UPDATED with Verizon statement: Starz on Wednesday warned of the potential loss of all of its channels, Starz on Demand and the Starz app through Verizon FiOs amid negotiations with Verizon on a distribution agreement. Now, the company says those channels have gone dark.
“Since an agreement was not reached, customers have lost access to Starz ’s programming,” Alison Hoffman, President, Starz Networks said in a statement late tonight. “Despite extensive efforts by STARZ to reach a renewal agreement and preserve uninterrupted access for Verizon Fios customers, Verizon has chosen to remove Starz.”
The statement continued, “Verizon has
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