first time ION Television has acquired first-run broadcast rights for movie titles. The new titles will fit into ION's Big Movie Weekend, which has registered double-digit growth among A25-54 and total viewers, year-over-year. The newly purchased films will air exclusively on ION’s schedule beginning in November and will continue to roll out on the