London – Thursday 24 May 2018 - Amazon today adds STARZPLAY to its Prime Video Channels line-up in the UK and Germany. A new channel from the popular US TV network Starz, a Lionsgate Company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), STARZPLAY will now give European viewers the opportunity to watch exclusive STARZ series all in one place for the first time, with future STARZ Originals launching exclusively on the same day as the US.

Only available in the UK and Germany to Prime members through Prime Video Channels for £4.99 a month, with a 7-day free trial, customers can watch the brand new, highly acclaimed shows Vida and Sweetbitter, as well as all future STARZ Original series, popular series such as Boss, Party Down, Survivor's Remorse, and Swedish Dicks, and a movie library, featuring Requiem for a Dream, and The Hunger Games.

STARZPLAY joins Prime Video Channels as Amazon celebrates one year since launching its channels service in the UK and Germany, offering Prime members in the UK a line-up of over 70 channels, including live and on demand entertainment and sport, available as individual subscriptions, with no need to sign up to a bundle and anytime cancellation.

"Since launching Prime Video Channels in the UK and Germany a year ago, we continue to build on the selection of live and on demand TV channels for Prime members with over 120 channels across Europe, so it couldn't be more fitting that today we celebrate by bringing customers STARZPLAY," said Alex Green, European MD of Channels and Sport at Amazon Prime Video. "It's fantastic we can now offer Prime members in the UK and Germany even more choice and quality, with the wide range of STARZ Originals, TV series and movies exclusively available on STARZPLAY."

"The launch of STARZPLAY on Amazon in the UK and Germany marks a significant expansion of the STARZ platform into the global market, providing an exciting opportunity for us to build on the success of our relationship with Amazon Prime Video Channels," said Starz President and CEO Chris Albrecht. "These new channels allow us to extend the reach of our storytelling and bring the growing portfolio of STARZ original series as well our extensive library of hit TV series and movies to a new audience."

At launch, Prime members with the add on subscription, STARZPLAY, can enjoy brand new STARZ Originals, including Vidaand Sweetbitter.

Vida is executive produced by Tanya Saracho (How to Get Away With Murder, Girls) and focuses on two Mexican-American sisters played by Melissa Barrera (Club de Cuervos) and Mishel Prada (Fear The Walking Dead: Passage), from the Eastside of Los Angeles who couldn't be more different or distanced from each other. Circumstances force them to return to their old neighborhood, where they are confronted by the past and surprising truth about their mother's identity.

Vida trailer: https://youtu.be/Kp3GVuscOvU

Sweetbitter is adapted from the best–selling novel of the same name by Stephanie Danler, who serves as series creator and executive producer, and tells the story of Tess played by Ella Purnell (Ordeal by Innocence, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children), a 22-year-old who arrives in New York City ready to pursue a new life. When Tess starts working at the best restaurant in the city, she thinks she has found a steady income and a safe place to wait, but instead has found the group of people who will define her as a person and the opportunity to decide who she will become.

Sweetbitter trailer: https://youtu.be/bNp9LYcS-Hw

Both series have received wide acclaim in the US, with Hollywood Reporter noting Vida as "authentic, grounded and like few other shows on TV" and The Wall Street Journal describing Sweetbitter as "remarkably rich in distinctively drawn characters". The two STARZ Originals will launch exclusively on Prime Video Channels in the UK and Germany on 24 May with the first four episodes available straight away, and subsequent episodes launching on the same day as the US Starz network.

STARZPLAY will offer Prime members who have subscribed in the UK and Germany, its growing selection of future STARZ Originals exclusively on the same day they launch in the US, as well as a range of STARZ series, such as Houdini and Rosemary's Baby, and hit movies like 3:10 to Yuma,Bend It Like Beckham and Dirty Dancing.

From today, STARZPLAY will be available for the first time in the UK and Germany via the existing Prime Video app to watch anytime, anywhere on smart TVs, iOS and Android mobile devices, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Fire tablets and games consoles and through the web at www.amazon.co.uk/channels.) Prime members will be able access this on demand content with the convenience of a single account, login and user experience through Prime Video so there's no need to jump from app to app. 
   
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About Prime Video Channels 
Prime Video Channels allows Prime members to add channel subscriptions for a low monthly subscription fee, available individually without the need to sign up for a bundle or enter a lengthy contract. Prime members in the UK can enjoy watching the upcoming French Open Tennis 2018 tournament on Eurosport Player, Love Island on ITV's ad-free catch up service ITV Hub+, Keeping Up With The Kardashians on hayu, and popular TV series and movies on STARZPLAY, by signing up to the relevant subscription. These channels are available in addition to the broad range of original and exclusive TV shows and movies they enjoy through Prime Video, like customer favourites from The Grand Tour, to The Man in the High Castle, American Gods and Sneaky Pete.

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• Included with Prime: Watch thousands of popular movies and TV shows, including award-winning Prime Originals such as The Grand Tour, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Sneaky Pete, Academy Award-winning Manchester by the Sea and The Salesman and Academy Award-nominated The Big Sick; plus exclusive TV shows like American Gods, Preacher and Mr Robot; live sport and self-published content. All part of Prime Video, which is now available in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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