Big Sky Media

What Big Sky Media does

Big Sky Media is a Houston-based broadcast production agency founded by Jimmy Logan that specializes in live and live-to-tape production services for religious organizations, ministries, and churches. The company operates across three core service areas: Broadcast Production (live television programs, concerts, special events, and religious broadcasts), Media Placement (distribution across local, regional, national, and international outlets), and Solutions (custom video components and event coverage). Its technical capability centers on professional broadcast production expertise, demonstrated through over 10,000 hours of live production experience and projects spanning television specials, concerts, memorial services, and news media coordination.

The company has extended beyond traditional broadcasting into feature film and documentary production, including co-executive producing the $2 million feature film 'Between The Gates' and the documentary 'An Indefinite Period of Time' (premiered at the 2014 Texas Christian Film Festival). Notable clients and collaborators include KLTJ (Houston's first local Christian broadcasting station), Lakewood Church, Grace Community Church, Life Today with James Robison, and The Jim J and Tammy Faye Show. The company operates as an independent creative partner with a small team (11-50 employees) headquartered at 5759 Braesheather Drive, Houston, Texas.

Business model is project-based professional services with pricing determined by scope, duration, and production requirements; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is entirely sales-led, driven by founder Jimmy Logan's personal network and three-decade reputation in the religious broadcasting community. Revenue streams include recurring weekly broadcast production for ministries, special event coverage, feature film co-production, and media placement services. The company is privately held with no disclosed external funding, parent company, or subsidiary structure.

Name

Big Sky Media

Legal name

Big Sky Media, Inc.

Website

https://bigskymedia.tv

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Big Sky Media is a Houston-based broadcast production agency that provides live and live-to-tape production, media placement, and creative content services primarily for religious organizations, ministries, and churches, with additional feature film and documentary production capabilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Broadcast Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Broadcast/Recording for Live Events (OB, Multicam, Livestream Capture) (MPAGAKAI)

Keywords

• Broadcast production services
• Media placement
• Religious broadcasting
• Documentary production
• Feature film production

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Broadcast Production Services: Professional broadcast production services for religious organizations, ministries, and churches. Includes weekly television broadcast production, live event coverage, special event production, and documentary/feature film co-production.

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Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Big Sky Media is a Houston-based broadcast production company that produces live and live-to-tape television broadcasts, concerts, special events, and religious broadcasts for churches, ministries, and faith-based organizations. It also places broadcast content across local, regional, national, and international outlets and develops feature films and documentaries, including the co-executive production of the feature film "Between The Gates" and documentaries such as "An Indefinite Period of Time."

Product overview

Big Sky Media is a creative production company offering three core service areas: Broadcast Production, Media Placement, and Solutions. The company specializes in live and live-to-tape productions including television programs, concerts, special events, and religious broadcasts. Beyond traditional broadcast services, Big Sky Media extends into film and documentary production, with completed projects such as the feature film 'Between The Gates' ($2M production) and the documentary 'An Indefinite Period of Time.' Their Solutions offering provides custom video components for events and special coverage needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Broadcast Production Production of live and live-to-tape broadcasts including weekly television programs, concerts, special events, and religious broadcasts for churches, ministries, and religious broadcasting stations.
• Media Placement Placement and distribution of broadcast content across local, regional, national, and international outlets for churches, ministries, and religious broadcasting organizations.
• Solutions Custom broadcast solutions and event coverage tailored to client needs, including weekly television broadcasts, special event coverage, and video components for events and memorial services.
• Feature Film Production Production of feature-length motion pictures based on faith-based subject matter, including the co-executive production of the $2 million feature film 'Between The Gates.'
• Documentary Production Production of documentary films based on faith-based subject matter, including the documentary 'An Indefinite Period of Time' about minister LaMar Boschman.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

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Scale indicators3 records

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Direct peers

• Deidox Films: Deidox Films is a faith-based documentary production company. Direct peer in the production-of-faith-content category that overlaps with Big Sky Media's documentary work like 'An Indefinite Period of Time.'
• Pure Flix Entertainment: Pure Flix produces and distributes faith-based films (e.g., God's Not Dead franchise), directly comparable to Big Sky Media's faith-based film and documentary production work on projects like 'Between The Gates'.
• Kingdom Story Company: Originally Provident Films, Kingdom Story Company produces and distributes Christian theatrical films. Comparable segment overlap to Big Sky Media's co-executive producer role on faith-based feature films.
• Affirm Films (Sony Pictures): Affirm Films is Sony's faith-based film label producing inspirational theatrical releases. Direct peer in the faith-based feature film production category, though with much larger corporate backing.

Broad incumbents

• Daystar Television Network: Daystar is a US faith-based broadcaster with proprietary programming and production operations. Broad incumbent in religious broadcast media that competes for similar ministry client relationships.
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN): TBN is the largest US religious broadcasting network with in-house production operations. A broader incumbent in the same religious broadcast production niche that Big Sky Media serves, though at much greater scale.
• Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN): CBN operates The 700 Club and Superbook alongside production facilities for ministry content. A broad incumbent serving the same religious broadcast content category that Big Sky Media's clients operate in.
• EWTN Global Catholic Network: EWTN is the world's largest Catholic media network with extensive in-house broadcast production, comparable in niche religious broadcasting focus to Big Sky Media's ministry client work.
• BYU Broadcasting: BYU Broadcasting is a religious broadcaster with its own production facilities producing faith-based content. Broad incumbent operating in the same religious broadcast production ecosystem that Big Sky Media serves.

Regional players

• Sonlife Broadcasting Network (SBN): Sonlife is a smaller faith-based television network. Comparable regional/emerging religious broadcaster that operates in an overlapping niche to Big Sky Media's ministry broadcast customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/producingfaith
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/big-sky-media

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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