LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Following its
record premiere ratings on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network last summer,
UMC – Urban Movie Channel, the first premium subscription
streaming service created for fans of African American and urban
content, is excited to announce that it has acquired exclusive SVOD
rights for the popular docuseries, BLACK LOVE. Watch
trailer. Created by newlywed filmmakers Codie Elaine Oliver and Tommy Oliver (The Perfect Guy) and
Confluential Films, Black Love highlights love stories from
the black community and seeks to answer the burning question, "What
does it take to make a marriage or relationship work?" Featured
couples include Viola Davis
and Julius Tennon,
Meagan Good and
DeVon Franklin, and
Tia Mowry and Cory Hardrict.
"We created Black Love to showcase healthy, loving relationships
in the Black community and it's an absolute honor to premiere the
SVOD rights on UMC, a platform dedicated to serving
first-rate content to a still criminally underserved audience,"
said series creators Codie Elaine
Oliver and Tommy
Oliver. The premiere episode drew 1.2 million total
viewers making it OWN's most-watched unscripted series debut in
network history. The first episode will begin streaming at
www.UMC.tv (and on various devices) on February 2, 2018 with subsequent episodes
added weekly through February 23,
2018, after which all four episodes will be available to
stream at any time.
In February, UMC will also present the exclusive premiere of a
new romantic comedy film called COUPLES' NIGHT. When a bored
but quirky housewife becomes obsessed with her argumentative
neighbors, she starts a couples' night that sends her mild-mannered
husband into a tailspin. Directed by Mark Harris (No Regrets, Black
Coffee), the film stars Charles
Malik Whitfield (Fox's Empire, OWN's If
Loving You is Wrong), Reagan
Gomez-Preston (OWN's Queen
Sugar, Love That Girl!), Tony
Rock (Host of HBO's All Def Comedy),
Denise Boutte (Why Did I
Get Married, Meet the Browns), and Clifton Powell (Bounce TV's Saints and
Sinners) with a special guest appearance from Biz
Markie. Couples' Night premieres on Friday,
February 9, 2018.
"We could not be more excited to bring this groundbreaking
series from Codie and Tommy Oliver,
Black Love, to UMC for our subscribers to stream," said
Angela Northington, SVP of
Content Acquisitions & Programming for the subscription VOD
platform. "We're kicking off February strong with the
addition of the series, followed by our exclusive premiere
of Couples' Night, and with much more to come as we continue
to roll out our 2018 programming."
Additional titles coming to UMC in February include the romantic
comedy film PATTERNS OF ATTRACTION and a classic throwback
title from the David E. Talbert collection, LOVE ON
LAYAWAY. Patterns of Attraction follows a philandering
writer that realizes he must change his ways or else lose the love
of his life after his longtime girlfriend gives him an ultimatum.
Watch trailer. Starring Tiffany Haddish (Girl's
Trip), Omar Gooding
(Baby Boy, Bounce TV's Family Time), Paula Jai Parker (Hustle & Flow,
Ray Donovan), Caryn Ward (The Game, The Rich and the
Ruthless), Michael Colyar
(The Rich and the Ruthless), and Trae Ireland (Chocolate City),
Patterns of Attraction begins streaming on Friday, February 2, 2018. One of Talbert's
three earliest titles, Love on Layaway is a wildly
inventive, laugh-out-loud journey inside the lives of three couples
living in a Philadelphia
neighborhood. Starring Mel
Jackson (The Parkers, Deliver Us From Eva),
Cassi Davis (House of
Payne, Boo! A Madea Halloween), Chico Benymon (Half & Half), and
Deborah Cox, Love on
Layaway begins streaming on Friday,
February 23, 2018.
Available at www.UMC.tv and newly added to the Google Play store
for Android devices, UMC is the first premium subscription
streaming service that showcases quality African American and urban
entertainment across all genres from RLJ Entertainment
(NASDAQ: RLJE).
Created by Robert L.
Johnson, Chairman of RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ:
RLJE) and founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), Urban
Movie Channel (UMC) is the first subscription streaming service
created for African American and urban audiences in North America that features quality urban
content and showcases feature films, documentaries, original
series, stand-up comedy, and other exclusive content. UMC is
available on iOS, Apple TV, Android, Amazon
Channels, Roku, Amazon Fire TV & Fire TV Stick. At
www.UMC.tv, UMC offers a free 7-day trial and thereafter is just
$4.99/month or $49.99/year. Keep up with UMC and like us on
Facebook at Facebook.com/UrbanMovieChannel and follow on
Twitter/Instagram @WatchUMC.
UMC Press Contact: Farah
Noel, 301.830.6247, fnoel@umc.tv
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