UPtv TO DEBUT THE U.S. CABLE TELEVISION PREMIERE OF "HEARTLAND" SEASON 16 ON AUGUST 6

UPtv is celebrating the exclusive new season with a Heartland sweepstakes for loyal fans

ATLANTA (July 26, 2023) - UPtv, the television destination for uplifting entertainment, will debut the newest season of fan-favorite family drama series Heartland on Sunday, August 6th with back-to-back episodes on premiere night. Season 16 is currently streaming on UP Faith & Family along with all prior seasons. UPtv and UP Faith & Family are the only places fans can watch the newest season until 2024.

Heartland, the longest running one-hour drama in Canadian television history, is set in the rolling foothills of the Rockies in the fictional town of Hudson, Alberta. While some journeys end, others are just beginning. The Bartlett-Fleming family has learned a hard lesson: life is short, and you have to live each day to the fullest. Season 16 finds Amy and the rest of the family making bold strides towards their futures. The Bartlett-Fleming family will come together to face their fears and start the next chapter in their lives.

In celebration of the exclusive new season, UPtv will be rewarding excited fans with a Heartland Signed Swag Sweepstakes! Heartland and UPtv fans will have the opportunity to win the iconic Heartland hat autographed by the cast among other exciting, autographed items. UPtv viewers can enter the sweepstakes by downloading the My UPtv App and answering Heartland trivia questions on the app, from August 6 through September 24, 2023. All fans answering correctly will automatically be entered into the sweepstakes for a chance to be one of the twenty lucky winners.

Prizing: Twenty (20) winners total of Exclusive Heartland merchandise and autographed special items.

Grand Prize (1 winner): Autographed hat, autographed script, blanket, autographed 24×36 poster, mug, tote, sticker

Second Prize (3 winners): Autographed script, blanket, autographed 24×36 poster, mug, tote, sticker

Third prize (10 winners): Autographed script, autographed 24×36 poster, mug, tote, sticker

Fourth prize (6 winners): Autographed 24×36 poster, mug, tote, sticker

Heartland is based on the bestselling series of books by Lauren Brooke. The executive producers are Michael Weinberg, Tom Cox, Jordy Randall, Heather Conkie and Mark Haroun. The series is produced by Dean Bennett. The series writers are Heather Conkie, Mark Haroun, Ken Craw, Alexandra Clarke, Caitlin D. Fryers and Adam Hussein. Heartland Season 16 Directors include Ken Filewych, Pierre Tremblay, Chris Potter, Kristin Lehman, Gloria Kim, Melanie Scrofano, Michelle Morgan, Madison Thomas, and Dean Bennett.

About UP Entertainment

UP Entertainment, home to UP Faith & Family, UPtv, AspireTV, AspireTV Life and Cine Romántico, is the destination for uplifting entertainment for passionate and diverse audiences across the leading cable, satellite and streaming platforms. UP Faith & Family is the leading streaming service in uplifting entertainment and includes exclusive access to original productions from the UP Entertainment family of brands. UPtv is the trusted network for adults seeking positive programming with relatable stories about relationships, filled with love and laughter, through exclusive premiere movies, box-office hit films and beloved series. AspireTV is the premier network for Black culture and urban lifestyle programming featuring original productions in food, home and fashion. AspireTV Life is the first free ad supported streaming television (FAST) channel dedicated to sharing the experiences of the multicultural audience through cooking, fashion, travel, design and more. Additionally, UP Entertainment in partnership with PixL Dos, manages and distributes Cine Romántico, a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channel featuring the best of Hollywood TV romance movies in Spanish. UP Entertainment's award-winning pro-social initiative, "UPlift Someone," has inspired over 200 million people to uplift others through its social videos and dedicated UPlift Someone Facebook page and website.

About SEVEN24 Films

SEVEN24 Films is an independent film and television production company whose work has spanned over two decades. Executive Producers Tom Cox and Jordy Randall have produced dramatic series, mini-series, television movies and feature films garnering over one hundred industry awards and nominations.

SEVEN24's current projects include Ride, a new one-hour series for Hallmark and CTV, Family Law, the new legal series for Global and CW, the hit family series Heartland - the longest running one-hour series in Canadian history - now in its seventeenth season for CBC, Netflix and UPtv. Other projects include Wynonna Earp on Syfy and CTV Sci-Fi, and half hour comedy JANN for CTV and Hulu.

SEVEN24's focus on integration of scripted programming with interactive content and social media has helped make Heartland and Wynonna Earp two of the most dynamic scripted television projects in the digital space.

Previous projects include Damnation with NBC Universal for USA, Fortunate Son, a political thriller for CBC and NBCU International, Dark Cargo, a noir thriller for YouTube Premium, Young Drunk Punk for Rogers and CBC, the Canadian Screen Award winner Borealis, the Gemini Award winning movie Mayerthorpe and Gemini Award winning Mini-Series Burn Up.

Tom Cox and Jordy Randall were also co-producers on numerous high-profile feature films including the Academy Award nominated Brokeback Mountain and are both recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of their contribution to the arts.

SEVEN24 Films was named Playback Magazine's Production Company of the Year in 2020.

About Dynamo Films

Dynamo Films Inc. is an independent television production company founded in 2004 by Michael Weinberg. Dynamo purchased the television and ancillary rights to all the HEARTLAND books and created the television series of the same name.

In 2006 the English broadcast rights for Canada were sold by Dynamo to CBC and subsequent sales to other markets have reached more than 120 countries.

Beginning with the very first episode, Michael Weinberg has acted as Executive Producer for the HEARTLAND television show which is the longest running one-hour dramatic series in Canadian history and currently has an unprecedented sixteenth season.