NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Liberty Media said programming expenses at its wholly-owned subsidiary Starz Encore Group will increase to between $175 million and $225 million in 2004.

John Malone's Starz Entertainment Group plans to funnel more than 1,500 movies a year to a free video-on-demand service set up by Comcast, the biggest cable operator in the U.S.

Starz Encore Group has licensed films and series from Universal Domestic Television and Buena Vista Pay Television Sales for use on its thematic multiplex channels, including Westerns, STARZ ...

The launch of the bundle, revealed on a Lionsgate earnings call in August, coincides with the debut of new and returning series from both streamers including Sweetpea, Three Women and the next ...