Epix (and it's Hollywood backers) looking to shake up premium cable
By Richard Lawler 
posted Mar 7th 2009 8:55PM
posted Mar 7th 2009 8:55PM
Now that it finally has a name, the Viacom / Lionsgate / MGM backed Epix can finally be a bit more forthcoming about its plans as a premium movie channel to rival HBO, Starz and Showtime. Now the question is whether the new channel will get the $1.50 per subscriber fee it's asking from potential cable and satellite providers, which could make that planned fourth quarter launch dicier than first imagined. Still, the studios seem entrenched behind the idea of improving their prospects for profiting from their newest, hottest movies like Cloverfield, even in these economic times, so we wouldn't be surprised to see a very Big Ten Network-style standoff in the making.
The quality of posting on Engadget really hits the fan at night. "#1.50"-come on, you didn't even re-read this once to see if maybe that should be $1.50? And the no spaces between "imagined" and "Still" is just ridiculous. Even my spellchecker here tells me that ".Still" isn't a word. Get your game together Engadget and at least proofread your articles once. Either that or don't publish at the ungodly hours. I'd rather get more news at once that's written well then garbled sentences at all hours.
-Brian
Do you feel better about yourself now Brian?
Dude, you missed "satelite" with one L, there goes your shot at Saturday night spell checker. Thanks for the feedback though, I've updated.
so is this a premium channel like HBO and others?
An 1.50 per subscriber, is that really cheap? or will Comcast and others still charge us 15?
Can anyone explain how that works?
bfd. Cable is so yesterday.
These standoffs always lead to us getting screwed.