Lions Gate Entertainment completed the full separation of the Lionsgate Studios and Starz businesses into two standalone, publicly traded companies.

Lionsgate and Starz have been working on a separation for the last three years, but the pandemic and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes slowed things down. The split is intended “to ultimately create more market value for both,” per Deadline.

Lionsgate has completed the full separation of its studio and Starz businesses into two standalone, publicly-traded companies.