Dallas Jenkins and his production crew & cast need a paycheck...”The Chosen” is a licensed (i.e. paid) product. Pirated copies don’t pay the bills.
“VHX.TV” (the FR thread linked site) and “Prison Fellowship”/”Come and See” are licensing the product for church & prison group showings:
Main site: https://watch.thechosen.tv
Jenkins and crew make money thru donations.
Agreed. Using a distribution site intended for church and ministry use is brilliant because it allows the content to be viewed by hundreds or thousands in a group setting for FREE ! The facilitators of the event can report their viewing attendance numbers which is very helpful in the same manner as individual streaming produces the data needed to track the goal of reaching 1 Billion views !