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27 Jan Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Renews Five Court Series for Fall 2020

Posted at 16:53h in News

By Denise Petski Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has renewed five of the studio’s syndicated court series for the 2020-21 season. The renewals, announced at NATPE, consist of 650 new half-hour episodes for the 2020-21 season, effective immediately. The renewed series are America’s Court With Judge Ross, which is heading into...

27 Jan ‘Funny You Should Ask’ Renewed For Two Seasons By Entertainment Studios

Posted at 16:44h in News

By Erik Pedersen Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios said at NATPE today that is has handed a two-season renewal to Funny You Should Ask, its syndicated comedy game show hosted by Jon Kelley. It’s the second consecutive twin-season renewal for the daily half-hour strip, with the previous one coming in January 2018. Today’s move...

16 Jan Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Promotes Natasha S. Alford To Vice President Of Digital Content For The Grio Digital Network Platform

Posted at 09:23h in News

PR Newswire Entertainment Studios, one of the largest independent producers and distributors of film and television, with 64 shows on the air, and owner of nine 24-hour HD television networks now serving nearly 160 million subscribers -- including The Weather Channel television network and its streaming service Local Now -- proudly...

11 Dec Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Launches Two New Weekly TV Series In National Syndication For Fall 2020 And 2021

Posted at 09:29h in News

By Mark K. Miller Entertainment Studios today kicks off nationwide distribution of two original weekly series from it co-owned Weather Channel for broadcast syndication’s upcoming 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons: Storm of Suspicion and Weather Gone Viral. Both series now boast clearances with station groups including Fox O&Os, Scripps, Nexstar, Meredith,...

05 Dec Deadline: Byron Allen Rips Comcast Now That Diversity Chief David Cohen Is “Out Of The Way”

Posted at 12:19h in News

By Dade Hayes, Dominic Patten Byron Allen, who has been locked in a legal dispute with Comcast that has reached all the way to the Supreme Court, didn’t mince words in his response to the company’s latest executive shuffle. David Cohen, who has steered Comcast’s diversity efforts and faced blame...

25 Nov The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore Gives Make-A-Wish Child a Thrill of Her Life

Posted at 09:22h in News

By Rodney Ho Jim Cantore, a recent Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame recipient, has a fan base at the Atlanta-based Weather Channel that spans the generations. Nine-year-old Kaylee Tolleson from Missouri City, TX battled cancer and is now in remission. She is a huge weather person and storm tracker....

20 Nov Janice Arouh Named 2019 Honoree for Cablefax’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Cable

Posted at 11:56h in News

Janice Arouh President, Distribution & Marketing Entertainment Studios Networks 2019 Honoree for Most Powerful Women - The Top 50 Entertainment Studios Networks is rounding out another landmark year, and Byron Allen’s right-hand woman Arouh was a strategic juggernaut in securing significant subscriber growth for the company. She...

20 Nov Emotions Run High as Supreme Court Hears Byron Allen v. Comcast Arguments

Posted at 11:46h in News

By Cynthia Littleton WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sharon Fletcher traveled from Bethlehem, Pa., in the hopes of attending Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing in the civil rights lawsuit filed by entrepreneur Byron Allen against cable giant Comcast. Fletcher was one of several hundred people who waited in line for a seat in the courtroom....

08 Nov CSQ Magazine: ‘Visionary of the Year’ Byron Allen on Transitioning from Comedian to Media Mogul

Posted at 12:40h in News

The Weather Channel’s Byron Allen On Transitioning From Comedian To Media Mogul Media mogul Byron Allen is building an empire. By Matt Pressberg Plenty of stand-up comedians have gone on to carve out lucrative, multifaceted careers in Hollywood. Then there’s Byron Allen. The 58-year-old owner and CEO of Entertainment...

08 Nov Former CBS Films Exec Reid Sullivan Named CFO of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios

Posted at 12:26h in News

By Etan Vlessing Reid Sullivan will oversee the financial affairs for Allen's theatrical and digital movie distribution businesses. Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios has named Reid Sullivan as CFO of its motion picture division. Sullivan was most recently CFO of CBS Films for 11 years, where he helped launch...