Lions Gate to buy cable channel Starz in $4.4 billion deal

NEW YORK (AP) — Film and TV studio Lions Gate is buying cable channel operator Starz in a deal worth $4.4 billion.

Lions Gate is the company behind "The Hunger Games" movies and the "Orange Is The New Black" TV series.

Together, Lions Gate said it can tap its library of movies and TV shows and air them through Starz's channels.