EDMONTON and BEVERLY HILLS – Super Channel announced today it has expanded its exclusive licensing and programming distribution deal with Starz Worldwide Distribution.
The agreement makes Super Channel the exclusive English pay television home in Canada for several Starz original series including David S. Goyer’s Da Vinci’s Demons, and the second season of Magic City, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olga Kurylenko, and James Caan. Each program will have a Canadian premiere on June 14, 2013 during a special two-hour programming block at 9pm ET.
Other TV series as part of the agreement include the widely anticipated Starz original series The White Queen, airing later this year, and Black Sails from executive producer Michael Bay coming in early 2014. VH1’s Hit The Floor will also debut later this year.
The agreement also brings to Super Channel an annual collection of movie titles distributed by Starz Worldwide Distribution, including 2013 titles such as Silent Night, Wicker Tree, Howling: Reborn, F6: Twister, and Hatfield & McCoys: Bad Blood.
“Super Channel is very pleased to significantly expand our licensing business with Starz and bring several of the crown jewels of its original programming in an exclusive deal for our Canadian subscribers,” said Super Channel’s vice-president of programming Sandy Perkins in a release.
Super Channel is currently available on Bell TV, Shaw Direct, Rogers Anyplace TV, Shaw Cable, Cogeco Cable, Access Communications, Bell Aliant TV, Source Cable, SaskTel, MTS, Novus, EastLink, Telus and other regional providers.
