Starz Media

Starz Media (formerly IDT Entertainment) is the motion picture, animation, television, and home video division of Starz, LLC, a subsidiary of Liberty Media.

Subsidiaries

Starz Media's subsidiaries include:

• Anchor Bay Entertainment - distribution division for DVDs and videos.
• Digital Production Solutions (DPS)
  • Global Animation Studio - a division of DPS.
  • Film Roman - computer generated image and traditional animation studio.
• DKP Studios - ownership interest - 3-D animation, and special effects production.
• Starz Media Sales
• Manga Entertainment
• New Arc Entertainment
• Starz Animation

Minority Stakes

Starz Media's minority stakes include:

• Archie Comics Entertainment, LLC (5%): entertainment and licensing arm of Archie Comics Publications, LLC;
• POW! Entertainment, Inc. (Minority interest): Stan Lee's production company;
  • POW! Entertainment, LLC: subsidiary of POW! Inc.;
  • QED Production
• Vanguard Animation (Minority interest);
• Joint venture with NorthStar Entertainment Group, Inc., a subsidiary of the Christian Broadcasting Network.

Feature films

Starz Media/IDT Entertainment have been in charge of the animation production for the following computer-animated films:

• Everyone's Hero (2006; with 20th Century Fox)
• The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008;Big Idea Productions / Universal Pictures)
• Space Chimps (2008;Vanguard Animation / 20th Century Fox)
• The Legend of Secret Pass (2009, Warner Bros. Pictures)
• The Superheroes (2010; Warner Bros. Pictures)

Other films

• Queen Sized (2008)
• Lower Learning (2008)

History

On May 16, 2006, IDT agreed to sell its IDT Entertainment division to Liberty Media for "for all of Liberty Media's interests in IDT, $186 million in cash and the assumption of existing indebtedness."^[1] On August 31, 2006, the sale of all of IDT Entertainment's US operations and several international operations was completed. "The remainder of the deal, to include the Canadian and Australian operations, is expected to be closed in the next few weeks after regulatory approval has been given."^[2] This sale was completed on 29 September 2006.^[3]

External links

• Starz Media official website
• Starz Media at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ IDT Corporation - Press Releases
2. ^ UK Film and Television News - Liberty Completes First Stage of IDT Acquisition
3. ^ IDT Corporation - Press Releases