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☆ Sony's faith-based streaming service merges with Hallmark rival Great American Media
  + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +1 min
Sony Pictures Entertainment and its streaming service Pure Flix are making room on the cable TV dial. The company's streaming service, known for faith-based content, is merging with Great American Media, a recent upstart cable rival to the Hallmark Channel. It will also beef up the slate for Great American's TV networks Great American Family and Great American Living. As part of the deal, which has yet to close, content from both Pure Flix and Great American Media will cross each other's platforms. Great American Media and its two cable TV networks were launched in 2021 by Bill Abbott, former CEO of Crown Media, the parent of the Hallmark Channel.
Persons: Maria Conchita Alonso, Bill Abbott Organizations: Los Angeles, Hilton Los Angeles, Universal City, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Great American Media, Hallmark Channel, Sony, Crown Media, Hallmark Locations: Universal City , California, U.S, Canada
☆ Wonya Lucas is making big changes at the Hallmark Channel
  + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +7 min
And she's done it all while staying true to the Hallmark brand, which Lucas said is always on her mind. Courtesy: Hallmark MediaUnder Lucas, Hallmark's "Countdown to Christmas" movie slate has increasingly changed. When Lucas became CEO of Hallmark Media, which also includes the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries network, it had also been coming out from under a firestorm of controversy. There needed to be more diversity in both casting and storylines," Hamilton Daly said. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Three Wise Men and a Baby Hallmark Media
☆ Candace Cameron Bure faces backlash after announcing ‘traditional marriage’ project
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +5 min
The actor Candace Cameron Bure is facing backlash following her recent comments about her new TV project that she said will prioritize portraying "traditional marriage." “I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core,” she reportedly told the magazine. A representative for Cameron Bure did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News. On its social media pages, the Great American Family describes its programming as "celebrating faith, family and country." In a September interview with Variety, Cameron Bure said she would have an "executive role" at the network and act in its films.
☆ Candace Cameron Bure criticized by JoJo Siwa and others over ‘traditional marriage’ comment
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Months after they had a public back and forth, JoJo Siwa is voicing her disappointment with Candace Cameron Bure. Cameron Bure responded in a video on her verified Instagram account explaining that she was “shocked” by the designation and said everything was “all good” after the pair connected and discussed it. Siwa wasn’t the only one upset by Cameron Bure’s recent comment. Actress Hilarie Burton slammed her and Bill Abbott, chief executive of Great American Media, for “bigotry.”“That guy and his network are disgusting,” Burton tweeted. There is nothing untraditional about same-sex couples.”CNN has reached out to reps for Bure and Great American Media for comment.
☆ Candace Cameron Bure working on putting Christ back in Christmas movies
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Candace Cameron Bure has moved on from being Hallmark Channel’s queen of holiday movies. In a recently published interview with the Wall Street Journal, the actress talked about leaving that cable channel to work with another, the faith based Great American Family. “My heart wants to tell stories that have more meaning and purpose and depth behind them,” Bure told the publication. Bill Abbott, chief executive of Great American Media, oversees the new network. “I think that Great American Family will keep traditional marriage at the core,” Cameron Bure told the Journal.
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