Vongo being replaced with affiliate service

FROM BROADCASTING & CABLE: Starz Play to offer movie downloads

By Glen Dickson of Broadcasting & Cable -- Video Business, 8/14/2008

AUG. 14 | FROM BROADCASTING & CABLE: Vongo, the online movie-download service launched by premium cable programmer Starz Entertainment in January 2006, is officially shutting down next month in favor of a new, rebranded service, Starz Play, which is currently being marketed by telco Verizon Communications.

Starz was quiet about the move, posting a notice on the Vongo Web site Aug. 1 that it would no longer accept new subscribers for Vongo and notifying existing subscribers that the service will officially shut down Sept. 30. The notice encouraged consumers to “enjoy the same great subscription movie-download service by signing up for Starz Play provided by Verizon.”

Read the full story on Broadcasting & Cable.