Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. ‘Tis the season. Yesterday, I posted my conversation with UP Founder and CEO Charley Humbard about how his network’s Top Secret Santa campaign (part of the network’s ongoing Uplift Someone initiative) is an attempt to carry forth the values of the channel’s programming into…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. Uplifting Entertainment UPdate. As of midnight this morning (June 1) GMC TV — which began its life in 2004 as a cable channel focused on gospel music and has grown into a full-scale entertainment network — underwent a name change. UP is  intended to…

Here’s today’s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. The halo effect. GMC TV, riding a ratings wave thanks, in part, to the success of recent feel-good TV movies like The Heart of Christmas, Raising Izzie and Somebody’s Child  continues to expand  its programming slate with a deft mix of original movies and…

Here are today’s dispatches from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. GMC TV continues to build its Uplifting Entertainment brand. The cable channel has just added 7th Heaven to its roster of classic family series that includes The Waltons, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, Family Ties, Sister Sister and the hit Canadian import Heartland.…

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