Starz Restructures Canadian Business From Joint Venture With Bell Canada to Content Licensing Deal

George Jiglea

Starz is restructuring its operations in Canada from a joint venture with Canadian media giant Bell Media to a content licensing deal with the company. “Today, we are announcing a structural change to our Canadian operation,” Starz president and CEO Jeffrety Hirsch said Thursday during the company’s latest quarterly earnings call. “We are moving from a joint venture model to a stable, consistent content licensing agreement with our partner Bell Canada. Under this new simplified structure, the