• Variety, Thursday, August 6, 2009 10:12 PM

Epix -- the pay TV company backed by Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate -- has signed a distribution agreement with Samuel Goldwyn Co. for all Epix platforms. The pact is Epix's first with a producer not owned by one of its backers, and it covers up to 20 of Goldwyn's films slated for release in 2010 and 2011.

"Movies are what consumers want to watch on television, on demand, on their computers and on their mobile devices. Epix is designed to meet that demand," says CEO Mark Greenberg.

Epix was formed in April 2008 after Viacom hit a wall in renegotiating Paramount's pay TV pact with Showtime. It will be the exclusive pay TV home of recent films from its three partners. A week ago Epix unveiled its first carriage agreement, with Verizon's FiOS TV service, but questions have persisted about the venture's viability with Comcast and Cablevision.

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