{"id":1938811,"date":"2023-05-26T12:42:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T16:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/great-american-family-purchases-christian-streaming-site-to-expand-its-faith-based-and-family-friendly-shows\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T12:44:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T16:44:45","slug":"great-american-family-purchases-christian-streaming-site-to-expand-its-faith-based-and-family-friendly-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/great-american-family-purchases-christian-streaming-site-to-expand-its-faith-based-and-family-friendly-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"US family buys Christian streaming site to boost family-friendly and faith-based content."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgreat-american-family-purchases-christian-streaming-site-to-expand-its-faith-based-and-family-friendly-shows%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1938811&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Great American Family Network Acquires PureFlix to Expand Faith-Based and Family-Friendly Shows<\/h2>\n<p>The Great American Family network has acquired the Sony Christian streaming site PureFlix to expand its faith-based and family-friendly shows. This move distances the network even further from LGBTQ programming available on the Hallmark Channel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;Hallmark Channel&#8217; Rival &#8216;Great American Family&#8217; Purchases Christian Streaming Service &#8216;PureFlix&#8217; To Produce More &#8220;Faith And Family-Friendly&#8221; Entertainment \u2013 Bounding Into Comics <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/idEtqeW45Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/idEtqeW45Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheCommonNerd (@CommonNerd1791) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CommonNerd1791\/status\/1661745289399771138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a statement from the network\u2019s merger announcement, GAF said that the company \u201cwill build on the multi-faceted, multi-channel family and faith media brands in the portfolio\u201d as both have sought to \u201cserve and delight consumers in the family and faith categories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFamily-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,\u201d said Ravi Ahuja, Chairman of Global Television Studios and Corporate Development for Sony Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Great American Media President and CEO, Bill Abbott, added, \u201cIn 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Candace Cameron Bure and Great American Family<\/h3>\n<p>Both Abbott and actress Candace Cameron Bure left the Hallmark Channel for Great American Family after its programming and advertising started involving LGBTQ stories. Bure recently spoke to the Wall Street Journal about joining GAF and said it was because she wanted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/great-american-family-purchases-christian-streaming-site-to-expand-its-faith-based-and-family-friendly-shows\/\" title=\"US family buys Christian streaming site to boost family-friendly and faith-based content.\">share \u201cfaith-filled\u201d stories \u201c<\/a>that have more meaning and purpose and depth behind them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew that the people behind Great American Family were Christians that love the Lord and wanted to promote faith programming and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candace-cameron-bure-confirms-network-will-keep-traditional-marriage-at-the-core-while-hallmark-leans-into-lgbtq-stories\/\" title=\"Candace Cameron Bure Confirms Network Will \u2018Keep Traditional Marriage At The Core\u2019 While Hallmark Leans Into LGBTQ Stories\">good family entertainment<\/a>,\u201d the actress said, noting that Hallmark had essentially become \u201ca completely different network\u201d than when she signed on due to a \u201cchange of leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier statement about her move to GAF, the \u201cFull House\u201d star said \u201cI\u2019m very excited to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/full-house-superstar-candace-cameron-bure-to-generate-and-star-inside-faith-filled-wholesome-content-for-your-family\/\" title=\"\u2018Full House\u2019 Superstar Candace Cameron Bure TO GENERATE And Star Inside \u2018Faith-Filled\u2019 \u2018Wholesome Content\u2019 FOR YOUR Family\">develop heartwarming family<\/a> and faith-filled programming and make the kind of stories my family and I love to watch. I am constantly looking for ways that I can inspire people to live life with purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The acquisition of PureFlix by Great American Family network is a strategic move to expand its faith-based and family-friendly shows. With the expertise and content creation capabilities of Sony Pictures, the network aims to serve and delight consumers in the family and faith categories. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/candace-cameron-bure-shares-details-about-upcoming-film-that-honors-u-s-veterans\">Candace Cameron Bure Shares Details About Upcoming Film That Honors U.S.\u00a0Veterans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Great American Family&#8221; network acquired Sony&#8217;s &#8220;PureFlix&#8221; to broaden its family-friendly and faith-based content, distancing itself from LGBTQ programming on the Hallmark Channel. GAF stated that it would expand its multi-channel family and faith offerings in its merger announcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1938812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7838,7961,4592,5589,10387,3881,27722,17389],"class_list":["post-1938811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-boost","tag-buys","tag-christian","tag-content","tag-faith-based","tag-family","tag-family-friendly","tag-streaming"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1938812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}