Great American Pure Flix, formerly Pure Flix and sometimes stylized as Pureflix, is an American Christian media

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over-the-top streaming service owned by Great American Media and

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History

The service was first established in 2015 by the Christian film studio Pure Flix Entertainment, after it acquired the video on demand provider I Am Flix; the company stated that it would offer over 2,000 films and series at launch. In November 2020,

announced its acquisition of the Pure Flix service, bringing it under its own faith-based film studio Affirm Films; as the sale included the rights to the "Pure Flix"

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, Pure Flix Entertainment was subsequently renamed to Pinnacle Peak Pictures in January 2021. In May 2023, Sony announced that Pure Flix would become a joint venture with Great American Media, a company led by former

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CEO Bill Abbott; terms of the agreement were not disclosed, besides that Great American Media would hold a controlling stake in the venture, and that Abbott would serve as CEO following the completion of the transaction. In September 2023, Pure Flix rebranded as Great American Pure Flix.

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announced on February 6, 2024, that he had signed a multi-film deal with Great American Family, Great American Faith & Living, and for streaming on Great American Pure Flix. The company is a strategic partner of the International Coalition of Apostolic Leaders, a New Apostolic Reformation apostolic organization.

Programming

It is known for its distribution of Sony's Affirm Films and Pinnacle Peak Pictures productions, such as the ''God's Not Dead'' series, '' Miracles from Heaven'' starring

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, ''War Room'' from filmmaker brothers Alex Kendrick and Stephen Kendrick, and The Jim Henson Company film ''The Star''. It also streams original content by Great American Family and Great American Living. The service also syndicates content from

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, and others, such as ''

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'', ''The Chosen'', the original ''

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'', the new ''Superbook'', ''Madeline'', and ''

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''. They also license individual films, such as the Duck Commander film ''The Blind''.

References

External links

Official website
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