By Tim Baysinger Byron Allen considers his stewardship of the Weather Channel, which he acquired nearly three years ago to the surprise of many, a live-saving endeavor. Quite literally, in fact. “It’s become more important than ever before, because of what’s happened with climate change, with global...
By Anne Easton Some moguls take a circuitous route in their ascension to the higher levels of business. Not Byron Allen. Overseeing TV channels, global production of series such as Funny You Should Ask and America’s Court with Judge Ross, as well as working in film distribution, digital media and broadcasting,...
By Jill Goldsmith Byron Allen acquired The Weather Channel three year ago, gathered scientists at its Atlanta campus and asked “Are we in trouble?” After an unequivocal yes, “I decided not to be Switzerland,” the founder Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios told TCA Tuesday. Environmental journalists face pressure to avoid offending climate change non-believers. But “I...
By Alexandra Del Rosario February 3, 2021 7:10pm UPDATED, 7:10 PM: Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios and Charter Communications have agreed to settle Allen’s $10 billion racial-discrimination lawsuit against the telecommunications giant. The parties put out a brief joint statement tonight announcing the deal. “Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Networks has resolved and withdrawn...
Watch Byron Allen's full content session from NATPE Miami 2021 Virtual conference, hosted by Natasha Alford, Vice President of Digital Content at theGrio. [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLL6-EBw8Pc&feature=youtu.be[/embed]...
Allen talked with KITV4's Maleko McDonnell to discuss his new ownership of the station in Hawaii, which he says has always felt like home. By Maleko McDonnell He's a businessman, former comedian, television producer, philanthropist, and the head of the U.S. entertainment company Allen Media Group. Byron Allen...
By Dino-Ray Ramos [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1lpJP46oEQ&feature=emb_title[/embed] EXCLUSIVE: Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, has acquired rights to Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico a documentary from journalist and host Natasha S. Alford, Vice President of Digital Content & Senior Correspondent, theGrio. The docu is produced in partnership with the...
By Tod Johnson April Ryan is joining Byron Allen’s TheGrio.TV as its first White House correspondent and Washington, D.C., bureau chief. Ryan will start her position at Allen’s Allen Media Group on January 4. TheGrio.TV is a newly branded network that airs on broadcast stations, including a recent deal with Fox to be carried on the...
By Mark K. Miller Allen Media Group’s Local Now streaming app is now available over the Internet to Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex customers. As Local Now continues to expand its national reach and depth of programming, this launch enables X1 and Flex customers to say “Local Now” into the Xfinity Voice Remote to access the free streaming service’s...
The latest network from Allen Media Group, targeted to African Americans, will be carried on subchannels of the 11 Fox Television Stations starting Jan. 15, 2021. By Mark K. Miller Allen Media Group’s multicast network TheGrio.TV will expand its distribution to 11 major markets with carriage on the Fox...
