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The TUESDAY INTERVIEW: “We need to be in a lot of different places”: Starz Media CEO Bob Clasen


THE PURCHASE TWO WEEKS ago of Anchor Bay Canada is just one small new piece of the strategic puzzle for Starz Media. Best known for its U.S. pay services Starz and Encore, Starz Media has its fingers in many pies at the moment. And just like Canadian media companies, it too is struggling with the opportunities and challenges presented by the ever-shifting media landscape. Being a pay TV service is a lucrative business of course, but with viewers wanting to pull in content off the web to their TVs or iPods – or the other way 'round, Starz – like...