Lightworkers Media






































LightWorkers Media
Type
 Subsidiary
Founded November 12, 2009 in California, U.S.
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Key people
Mark Burnett & Roma Downey
Owner MGM Holdings
Parent
MGM Television
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
Website lightworkers.com

Lightworkers Media is an American faith and family film and television production company helmed by President Roma Downey and her husband Mark Burnett and owned by MGM Holdings through MGM Television. LightWorkers Media produced the emmy nominated The Bible on the History channel as well as A.D. The Bible Continues on NBC, The Dovekeepers on CBS[1] (based on the novel by Alice Hoffman), Women of the Bible on Lifetime, and Answered Prayers on TLC. They also produced the epic feature film Ben-Hur, Son of God, Little Boy[1] and Woodlawn.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 The Bible


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





History


Lightworkers Media was formed by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey with a partial stake held by Hearst Corporation, which owned a stake in Burnett's One Three Media.[1] One of its first productions was The Bible for History, premiered in early 2013.[2] On September 22, 2014, MGM acquired a 55% stake in Lightworkers Media and One Three Media and consolidated the two companies into MGM's new TV production unit, United Artists Media Group, with Burnett as CEO.[1] On December 14, 2015, MGM announced that it had acquired the remaining stakes in UAMG in a stock and cash deal, and that Burnett would become the new CEO of MGM Television, replacing the outgoing president Roma Khanna.[3] With MGM purchasing out of Hearst and Burnett and Downey's shares in UAMG, a channel in the works was still a planned streaming service. However, Hearst and Burnett and Downey retained their stakes in the channel.[4] MGM announced the formation of Light TV on November 16, 2016, with a launch planned for December on thirteen Fox TV stations.[5]



The Bible


Main article: The Bible (TV series)

The series is the first project together from husband and wife producing team Mark Burnett and Roma Downey.[6] In addition to Burnett and Downey, executive producers include Richard Bedser and History's Dirk Hoogstra and Julian P. Hobbs.[7] The first episode of the mini-series was seen by 13.1 million viewers, the largest cable television audience of 2013 to date.[8] The finale delivered 11.7 million total viewers.[9]The Bible shattered sales records in its first week of home video release, selling 525,000 units to become the top-selling TV miniseries of all time.[10] In total, with subsequent airings, 'The Bible' has been seen by more than 95 million viewers.[11]



References





  1. ^ abcd Busch, Mike Fleming Jr,Anita (September 22, 2014). "MGM Buys 55% Of Roma Downey And Mark Burnett's Empire; Relaunches United Artists". Deadline. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 6, 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Lowry, Brian (February 28, 2013). "Review: 'The Bible'". Variety. Retrieved March 6, 2017.


  3. ^ "Mark Burnett Named President of MGM Television". Variety. Retrieved December 14, 2015.


  4. ^ Lieberman, David (December 14, 2015). "MGM Taps Mark Burnett To Run TV Operation After Buying Out JV Partners". Deadline. Penske Business Media. Retrieved March 6, 2017.


  5. ^ Busch, Anita (November 16, 2016). "Roma Downey, Mark Burnett And MGM Launch Light TV With Fox Stations On Board". Deadline. Retrieved March 6, 2017.


  6. ^ Levin, Gary (May 24, 2011). "Mark Burnett to produce 'The Bible'". USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved August 28, 2011.


  7. ^ Porter, Rick (May 24, 2011). "Mark Burnett producing 'The Bible' miniseries for History Channel". Zap2it. Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011.


  8. ^ Hibberd, James (March 4, 2013). "Mark Burnett's 'The Bible' begets record ratings". Entertainment Weekly.


  9. ^ "History's "The Bible" Finale Delivers 11.7 Million Total Viewers". Futon Critic. April 1, 2013.


  10. ^ THR Staff (April 8, 2013). "Mark Burnett's 'The Bible' Becomes Top-Selling Miniseries on Blu-Ray and DVD". Hollywood Reporter.


  11. ^ "#1 TV on DVD in the last 5 years". Hollywood Jesus. April 8, 2013.




External links


  • Official website



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