Hollywood power couple Mark Burnett and Roma Downey are launching a faith-and-family entertainment broadcast network next month.
Light TV will air on Fox stations and affiliates and capitalize on MGM's film and TV library.
According to a release Wednesday, the round-the-clock network will feature "wholesome family and faith-based" properties, including the films "Rocky" and "Fame" and the TV series "Highway to Heaven."
Reality TV producer Burnett is known for shows including "The Apprentice," ''The Voice" and "Survivor" and Bible-based miniseries. He is president of MGM Television and Digital.
His wife, who starred in "Touched by an Angel," is president of LightWorkers, Media, a division of MGM.
Light TV will launch in December in more than a dozen major TV markets including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Dallas.
Recently, Burnett was drawn into presidential politics because of President-elect Donald Trump's former role as host of "The Apprentice." The release of "Access Hollywood" audio tape from 2005 with vulgar Trump comments about women led to calls for Burnett to make public any unaired material that might be of interest in the campaign.
But MGM said in October that it owns the reality show, not Burnett, and could not unilaterally release any unaired, archived material due to existing contractual obligations.
In the same joint statement, Burnett said he has never been a supporter of Trump's candidacy. He said he felt compelled to issue that statement because of what he called "false media reports" about his supposed support. He said that he and his wife "reject the hatred, division and misogyny" that have been "a very unfortunate part" of Trump's campaign.
South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users
South Korea's privacy watchdog on Tuesday fined social media company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers.
It was the latest in a series of penalties against Meta by South Korean authorities in recent years as they increase their scrutiny of how the company, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, handles private information.
Following a four-year investigation, South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission concluded that Meta unlawfully collected sensitive information about around 980,000 Facebook users, including their religion, political views and whether they were in same-sex unions, from July 2018 to March 2022.
It said the company shared the data with around 4,000 advertisers.
South Korea's privacy law provides strict protection for information related to personal beliefs, political views and sexual behavior, and bars companies from processing or using such data without the specific consent of the person involved.
The commission said Meta amassed sensitive information by analyzing the pages the Facebook users liked or the advertisements they clicked on.
The company categorized ads to identify users interested in themes such as specific religions, same-sex and transgender issues, and issues related to North Korean escapees, said Lee Eun Jung, a director at the commission who led the investigation on Meta.
"While Meta collected this sensitive information and used it for individualized services, they made only vague mentions of this use in their data policy and did not obtain specific consent," Lee said.
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