The Inspiration Networks
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| Type | cable television network & media production company |
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| Country | United States |
| Availability | United States, worldwide |
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1990 |
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The Inspiration Networks |
The Inspiration Networks, is a group of networks and related entities. The parent company is Inspiration Ministries, an international ministry and inspirational media company, based in Indian Land, South Carolina, south of Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Inspiration Networks has two cable television networks: INSP and operates the international network Inspiration Network International (INI), which is seen throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
The network began in 1990, when televangelist Morris Cerullo bought the PTL Satellite Network for $7 million. PTL was founded in 1974 by Jim Bakker, a televangelist notable for his daily Christian variety program, The PTL Club; it had gone into bankruptcy after Bakker had been embroiled in a scandal.
The major networks in the group are:
The family of networks are seen in more than 30 million homes in the U.S. and more than 55 million homes in the pan-European region.
In 1993, Ossie Mills began working at The Inspiration Network as The Vice President of Programming, Production and On Air Promotion. He was heavily involved in the production of original series and made for TV specials, many of which earn multiple awards. He also helped with the acquisition of off network series and the brand development of the on air packaging of the network.
In 2003, Mills returned to The Inspiration Network as its Executive Vice President. He led both the domestic and international network under Inspiration Networks to drastically grow in the area of Non-Profit mission advancement.
The original facilities for producing the networks were relocated in the 1990s from Heritage USA in Fort Mill, South Carolina to a newly constructed production studio and headquarters in a business park in Charlotte, North Carolina.
In 2003, the Lancaster County Economic Development Corp. found the network some undeveloped property in the unincorporated area called Indian Land, in that county. The network applied for state relocation incentives, saying it would bring several hundred employees to a campus it called "City of Light", where it would combine its nonprofit enterprise with for-profit businesses. The state agreed to give the network tax credits worth at least $3.6 million over 15 years. In 2006, the state agreed to fund $1.2 million of improved road access to the campus. The network also got $560,000 through a program that allows state utility fees to be used for infrastructure improvements.
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