By Bruce Haring The National Association of Broadcasters has announced the results of the 2021 NAB Radio and Television Board elections. The two-year terms of the elected board members will begin in June 2021. NAB is the advocacy association for America’s broadcasters. NAB advances radio and television interests in...
By Jessika Walsten Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios chief will start two-year term in June 2021 Byron Allen, founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios, was elected to the National Association of Broadcasters' television board Wednesday. Allen will start his two-year term in June 2021. The NAB also said that...
By Jon Lafayette Byron Allen and Verizon set Black-owned media summit for May Verizon said it will increase its spending with Black-owned media companies and will hold a Black-owned Media Summit with Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, which has been pushing for big business to spend more...
By Matt Grobar Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has partnered with Verizon on a Black-owned media summit scheduled for May. The goal of this new diversity, equity and inclusion initiative is to increase media spending with Black-owned companies based in the United States. “I’m very proud of Verizon, one of the largest...
By B+C Staff Deal adds New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and other major markets to This TV mix This TV, an over-the-air network carried on broadcast stations’ subchannels, added distribution to eight major market ABC-owned subchannels on April 1. Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group bought This TV...
By Patrick Hipes Allen Media Group’s This TV has inked a distribution deal with eight major-market ABC-owned TV station subchannels. The company’s newest broadcast network is currently in 86 million U.S. households. The subchannel markets — New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, Fresno, and Raleigh-Durham —...
The Los Angeles Business Journal is proud to have hosted the 2021 Diversity, Inclusion + Equity Keynote Speaker + Awards Program. On March 24th, we heard from our keynote speaker, Byron Allen, Founder, Chairman & CEO of Entertainment Studios/Allen Media Group on his impactful story and...
Media mogul discusses what brands need to do to better support minority-owned businesses By Jeanine Poggi [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWffTeGpjr0&t=77s[/embed] Welcome to Ad Age Remotely, a streamed video segment focusing on the issues of the day. In this live episode of Ad Age Remotely, Jeanine Poggi will be joined by Byron Allen, founder, chairman and...
By Derek Major Bryon Allen, who owns The Weather Channel and 10 24-hour cable networks, is tired of hearing unfulfilled pledges from advertisers to diversify their ads. Allen told Ad Age‘s Jeanine Poggi he’s had conversations with CEOs and executives at agencies about investing more in Black media, but a...
By Ann Brown Black media outlets have long complained about being overlooked when it comes time for advertising placements, and media mogul Byron Allen isn’t taking it any longer. Citing systemic racism, Allen is threatening legal action against major brands if they don’t spend more advertising dollars...
