STARZ! Free Preview Weekend on DIRECTV February 18-20 

STARZ! Free Preview Weekend on DIRECTV February 18-20

STARZ! Free Preview Weekend on DIRECTV February 18-20

DIRECTV Customers Are Eligible to Receive a $20.00 Best Buy Gift Card With New Starz Super Pak Subscription

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Starz Entertainment Group LLC (SEG) and DIRECTV, Inc. are offering an exclusive free movie weekend to all DIRECTV customers from 9:00 p.m. ET on February 18 to midnight ET February 20. New DIRECTV customers who sign up for the Starz Super Pak during the free preview weekend are eligible to receive a $20 Best Buy gift card redeemable at Best Buy stores located in 48 states nationwide.

The free preview will consist of 12 channels of the Starz Super Pak including: STARZ!, Black STARZ!, STARZ! Theater, Encore, Love Stories, Westerns, Mystery, Action, True Stories and WAM!.

The free preview weekend presents DIRECTV customers with big Hollywood blockbusters available exclusively on STARZ!, including Viggo Mortenson in Hidalgo, Jennifer Garner in "13 Going on 30" and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," the final installment of New Line Cinema's award-winning trilogy.

"The Starz Super Pak lineup offers our customers quality movie choice and convenience," said Neal Tiles, executive vice president, marketing for DIRECTV. "Starz Entertainment Group consistently delivers first-rate programming, and we are happy to give our customers this opportunity to enjoy their hit movies with the added incentive of a $20 Best Buy gift card."

DIRECTV customers who sign up for the Starz Super Pak during the free preview will be awarded a $20 Best Buy gift card with proof of a new two-month Starz Super Pak subscription.

"The free weekend preview is consistent with our ultimate goal of adding value to DIRECTV households," added Keno Thomas, senior vice president, affiliate sales with Starz Entertainment Group. "The Starz Super Pak provides an unparalleled library of movies, and each channel delivers something new and unique to movie lovers."

The Starz Super Pak delivers a steady supply of new hit movies and classic films every month. New hit movies available exclusively on STARZ! include: "Hidalgo," "13 Going on 30," "The Human Stain," "The Butterfly Effect" and "Hellboy." Movies coming to STARZ! in 2005 include: "Kill Bill Volume 2," "The Incredibles," "The Aviator," "The Bourne Supremacy," "The Village," "Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement," "Van Helsing" and "National Treasure."

No sponsorship, endorsement, approval or responsibility for this promotion by Best Buy is intended or implied. Best Buy is not affiliated with Starz Entertainment Group or DIRECTV.