Amazon secures exclusive multi-territory licensing agreement with Starz for The Girlfriend Experience: Steven Soderbergh’s critically acclaimed limited series premieres exclusively on Prime Video in UK, Germany, Austria and Japan
June 27, 2016
The Girlfriend Experience joins Amazon Prime Video’s line-up of award-winning and critically acclaimed TV shows and movies when all thirteen episodes launch in UK, Germany, and Austria today, and in Japan later this year
The Girlfriend Experience stars Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough as Christine, a law student and intern at a prestigious firm who is drawn into the provocative world of transactional relationships
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LONDON, 27 June 2016 – Amazon and Starz announced a multi-territory content licensing agreement for the hit-series, The Girlfriend Experience, a limited series from executive producer Steven Soderbergh through Starz Digital, the global digital and on-demand licensing arm of Starz. The 13 episodes of the critically-acclaimed show premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, Germany, and Austria today, and in Japan later this year. “With a captivating story, combined with an mesmerizing performance by Riley Keough and executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, The Girlfriend Experience provides a dramatic and emotional look into this provocative world,” says Brad Beale, Vice President of Worldwide Television Acquisition for Amazon. “We are excited to bring this extraordinary series exclusively to Prime members in the UK, Germany, Austria, and Japan.”
Jeffrey Hirsch, Chief Operating Officer at Starz, added, “Starz is very pleased to license ‘The Girlfriend Experience’ to Amazon for these markets. Starz is making breakthrough original programming that engages and delights its fans. ‘The Girlfriend Experience’ is a stunning limited series with an incredible performance by star Riley Keough.”
The Girlfriend Experience is executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, Philip Fleishman, Lodge Kerrigan, Amy Seimetz, Gary Marcus and Jeff Cuban and stars Riley Keough (Mad Max: Fury Road, Magic Mike). The series follows Christine Reade, a second year student at Chicago-Burnham Law School and a new intern at a prestigious law firm. Working hard to establish herself at the firm, her focus quickly shifts when a classmate introduces her to the world of transactional relationships. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide The Girlfriend Experience — emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price. Juggling two very different lives, Christine quickly finds herself drawn into the GFE world, attracted to the rush of control and intimacy. The Girlfriend Experience was created by Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seitmetz and also stars Paul Sparks (Boardwalk Empire), Mary Lynn Rajskub (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Kate Lyn Sheil.
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About Starz Digital Starz Digital is the global digital and on-demand licensing arm of Starz and a leading multiplatform distributor of independent feature films in North America. Starz Digital distributes STARZ Original series and entertainment programming for select media companies including The Weinstein Company and AMC Networks. Starz Digital is a Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) business, www.starz.com.
About Starz Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) is a leading integrated global media and entertainment company with operating units that provide premium subscription video programming on domestic U.S. pay television networks (Starz Networks) and global content distribution (Starz Distribution), www.starz.com. The Starz Networks operating unit is home to the flagship STARZ® brand with 24.0 million subscribers in the United States as of March 31, 2016, with the STARZ ENCORESM network at 32.4 million subscribers. Through STARZ, the company provides high quality, entertaining premium subscription video programming with 17 premium pay TV channels and associated on-demand and online services. STARZ is sold through U.S. multichannel video distributors, including cable operators, satellite television providers, telecommunications companies, and other online and digital platforms. Starz offers subscribers more than 5,000 distinct premium television episodes and feature films every year and up to 1,500 every month, including STARZ Original series, first-run movies and other popular movie and television programming. The Starz Distribution operating unit is home to the Anchor Bay Entertainment, Starz Digital, and Starz Worldwide Distribution divisions. In addition to STARZ Original series, Starz Distribution develops, produces and acquires movies, television and other entertainment content for worldwide home video, digital, and television licensing and sales.