Posted on 05/31/2022 6:03:11 AM PDT by blam
Former President Donald Trump’s media company is planning on launching a new streaming service featuring “non-woke content.”
According to a May 16 filing by Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the former president’s media company plans to launch a subscription-based streaming service called “TMTG+” that features “non-woke” content, aims to “cancel ‘cancel culture,’” and commits to not censoring content creators for their political ideology.
“TMTG believes that there is a need for quality programming that does not lecture its viewers or only presents one ‘acceptable’ approach on a topic. Entertainers, comedians, and creators have frequently been agents for change in our society. As the large media conglomerates become increasingly monolithic in their views, they cancel those who disagree, and voices are silenced,” the filing stated.
Programming, the filing said, will be “similar” to Netflix, and will feature “blue collar comedy, canceled shows, Trump-specific programming, faith-based shows, family entertainment, shows that embrace the Second Amendment, and news.”
The document did not indicate a launch date for the platform.
The Truth social network logo taken on Feb. 21, 2022. (Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters)
The plans for TMTG+ come as an expansion to TMTG’s social media platform launched in the first quarter of 2022, Truth Social. The streaming platform is one of TMTG’s growth strategies for becoming a “fully integrated” media and technology company” to “rival the liberal media consortium and promote free expression on all issues,” according to the filing.
TMTG+ will also feature a podcast platform as a part of its streaming service.
“Whether it be Hollywood, news media, search engines, payment processing. These are all areas that I think that people could get canceled. Americans could get canceled if you don’t pay homage to the proper woke God. Those are the things that we’re going to fight against,” Devin Nunes, CEO of Truth Social and former Republican Congressman, told Epoch TV’s “American Thought Leaders” program in an interview earlier this year.
“We’re probably the last best chance at this point to establish that beachhead, to give people their voice back,” Nunes said.
TMTG’s other growth strategies include expanding TruthSocial, TMTG’s social media platform launched in early 2022, pursuing strategic acquisitions, and increasing product offerings, the company said.
Trump has envisioned the social media platform as a means to “restore free speech in America.”
“The new age of censorship is a disaster for our country. Things were far better in the days when we had our debates fiercely and openly, and then we could move forward together, as Americans, with both sides knowing that their voice, and their best arguments, had been heard,” Trump said in an October statement.
“In the end, a small number of powerful people who all think the same and wish to silence anyone who thinks differently cannot be trusted to control almost every major media, technology, and entertainment company in America,” Trump said.
“I am determined to break their chokehold over the voices of the American People—not just for myself and my own supporters, but for the United States of America!”
I gave away my TVs. I just can’t watch anymore.
You are truly wise
While I don’t disagree with the concept in principle, I wonder how successful it will be. The reason is that the entertainment biz is a small world. Getting blackballed by being considered “working for Trump” would not enhance most careers.
Time will tell. Certainly the success of mainstream “non woke” shows indicates their is an audience. But, the 700 club already exists—the programming needs to be centric, not right wing.
Ahem, that’s MAGA+ !
:D
Dukes of Hazzard? Charlie Chan, Amos and Andy? Aunt Jemima ads?
Ironically considering that these were the people who railed against "McCarthyism". This is McCarthyism on steroids.
What you consider "right wing" used to be mainstream until Progressives took over MSM and traditional churches.
What values do you have that makes "not right wing" more acceptable?
Exactly, normal is now the new “extreme”.
“Normal is the new extreme.”
That would make a great tagline.
I guess I meant not Hallmark stuff. There are already channels for that.
Do you mean the LGBTQXYZ Hallmark?
Absolutely.
But Hollywood lives on money. Make money for the producers…and their politics will move to the back seat.
Most of the Hollywood money these days comes from overseas.
I'd never get rid of my TV. I don't need to watch current programming, so I can see cutting the cable. But with my vast Blu-ray, DVD and digital collection I like being able to watch Lawrence of Arabia, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Ben-Hur, John Wayne movies, operas, etc. whenever I want.
If they can’t get Truth Social to work at all for many people...why isn’t Trump firing all these people and getting competent ones?
We need to continue to support this content. For example, I went to a theater to see "2000 Mules" last weekend even though I already saw it for free on the Internet. I wanted to give some financial support. I cancelled my cable years ago and no longer have any streaming services like Amazon Prime or Netflix. But I'd be happy to try out TMTG network knowing that my monthly subscription will not be funding Leftist communist garbage.
Same here - except that I sold mine, all except for one of them.
The one that has a VGA jack on it so it can be used as a
computer monitor - which is what I'm using it for.
And yes V_TWIN, I think I must be 'wise' - because people
call me a 'Wise Guy' all of the time!
(:-)
Wonderful. Go Trump! Full-tilt MAGA! Full Sail, MAGA!
Unleash the virtue of the American people and leave the WOKE media (Fox, ABC, etc.) in the dust until they recognize their obligation to build a nation.
A huge audience is out there for programming that is pro-American, pro-melting pot, pro-unity, pro-community, pro-God, pro-church, pro-entrepreneurship, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-self-reliance.
My wife gets TV JAPAN and the programming we see there celebrates their own culture. True, their news is slanted because they have a business relationship with the woke ABC/Disney empire, but they DO sometimes run freely available snippets from Trump rallies and so forth.
In America, the news media/networks are trying to DESTROY traditional America.
Trump understands the poisonous environment we have here in the US of A. In this space, America certainly can learn some valuable lessons from watching what NHK is doing in Japan.
Say what you will about Putin, but there are a lot of Russian shows on YouTube with English subtitles, and they are much more wholesome than Hollywood, and certainly no faggotry.
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