PURE FLIX AND GREAT AMERICAN MEDIA TO MERGE

Hey, movie friends! Have you heard the latest entertainment news involving Great American Media that was released on Thursday afternoon? Pure Flix (the streaming service) will be merging with Great American Media!

I've had a subscription with Pure Flix for a couple years, and I've watched some excellent faith-filled and inspirational films through their streaming service. However, even with all the hits I've seen, I've also seen some misses, too, but that's to be expected.

Pure Flix offers religious and family-friendly movies and TV series for streaming, so I believe Great American Media's original films and programming will be an ideal fit.

See all the details below...


Press Release:

PURE FLIX 

AND 

GREAT AMERICAN MEDIA 

TO MERGE

Sony Pictures’ Faith and Family Streaming Service to Join Forces with Great American Media’s Portfolio of Family-Friendly Cable and FAST Channels to Serve Growing Audiences

Culver City, CA and New York, NY – May 11, 2023 – Pure Flix, a leading faith and family streaming platform owned by Sony Pictures Television, and Great American Media, home to a growing portfolio of family-friendly media brands, today announced the signing of an agreement to merge the two companies. Pure Flix will become part of the merged company, with Great American Media contributing two cable networks (Great American Family and Great American Living) and a FAST channel (Great American Adventures). Great American Media will retain a majority interest in the merged company and will oversee day-to-day management of the independent organization.

Great American Media President and CEO, Bill Abbott, will serve as CEO of the merged entity, reporting to the company’s board of directors. The new company will build on the multi-faceted, multi-channel family and faith media brands in the portfolio. Closing of the deal is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.

Pure Flix and Great American Media share the same mission to serve and delight consumers in the family and faith categories. Combining the power of Great American Media’s linear networks and FAST channel with Pure Flix’s SVOD service and vast content library will provide an opportunity for each platform to reach a larger and broader audience. Bringing the brands together into one entity will immediately establish the company as a leader in the genres.

“In a media environment where programming and distribution business models are in a constant state of flux, this agreement provides a rare opportunity to maximize our potential with the expertise, market knowledge and content creation capabilities of a world class partner like Sony Pictures,” said Abbott. “This merger will allow us to further our commitment to original, quality content and makes Great American Media and Pure Flix leaders in a large and under-served market.”

“Family-friendly entertainment remains an important segment of the industry, and merging these two entities will create the greatest opportunity to achieve more scale for Pure Flix as it continues to build its subscriber base,” said Ravi Ahuja, Chairman of Global Television Studios and Corporate Development for Sony Pictures. “Bill and the Great American Media team have been successfully leading the Great American Family and Great American Living brands, and we believe they have a winning plan to take Pure Flix to even greater heights.”

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

SPT acquired Pure Flix in December 2020. The service provides faith and family-friendly movies and TV series to its ~1M subscribers in the U.S. and Canada.

Featuring original Christmas movies, rom-coms and classic series that celebrate faith, family and country, Great American Family is currently in ~50M homes and is carried by all major cable providers. Great American Family recently closed out First Quarter 2023 as the fastest-growing network on TV for the second consecutive quarter.

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ABOUT GREAT AMERICAN MEDIA

Great American Media is home to a family-friendly portfolio of brands including Great American Family and Great American Living. As the flagship network, Great American Family features original Christmas movies, rom-coms and classic series that celebrate faith, family and country. Great American Living features lifestyle programming that celebrates family-friendly traditions every day and every season. Great American Media is also home to FAST (free ad-supporting streaming TV) channel Great American Adventures, which offers scripted and unscripted content highlighting themes including cooking and DIY, and Great American Community, a free direct-to-consumer streaming app featuring short-form original series hosted by well-known lifestyle experts. Great American Media was established in June 2021 by Bill Abbott and a group of US-based family offices.

ABOUT GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY

Great American Family is America’s premiere destination for quality family-friendly programming, including original holiday movies, rom-coms and fan-favorite series that celebrate faith, family and country. Great American Family is home to year-round seasonal celebrations including Great American Christmas, the network’s signature franchise featuring holiday themed movies and specials. Founded in 2021, Great American Family is part of the Great American Media portfolio of brands. Follow Great American Family on Twitter: @GAfamilyTV Facebook: @GAfamilytv Instagram: @gactv

ABOUT PURE FLIX

Pure Flix is your home for faith and family-friendly movies and shows where you can confidently stream with the entire family. With new premium and exclusive original entertainment choices every week, you can strengthen your faith and family with Pure Flix – a streaming service that inspires, uplifts and entertains. You’ll get access to the largest variety of high-quality wholesome movies, series and kids’ content at one low price. Experience the difference that positive, encouraging entertainment can have in your home. Pure Flix is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment.

ABOUT SONY PICTURES TELEVISION

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is one of the television industry’s leading content providers, producing, distributing and carrying programming worldwide in every genre and for every platform. In addition to managing one of the industry’s largest libraries of award-winning feature films, television shows and formats, SPT is home to a thriving global content business, operating a robust portfolio of wholly-owned and joint-venture production companies across the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific, as well as linear and digital channels around the world. SPT is a Sony Pictures Entertainment company, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

Contacts:

Great American Media:
Mead Rust
meadrust@gacmedia.com
469-663-7717

Sony Pictures Television:
Stacy Weitz
Corporate Communications
Stacy_Weitz@spe.sony.com

🎬 Where to Watch Karen Kingsbury's New Series "A Thousand Tomorrows" 🐎 See Here:

Beginning this Friday, February 24th, 2023, Karen Kingsbury's new series, "A Thousand Tomorrows," will start streaming weekly on Pureflix. Episodes 1 and 2 of this brand-new series, based on Karen Kingsbury's novel, will stream exclusively on Pure Flix, with new episodes premiering every Friday. After viewing the trailer (which I included below), I would say it resembles a Christian version of Heartland, Yellowstone, or even Hallmark Channel's upcoming series, Ride.

UPDATE: See my REVIEW below...

At PureFlix, you can stream clean entertainment and enjoy access to thousands of faith and family-friendly movies, original shows, engaging documentaries, and more! This is Pureflix's mission statement: Pure Flix takes great care in previewing and selecting content so that you can rest assured that it is free of violence, sex, and language surprises. Series and movies with mature themes will always have applicable cautions and parental controls to give you confidence in what streams on your screen. We are intentional with expanding the variety of our content, and there is always something for everyone: romance, adventure, series for kids, and movies for the whole family. At Pure Flix, you can Have Faith In Your Entertainment.

ABOUT KAREN KINGSBURY’S A THOUSAND TOMORROWS:

From #1 New York Times best-selling author Karen Kingsbury, only God knows how many tomorrows we have left. In the dangerous and competitive rodeo world, how will Cody and Ali make the most of their time together?

Featuring: Colin Ford, Rose Reid, Cole Sibus, Anne Leighton, Kate Easton, KC Clyde, CK Bolado


TRAILER A THOUSAND TOMORROWS:

I'm hoping to have the chance to watch the first two episodes of this series this weekend on Pureflix. If I do, I will be sure to share my take, and if any of you have the chance to watch it, or if you've read this series of books from Karen Kingsbury, I would love to know your thoughts on it, as well. Please, no spoilers.

Back in 2015, I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Karen Kingsbury for her new movie, at the time, The Bridge. You may also recall Karen's other Hallmark movies based on her books, Maggie's Christmas Miracle and A Time to Dance. I'm delighted to see this new series for Karen on Pureflix since their service is geared towards creating Christian content for family viewing. My family and I have certainly enjoyed watching all sorts of faith-filled and wholesome movies and shows via Pureflix's streaming service.

Blessings to you all, Net

UPDATE - MY REVIEW OF "A Thousand Tomorrows" :

I finally had the chance to stream A Thousand Tomorrows. Well, I was hoping this series might be the Christian, family-friendly alternative to (Hallmark Channel's) Ride, since both are essentially TV series about bull riding, country life, horses, romance, etc... Well, I can understand needing to show character development and change from being a sinner to finding redemption, but 10-15 minutes into the first episode, we see the main lead character, Cody Gunner, in a bar drinking with his friends after a competition. As Cody pays his bill for the drinks, a random woman is sitting next to him at the bar and at first Cody doesn't seem interested, but then she asks if he wants to "talk," and he says something like sure and they leave together. None of the intimacy part is shown, but the next morning we can clearly see they've had a one night stand. I was floored, as this was definitely not something I was expecting to see just minutes into a series on Pureflix. After seeing this and the way the other bull riders constantly talked about women in a lustful sort of way, the rest of the series is a pass for me.

Net's Movie Reviews - God's Not Dead: We the People and The Clue to Love! See Here:

Today I want to share with you all my take on two movies I watched with my family through the Christian streaming service Pureflix.

The first movie is "God's Not Dead: We the People." When Pureflix had a limited viewing of this movie last year in November, I was able to watch then, but with all the excitement around Christmas, I didn’t get a chance to share a review. However, I recently noticed, the movie returned this March to Pureflix, so I gave it a re-watch and decided this was a great time to finally share my thoughts.

"God's Not Dead: We the People"

Before I share my review (below), if you don’t have Pureflix, you’ll be happy to know that "God's Not Dead: We the People" is available to watch through Prime Video, and it's also available on DVD at Amazon, Walmart, etc…

You can also find this movie in a 4 movie DVD collection, which includes all of the "God's Not Dead" films. (By the way, the second movie in the series stars Melissa Joan Hart ("Mistletoe in Montana," "Dear Christmas") and Jesse Metcalfe ("Martha's Vineyard Mysteries," "Harmony from the Heart"), and it is an excellent, uplifting story!)

In addition to "God's Not Dead: We the People," I recently viewed another movie on Pureflix that might be of interest to many of you. The movie is a lighthearted rom-com titled "The Clue to Love". It’s from the production company Reel One Entertainment, which is where UPtv acquires many of their new movie premieres. Hopefully, they will acquire this one day, but until then, "The Clue to Love" is available to stream through Pureflix and Prime Video; plus, it is available on DVD, as well, at Amazon, Walmart, etc…

"The Clue to Love"

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See my reviews for both of these movies below…

"God's Not Dead: We the People"

God’s Not Dead: We the People - Movie Review

Intense! Powerful! Uplifting! “God’s Not Dead: We the People” (the fourth film in the “God’s Not Dead” series) is an inspirational Christian film about standing up for our religious rights. Specifically in this film, homeschool parents are targeted for teaching the Bible in their homes and not the standard curriculum taught in public schools. It was incredibly moving to see this group of parents and their pastor, Reverend David Hill, (portrayed by actor/producer, David A.R. White) stand up for their beliefs and take their case all the way to Washington, D.C. I believe this movie will embolden you in your faith, encourage you in your commitment to stand on God’s Word, and invigorate you in your strength to fight for your freedom, no matter the cost.

The movie also had a wonderful cast, with Christian singer, Francesca Battistelli, as Rebecca McKinnon, one of the main homeschool parents, actor Antonio Sabato Jr., as Rebecca’s incredibly supportive husband, actor Isaiah Washington, as Congressman Daryl Smith, who helps to defend religious liberties, and Fox News host, Judge Jeanine Pirro was truly dynamic as Judge Neely, whose role was pivotal to the entire film.

Another beautiful touch to this impactful film, were the meaningful and heartwarming flashbacks to previous “God’s Not Dead” movies. The moral of the story is... how far are you willing to go to stand up for your beliefs? “God’s Not Dead: We the People” is family friendly – a perfect movie for believers, churches, homeschool families, youth groups, etc... This film is a perfect reminder of how fragile our freedoms are, and that message is even more meaningful in the world we live in today.

~Net, It's a Wonderful Movie  

Where you can see...

God’s Not Dead: We the People

Stream through: Pureflix or Prime Video

DVD: Amazon or Walmart

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The Clue to Love - Movie Review
(Note: I watched "The Clue to Love" through Pureflix)

Extra! Extra! Read All About It! "The Clue to Love" is such a cute family friendly rom-com with charming banter that revolves around a newspaper business and stars Rachel Bles (“Cooking Up Love”) as Audrey Harper and Travis Milne (who I just loved as Charlie Baker in “A Gift Wrapped Christmas”) as Morgan Cooper. Both are newspaper reporters; however, Audrey is learning to write her stories with a little more heart, as Morgan, the Editor in Chief, has shown in his award winning articles. As Audrey shadows Morgan at the Hope Cove Beacon Newspaper, she discovers the identity of the person who writes the infamous local advice column, Ask Aunt Hope, is a secret and she is determined to figure out who the person is. Morgan and Audrey have wonderful chemistry together, and there’s some interesting tension at the newspaper on whether or not Morgan’s father will sell the family business. Plus, Morgan is beginning to wonder if he can trust Audrey, since she is connected with the big city newspaper that wants to purchase Hope Cove’s small town paper.

Overall, here’s my exclusive scoop… "The Clue to Love" is a very sweet story, with a little bit of mystery and heartfelt moments. I hope to see it on UPtv some day!

~Net, It's a Wonderful Movie 

 

Where you can see...

The Clue to Love

Stream through: Pureflix or Prime Video

DVD: Amazon or Walmart

Note: I noticed Amazon has this movie rated as TV-14 and I can't imagine why. I personally didn't see any content that required this rating when I watched this movie through Pureflix, and to my knowledge, the movie was not edited in any way. In fact, I checked the time on the DVD versus the time of the movie at Pureflix, and it was actually a few minutes longer at Pureflix. So, that rating makes no sense to me at all. What I saw was a decent, lighthearted movie.


UPDATE - Another Movie Review:

"The Clue to Love that was shown in Canada had a man making a comment about his Husband not letting him see their baby. It was fairly close to the beginning when Rachel Bles is having a meeting with the people at the newspaper. It shows the guy answering his cell phone talking about the surrogate about to have the baby and then he makes the comment about his husband. The US version must have removed that comment." ~Anonymous

*Note #2: I spoke to Pureflix and they said some of the movies are edited by the companies before they are submitted to Pureflix. So... the version I watched must have been edited. Please know, I'm not sure what is on the DVD.

I sincerely hope you enjoyed reading my reviews for both of these movies.

Blessings to you all, Net

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Special DVD Features:

• Deleted Scenes
• Man, Myth, Messiah with Rice Broocks
• Between Heaven and Hollywood with David A.R. White
• Visual Effects of God's Not Dead 2
• Filming in Arkansas
• First Liberty
• Trailers

*images courtesy: Pureflix

Cast includes: Melissa Joan Hart ('Melissa and Joey', 'Santa Con'), Jesse Metcalfe ('Chesapeake Shores', 'A Country Wedding'), David A.R. White ('God's Not Dead', 'Faith of Our Fathers'), Robin Givens ('Head of the Class', 'A Christmas to Remember'), Pat Boone ('April Love'), Sadie Robertson ('Duck Dynasty'), Ernie Hudson ('Ghostbusters'), and Fred Dalton Thompson (Law & Order).

Rated: PG

Trailer:
(I get chills every time I watch it!)



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