Encore is a US premium television channel featuring mainly past and present blockbuster motion pictures. It is owned by Starz Entertainment, a division of Liberty Media. As of December 2008, Encore's programming is available to 31.7 million subscribers in the United States, which is larger than Starz's subscriber base of 17.7 million subscribers[1], due to Encore's penetration via subscribers of Starz and digital cable and satellite providers that offer Encore and its multiplex channels under a separate package from Starz. As such, satellite and some cable providers will sell Encore to non-Starz subscribers, though the two channels are typically sold as a package