Light TV
| Type | Digital broadcast television network |
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| Country | United States |
| Availability | Nationwide (available on OTA digital television and LPTV) |
| Slogan | There is something good on |
| Headquarters | Beverly Hills, California |
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Key people
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Launch date
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December 22, 2016 |
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Picture format
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480i (SDTV) |
| Affiliates | List of affiliates |
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Official website
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www |
Light TV is an American digital broadcast television network owned by MGM Television that launched on December 22, 2016. The network features family-friendly and faith-based entertainment programming. Light TV is headed by the husband-and-wife team of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey; Burnett is the CEO of MGM TV, while Downey is best known as an actress and star of Touched by an Angel. Both Burnett and Downey consider themselves deeply religious, and have teamed in the past on producing several religious- or family-oriented projects (most notably the 2013 History miniseries The Bible) through the MGM subsidiary Downey leads, Lightworkers Media.
The then Over-The-Top (OTT) faith-based channel was underdevelopment as early as September 2014 when MGM purchased 55% of One Three Media and LightWorkers Media, owned by Hearst Entertainment, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, consolidated them into United Artists Media Group. With MGM purchasing out of Hearst and Burnett and Downey's share of United Artists, the channel was still a planned streaming service. However, Hearst and Burnett and Downey retained their stakes in the channel.
Film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced the formation of Light TV on November 16, 2016, with a launch planned for December on 13 Fox TV Stations. Light TV launched on December 22, 2016 on only two stations.
Light TV features several series and movies meant to fit the network's family-oriented approach, including content from the MGM film and TV library or acquired through outside sources.
Light TV initially launched on subchannels of fourteen Fox and MyNetworkTV stations owned by Fox Television Stations, with most of the initial affiliates being owned-and-operated stations of the Fox Broadcasting Company. MGM will offer the network to stations outside the initial markets.
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