Meanwhile, “Turn Up!” will start airing mid-fall. The channel will also be adding a Saturday-night movie component. Impact Network will launch its “Super Saturdays” block of programming in June, starting with “Soul Food” and leading into the debut of “Behind the Grind” in July. Beyond the studio itself, the production facility will expand into a media lounge with multiple dressing rooms, offices, and make-up and green rooms, where talent and their teams can reside comfortably while other programs are recording.” LED Screens LED color accent lights for scene variations and moods standalone versatile elements such as pillars, panels and columns to be used to maximize the studio’s interchangeable concepts, along with varying furniture pieces and set dressings customizable for any production. The diverse collection of sets includes 10-20 ft. Per Impact Network, “Phase one of Impact Network Studios, targeted to open in July, will have six brand-new sets with flexible interchangeable scenes and cyc wall green screen, and not only be a home to producing their own original content for the network, but open to other producers, production companies and clients as well. The series is scheduled to film this summer in Detroit.”Ĭoinciding with the production of “Turn Up!,” Impact is launching Detroit-based production facility Impact Network Studios and a music division that will focus on creating cross-media, advertising and branded content promotional opportunities for Impact’s partner labels and artists to expand their reach and fanbase while on tour and during release. Impact is working with multiple labels including Sony-RCA Inspiration for the content. Each episode is hosted by various artists and will feature the hottest music videos across contemporary gospel, CCM, hip-hop and soul genres. “Turn Up!” is described as “an uplifting music video countdown series with ground-breaking videos from some of the music industry’s largest and independent labels. Jackson is looking to increase that footprint by beefing up the channel’s previously announced “Super Saturdays” block of programming, which will include talker/cooking show “Soul Food With Tara Wallace” and the Fredro Starr-hosted “Behind the Grind,” with the additions of music-video countdown show “Turn Up!” and “Impact-Plus,” an initiative that will give independent and established creators a platform to present their original content on Impact Network. The privately owned Impact Network has a reach of 80 million homes and distribution deals with DirecTV, Comcast Xfinity, Charter Spectrum, Verizon Fios, Frontier, Cable Bahamas, Cox and Altice USA. African American-founded, faith-based channel Impact Network is making a big push into entertainment and lifestyle content with the ramping up of its Saturday programming slate, the hiring of a new chief creative officer and executive producer of original content, and the launch of a 6,000-foot production facility in Detroit with a music division, Variety has learned exclusively.

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