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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
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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
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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
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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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viewers, the largest cable television audience of 2013 to date. The finale delivered 11.7 million total viewers.
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on Lifetime, and Answered Prayers on TLC. They also produced the feature films
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on November 16, 2016, with a launch planned for December on thirteen
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stock and cash deal, and that Burnett would become the new CEO of
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Subsidiary
Mark Burnett
Roma Downey
Los Angeles
CA
Parent
United Artists Media Group
MGM Television
Amazon MGM Studios
lightworkers.com
Christian media
film
production company
Roma Downey
Mark Burnett
Amazon MGM Studios
Emmy
The Bible
History
A.D. The Bible Continues
The Dovekeepers
Alice Hoffman
Ben-Hur
Son of God
Little Boy
Woodlawn
On a Wing and a Prayer
Mark Burnett
Roma Downey

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