Comcast NBCUniversal and Lions Gate Entertainment (LGF-A) have settled their differences. Comcast (CMCSA) will continue to carry Lions Gate’s STARZ and STARZ Encore channels on its Xfinity TV platform nationwide and NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service will license Lions Gate content.
Shares of Lions Gate gained 8.27% on the news today. The stock is a member of my Jubak Picks Portfolio, where the position is down 56.28% since June 14, 2018.
NBCUniversal will license content from Lions Gate for its Peacock streaming service, due to launch in April 2020. Peacock will have access to the existing Lions Gate catalog and will also license content to STARZ for Lions Gate’s international streaming service. Financial terms of the agreement weren’t announced by the two companies.
This is Lions Gate’s second streaming content deal in the last few months. Back in November the company announced a deal with Amazon (AMZN) that would enable customers on Amazon’s Prime Video to access Lions Gate’s recently released and upcoming feature films. That deal begins in January 2020.
