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Lionsgate is launching MovieSphere Gold, an all-movie digital network to feature library titles like Dirty Dancing, Rambo, Kick Ass <\/em>and The Shack.<\/em><\/p>\n The ad-supported venture from the Lionsgate Worldwide Television Distribution Group and Debmar-Mercury has already debuted in around 30 million homes, including on DirecTV, Dish TV, Frndly and Sling Freestream, and broadcast groups reaching over 80 percent of the U.S. market. The digital offering will effectively tap the Hollywood studio\u2019s 20,000-plus movie vault for fresh titles.<\/p>\n More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n While movies are readily available on major streaming services like Netflix and Prime Video, MovieSphere Gold represents an entire service devoted only to movie titles.<\/p>\n \u201cMovieSphere Gold represents the next evolution in multicast entertainment,\u201d Jim Packer, president of worldwide television distribution for Lionsgate, said in a statement. \u201cThis new digital network gives audiences access to acclaimed titles that were previously unavailable in this space, offering a richer, more diverse selection of films than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n MovieSphere Gold, also to feature films from The Hunger Games <\/em>and The Expandables <\/em>franchises, and will have CBS Media Ventures handling national advertising sales. Other launch titles include Daybreakers, Scream 4, Sinister, The Cabin in the Woods, Murder So Sweet <\/em>and Baby For Sale. <\/em><\/p>\n Debmar-Mercury co-presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus added in their own statement: \u201cMovieSphere Gold offers us the rare opportunity to enter into an area of television \u2013 digital broadcasting \u2013 that is growing year over year with eight diginets now among the top-50 entertainment networks. And because of the massive size and quality of the Lionsgate film library, this now gives us the unique ability to pivot to the titles that perform best with viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lionsgate is launching MovieSphere Gold, an all-movie digital network to feature library titles like Dirty Dancing, Rambo, Kick Ass and The Shack. 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