Comcast to add new Starz duo.(Starz Entertainment Group)(RetroPlex and IndiePlex will be available via Digital Plus service)(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, February, 2006 by Reynolds, Mike
Fulfilling an earlier carriage commitment to Starz Entertainment Group, Comcast Corp. will add a pair of new movie channels to its digital lineup on April 3. RetroPlex and IndiePlex will be available to the majority of Comcast's digital customers via its Digital Plus service. Starz executive vice president of sales and marketing Edward Huguez said RetroPlex, targeting the 25-to-45 set, will offer films from the 1950s through the 1970s that "viewers are very familiar with and can watch over and over." Sample titles: Five Easy Pieces, West Side Story and Patton.
Drawing a distance from Sundance Channel and Independent Film Channel, Huguez said IndiePlex, with movies like Leaving Las Vegas, Trainspotting and Do the Right Thing, will show "titles...
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