Starz to Cut 100 Jobs, Close Four Offices

Starz Encore Group, which sells movies to cable and satellite TV subscribers, plans to cut 100 jobs and close four of its 11 regional offices as it adjusts to a changing pay-TV industry.

Starz, which employs 657 people, will close its offices in San Ramon, Calif.; Buffalo, N.Y.; St. Louis; and Dallas in January and relocate some workers to Denver.

Some of the regional offices were designed to serve nearby cable-TV providers, some of which have moved their headquarters, Starz spokesman Tom Southwick said. Starz also may reduce staffing at its Englewood, Colo., headquarters, but Southwick did not have details.

“It’s not a ‘Gee, we need to cut costs’ sort of thing,” Southwick said. “The company is 12 years old, and we need to rethink what we’re doing.”