#60. Independent networks always struggle to gain distribution, but Allen and Arouh have worked tirelessly to bring the nine Entertainment Studios Networks and streaming service Local Now to more viewers than ever before. 2020 proved to be a pivotal year with ESN finally gaining carriage on...
Many know April Ryan from her work as a CNN political analyst and her role as a White House correspondent for the American Urban Radio Networks. CLICK HERE to watch the full IGTV interview. ...
By Sibile Marcellus President Trump is known for lobbing the “fake news” catchphrase at the media in response to criticism of his leadership. Byron Allen, one of America’s few Black media moguls, called him out on it during Yahoo Finance’s All Markets Summit Extra: Road to Recovery...
Local Now Continues to Expand Audience Reach through New Distribution with Leading TV Platform VIZIO SmartCast ATLANTA (July 22, 2020) -- The Weather Channel has officially launched its free streaming service, Local Now, on VIZIO SmartCast®, the award-winning Smart TV platform. The new Local Now smart TV...
By Kamaron Leach Entertainment Studios, a subsidiary of Allen Media Group founded by Byron Allen, is expanding coverage of its cable networks to the United Arab Emirates. The first-time deal with SAWA Rights Management, a content rights company based in the Middle East, bolsters Allen’s portfolio...
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By Jake Kanter Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group division Entertainment Studios is to launch seven of its networks in the Middle East on Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company’s Du platform. The deal was brokered by SAWA Rights Management. It is part of an overall arrangement that will...
Summer Series 2020 [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=rgaqgNbrRho&feature=emb_title[/embed] While it's clear that COVID-19 does not discriminate, images and headlines make it equally clear that our systems and institutions do. The Milken Institute is committed to prioritizing and listening to Black Americans, who have been oppressed and marginalized by structural racism. We...
By Seth Abramovitch The comic turned mogul has played the long game since he was a kid, acquiring assets like The Weather Channel and taking a racial equality dispute with Comcast all the way to the Supreme Court: "I'd love to own CNN. … And I...
By Oriana Schwindt When Byron Allen's Allen Media Group bought The Weather Channel for $300 million in March 2018, all eyes were suddenly on the comedian turned media mogul. But Allen's Entertainment Studios had been ramping up programming and distribution for over a decade for the suite...
