Montgomery, Alabama, Fox affiliate would be Allen Media Broadcasting’s 36th station By Jon Lafayette Byron Allen has his checkbook out again, making a deal to buy WCOV-TV in Montgomery, Alabama, for $28.5 million from Woods Communications Crop. Allen Media Group expects the transaction to close next year. Including...
‘Storm of Suspicion,’ ‘Weather Gone Viral,’ ‘SOS: How to Survive’ and ‘Top 10’ set for Fall 2022 and Fall 2023 By Jon Lafayette Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Television said it renewed four if its syndicated weekly series from The Weather Channel for the fall of 2022 and fall 2023. The...
Storm of Suspicion, Weather Gone Viral, S.O.S. How to Survive and Top 10 are now cleared by station groups Fox, Scripps, Nexstar, Meredith, Gray, CBS, Hearst, Cox Media Group, Sunbeam Television, Hubbard Broadcasting, Tegna, Graham Media and more. By TVN Staff | December 8, 2021 | 5:13 p.m. ET. Allen...
JANICE AROUH on "Distribution" list President, Networks Distribution & Marketing, Entertainment Studios - Allen Media Group Allen Media Group is having a growth spurt, and Arouh is the woman who sets the distribution strategy for its robust portfolio and gets the deals done for Entertainment Studios Networks,...
The Entertainment Studios chief says the trade show needs to “adapt to new realities in television programming” with a shift to TV’s production hub and a spot on the calendar where it will be more useful to the syndicated production cycle. By John Consoli | December...
Media mogul said nominee supports local broadcasting By Jon Lafayette Media mogul Byron Allen has sent an open letter to the U.S. Senate urging lawmakers to confirm Gigi Sohn as an FCC commissioner. The Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to consider Sohn’s nomination at a hearing on Dec. 1 Sohn,...
By Valerie Complex EXCLUSIVE: Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group (AMG) announced today that Lisa-Renee Ramirez was promoted to President of Lifestyle Networks. Ramirez’s previous title was Executive Vice President and Executive Producer of AMG Television, a title she’s held since she started with AMG in 2008. In her new position,...
Local Now tops 420 streaming channels By Jon Lafayette Vevo said it launched 10 streaming music channels on Allen Media Group’s Local Now. The deal with Local Now is part of Vevo’s strategy to bring its content to viewers through connected TVs in both on-demand and linear formats. Vevo said...
The deal with the Allen Media Group-owned streaming service expands Vevo’s footprint in more than 225 markets across the U.S. By George Winslow NEW YORK—The music video network Vevo has announced that it will be launching 10 channels on Local Now as part of a partnership with...
Media mogul sued fast-food burger chain in May By Jon Lafayette Byron Allen, who is building a minority-owned media empire, called on the board of directors of McDonald’s to fire its CEO, Chris Kempczinski, citing a racist culture at the fast-food burger chain. In the most recent incident, Kempczinski sent...
