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 ...

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.