By Harry A. Jessell Byron Allen is a Hollywood guy. He leveraged early exposure to show biz as a joke writer and joke teller (he did Carson in 1979 when he was just 18) into hosting shows and eventually making them for broadcast syndication (he now...
Byron Allen Is Not Kidding Around He stepped onto big stages as a teen, and now sets his sights on expanding his empire By Michael Malone BYRON ALLEN is one of the busiest people in show business. But Allen — the founder, chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios,...
Founder, Chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios Byron Allen accepts the Icon award at the Culture Creators 2019 Innovators & Leaders Awards Brunch. Read more here...
VARIETY: The Weather Channel cabler will return to the lineup of Verizon Fios next week after a four-year absence. Weather Channel, now owned by Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, was dropped by Verizon Fios in March 2015. Weather Channel had been a staple of the cable TV bundle since its launch in 1982, but...
By Robert Barnes The court accepted five cases that will be heard in the term beginning in October. In one, a dispute between television cable provider Comcast and a black-owned entertainment company, the justices will consider making it harder to bring certain types of civil rights suits. Comcast...
By Richard Wolf WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide if the nation's largest cable TV company discriminated against an African-American media mogul. The case was brought by Entertainment Studios Network, which bills itself as a "100% African-American owned" media company operating seven television channels....
By Gene Maddaus The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case in which Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios alleges that Comcast refused to carry its channels due to racial discrimination. Comcast appealed a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling from November, which held that Allen’s accusations...
Chief Executive of Entertainments Studios, Byron Allen, joins the list of the most influential people in Los Angeles chosen by the LA Business Journal. In May, Allen was tapped as an equity and content partner for Diamond Sports Group, a new division created by Sinclair Broadcast...
Byron Allen plans a fall 2019 release for the Lakeshore Entertainment pic, which also stars Tyler James Williams. Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios has picked up the U.S. rights to the romantic comedy The Wedding Year, led by Modern Family star Sarah Hyland and Tyler James Williams. A fall 2019 U.S. theatrical...
