Leighton guides Starz's new 'originality'.(Robert Leighton senior vice president of programming for Starz Encore Group L.L.C.)(Brief Article)

Multichannel News, May, 2002

ENGLEWOOD, COLO. -- As president of Starz Encore Entertainment and senior vice president of programming for Starz Encore Group LLC, Robert Leighton wears many hats. Leighton, who joined Starz Encore in 1998 after 17 years at Home Box Office, oversees all aspects of the company's programming division, including program development, co-productions, acquisitions and scheduling. He's also responsible for Starz! Pictures made-for-TV feature films, the first of which -- Joe and Max, which the fights and friendship of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling -- bowed in March. In a recent telephone interview with Multichannel News news editor Mike Reynolds, Leighton weighed in on Starz's moves toward producing more original films, the early returns from subscription...

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