Lightworkers Media is an American independent

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and

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helmed by President Roma Downey and her husband

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and owned by

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. LightWorkers Media produced the

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-nominated '' The Bible'' on the

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channel as well as '' A.D. The Bible Continues'' on NBC, '' The Dovekeepers'' on CBS (based on the novel by

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), ''Women of the Bible'' on Lifetime, and Answered Prayers on TLC. They also produced the feature films ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Woodlawn'' and '' On a Wing and a Prayer''.

History

Lightworkers Media was formed by

and Roma Downey with a partial stake held by

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, which owned a stake in Burnett's One Three Media. One of its first productions was '' The Bible'' for

, premiered in early 2013. 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. 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

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, replacing the outgoing president

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. 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. MGM announced the formation of Light TV on November 16, 2016, with a launch planned for December on thirteen Fox TV stations.

''The Bible''

The series is the first project together from husband and wife producing team Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. In addition to Burnett and Downey, executive producers include Richard Bedser and History's Dirk Hoogstra and Julian P. Hobbs. The first episode of the mini-series was seen by 13.1 million viewers, the largest cable television audience of 2013 to date. The finale delivered 11.7 million total viewers. ''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. In total, with subsequent airings, 'The Bible' has been seen by more than 95 million viewers.

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