{"id":333274,"date":"2026-02-26T13:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/?p=333274"},"modified":"2026-02-28T13:06:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:06:45","slug":"starz-adds-890000-quarterly-us-streaming-subs-narrows-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/starz-adds-890000-quarterly-us-streaming-subs-narrows-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Starz Adds 890,000 Quarterly U.S. Streaming Subs, Narrows Loss to $20.7 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multiplatform video distributor Starz Feb. 26 reported an increase of 890,000 U.S. streaming subscribers in the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2025). The platform ended the year with 12.7 million paid subscribers compared with 11.8 million in the previous-year period.<\/p>\n<p>Starz linear-TV subscribers lost 940,000 customers, ending the year with 4.97 million, down from 5.91 million in the prior-year period.<\/p>\n<p>Total U.S. subscribers remained flat at 17.63 million, from 17.68 million at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In the quarter, Starz, which separated from Lionsgate nine months ago, reported a net loss of $20.7 million on revenue of $322.8 million. That compared with a loss of $33.2 million on revenue of $344 million in the previous-year period.<\/p>\n<p>Across nine months, the fiscal loss increased to $115.8 million from $$61.3 million on revenue of $963.4 million, which was down from revenue of more than $1 billion during the prior-year period.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just nine months after our separation, we are beginning to see the full impact of operating as a standalone company,&#8221; CEO Jeffrey Hirsch said in a statement. &#8220;We exceeded all our financial guidance in 2025 and expect 2026 to be a positive financial inflection point for the company as we enter the year with record-high OTT subscribers and a balance sheet that outperformed our deleveraging expectations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dgLnU5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Subscribe HERE to the FREE <em>Media Play News<\/em> Daily Newsletter!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiplatform video distributor Starz Feb. 26 reported an increase of 890,000 U.S. streaming subscribers in the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2025). The platform ended the year with 12.7 million paid subscribers compared with 11.8 million in the previous-year period. Starz linear-TV subscribers lost 940,000 customers, ending the year with 4.97 million, down from 5.91 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/starz-adds-890000-quarterly-us-streaming-subs-narrows-loss\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Starz Adds 890,000 Quarterly U.S. Streaming Subs, Narrows Loss to $20.7 Million&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":283396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,166,3,28,653],"tags":[248,8185,380,136],"coauthors":[65],"class_list":["post-333274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital","category-financial","category-news","category-streaming","category-top-news-story","tag-pay-tv","tag-q4-financials","tag-starz","tag-svod"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Starz Adds 890,000 Quarterly U.S. Streaming Subs, Narrows Loss to $20.7 Million - Media Play News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaplaynews.com\/starz-adds-890000-quarterly-us-streaming-subs-narrows-loss\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Starz Adds 890,000 Quarterly U.S. Streaming Subs, Narrows Loss to $20.7 Million - Media Play News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Multiplatform video distributor Starz Feb. 26 reported an increase of 890,000 U.S. streaming subscribers in the fourth quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2025). 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