{
  "id": 11291072,
  "title": "Starz Goes Dark On Verizon FiOS Amid Carriage Dispute; Verizon Responds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/starz-goes-dark-on-verizon-fios-amid-carriage-dispute-verizon-responds",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/starz-verizon-fios-carriage-dispute-1237143864/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "UPDATED with Verizon statement: Starz on Wednesday warned of the potential loss of all of its channels, Starz on Demand and the Starz app through Verizon FiOs amid negotiations with Verizon on a distribution agreement. Now, the company says those channels have gone dark. “Since an agreement was not reached, customers have lost access to […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}