The premium network, led by CEO Jeffrey Hirsch, made good on a forecast of sequential streaming subscriber growth amid continued pressure on its linear TV customer base.

Starz, the streaming-focused network newly-split off from Lionsgate, showed signs of stabilizing its subscriber base in its fourth quarter results unveiled Thursday as it reported positive sequential U.S. over-the-top subscriber growth.

In its latest financial quarter to Dec. 31, 2025, Starz added 370,000 OTT subscribers to reach 12.66 million streaming customers but lost another 200,000 linear TV subscribers during the fourth quarter.

Starz put the latest OTT subscriber growth in part down to its script series lineup, which includes season 3 of Power Book IV: Force and the first season of Spartacus: House of Ashur.

The U.S. linear subscriber base at Starz ended the fourth quarter at 4.97 million customers. Starz recorded no Canadian linear TV subs in the latest quarter. That follows in Nov. 2025 the company announcing it had shifted from a joint venture model in Canada to a content licensing agreement with local partner Bell Canada to in part free up capital for original series production.

Starz Networks ended the fourth quarter with 17.63 million subscribers (a number that fell quarter-to-quarter from 19.2 million because the company stopped reporting figures in Canada). At the same time, Starz said restructuring its Canadian operation allows the company to refocus on the U.S. market, where it recorded sequential OTT subscriber growth during the latest quarter.

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