Christian Television

The day after the Oscars, Los Angeles Times columnist Patrick Goldstein wrote a searing column in the Times about the need for the Oscar telecast to get a reality check. He wrote that it’s now painfully obvious that the Oscars need a face-lift. Ratings are down dramatically, and younger viewers are leaving in droves – 25% down from last year. But as I read his post, I couldn’t help think of comparing his criticism to religious media, which needs to wake up from a similar dream. The truth is, many of Goldstein’s complaints about the Oscars really parallel religious media.
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I wrote about religious TV platform Sky Angel's transition from broadcast to IPTV in this post last June. But lately, I've been getting a lot of responses from people who are upset with the change because they had bought into lifetime subscriptions. Kathy Johnson from the company told me that: ... read more

I've been in meetings this week with Rory and Wendy Alec at God-TV, a Christian TV network based in the United Kingdom. They began in the North part of the country, and although they keep a production center there, now their creative nexus is in Plymouth, on the coast in Southwestern Britain. God TV has numerous global satellite feeds, which they uplink from their international broadcast center in Jerusalem. Currently, they're only available in the United States on a couple of individual stations, plus nationally, on the Direct-TV platform. Their plans include ... read more