GMC Goes Hi-Def on November 27
Gospel Music Channel (GMC) announced today that it will launch GMC HD on Friday, Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving.
In announcing the new GMC HD channel, Charles Humbard, founder and president of GMC, said, “Like sports, no other genre of programming benefits as much from the High Definition experience as music. We have been aggressively producing original content and acquiring programming in high-def for quite some time in preparation for GMC HD. Affiliates and viewers have been asking for GMC in High Definition and the right time has come to provide it. We expect to announce affiliation agreements in time for the launch.”
GMC’s HD launch on Nov. 27 will occur in prime time at 8:00 pm with world HD premiere of Facing the Giants, called “ the #1 inspirational movie since Passion of The Christ” followed by the exclusive world premiere of a new original concert featuring Switchfoot (10:00 pm). Facing the Giants is an action-packed drama about a Christian high school football coach who uses his undying faith to battle the giants of fear and failure. The movie’s soundtrack includes artists who are regularly featured on GMC, including Casting Crowns, Third Day and Bebo Norman and Casting Crowns singer and songwriter Mark Hall will serve as host of the exclusive presentation. Switchfoot then takes the GMC HD stage at 10:00 pm as the top-selling alternative rock band known for their energetic live shows is captured in a rare, intimate show produced as part of GMC’s signature music series Revealed.
Among the other programming highlights of GMC HD’s first weekend: GMC/GMC HD becomes “America’s Christmas Channel” for the holidays, including world premiere Christmas concerts by gospel/R&B great Ann Nesby (Nov. 29, 8:00 pm) and the very popular southern gospel group Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (Nov. 28, 9:00 pm) as well as original Christmas concerts featuring MercyMe, Jars of Clay and others.
GMC celebrated its fifth birthday last week (Oct. 30). The recent BETA Research survey of digital cable subscribers that showed GMC to be tied with NFL Network for #1 in overall perceived value was a resounding third-party endorsement of the high value that we deliver to our affiliates and viewers alike.
“Our rapid rate of growth in five short years, particularly the last few, and our growth in consumer value demonstrates that cable operators and their customers desire our family-friendly programming, and now they will be able to enjoy it in High Definition as well,” added Humbard.
GMC (http://www.gospelmusicchannel.com) is the fastest-growing network in television and can be seen in 45 million homes on various cable systems around the country, on DIRECTV on channel 338 and on Verizon FiOS on channel 224.
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November 16, 2009 |
AP
Snow covers the company logo on the grille of an unsold 2010 Sierra pickup truck at a GMC Truck dealership in Lone Tree, Colo., on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. General Motors Co. said Monday it lost $1.2 billion from the time it left bankruptcy protection through Sept. 30, far better than it has reported in previous quarters and a sign that the auto giant is starting to turn around its business.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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The Chevrolet Kodiak and the GMC Topkick will end production according to a press release issued by General Motors on June 8th. With sluggish sales in a sliding economy General Motors had been looking for ways to sell off assets and cut back costs, and the latest victim to the crunch are going to be the Chevy Kodiak and the GMC Topkick. Production will come to an end for both lines, as the medium-duty trucks from General Motors haven't been selling quite as well as they had hoped. With a deal to sell off the brands falling through, it looks like this is the end of the road for the Kodiak and the Topkick.
According to sales figures from the two truck lines that extend through May of 2009, Kodiak sales are down 48% while the Topkick sales have dipped 69%. That is a sign that the market has had its fill of the truck lines, and it has spelled doom for those workers geared towards servicing those particular vehicles. Production of the Chevy Kodiak and the GMC Topkick medium duty trucks appears on schedule to end on July 31, 2009, with no more of either model being produced after that point.
According to an article on Examiner.com, it looked like General Motors and Navistar International had been able to work out a deal where the Kodiak and Topkick would be sold to the secondary company. When the economy took a move to the south in the past couple of years the financial stability of both companies started to look grim, and that the memorandum of understanding for purchase was allowed to expire between the two companies. There are no plans to renew that memorandum of purchase, and thus the deal can be considered completely dead. Due to that, and no other suitors for the Chevy Kodiak and the GMC Topkick, this will be the end of the ride for these models.
As General Motors does everything it can to remain a viable company, this is just another bad chapter for autoworkers in the United States. In prior news Saturn was sold off to Penske Motors, who will discontinue several models, and that was after most of the Hummer line was sold to a Chinese owner. General Motors will definitely be taking on a whole new look and feel in the coming weeks and months, and hopefully there is being enough done behind the scenes as well as out front to keep General Motors and its doors open. There is still a ways to go for GM to recover from bankruptcy scares, but this is another move in the right direction.
Sources: Kodiak Sales Figures
