By Meg James Los Angeles media mogul Byron Allen is expanding his broadcast TV empire with a $380 million cash purchase of seven stations, including outlets in Tucson and Madison, Wis. Atlanta-based Gray Television Inc., struck a deal with Allen’s company because Gray must divest a handful...
By Jon Lafayette Stations are being divested by Gray TV, which is buying Quincy Byron Allen’s Allen Media Broadcasting has agreed to buy TV stations in seven markets for $380 million, expanding Allen’s growing broadcast holdings. Allen has said he plans to invest $10 billion in broadcast assets. The...
By Brian Steinberg Byron Allen’s Allen Media has agreed to buy seven TV stations from Gray Television Inc. for $380 million in cash, the companies announced Thursday. Gray is divesting the stations as a condition of acquiring the assets of Quincy Media Inc. Allen Media will own and operates...
By Etan Vlessing Byron Allen’s Allen Media Broadcasting has acquired seven divestiture TV stations from Gray Television for $380 million. Gray spun the TV stations off as part of a separate deal to acquire Quincy Media for $925 million. The affiliate stations picked up by Allen Media...
By Patrick Hypes Gray Television said Thursday that it has sold seven television stations to Byron Allen’s Allen Media Broadcasting for $380 million in cash, part of a divestiture related to Gray’s purchase earlier this year of Quincy Media. The deal expands Allen Media’s portfolio to 23 ABC-NBC-CBS-Fox network...
Bloomberg Technology Click here to watch Byron Allen's interview on Bloomberg TV Byron Allen, founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group, says online streaming services are 'easily chasing' four billion connected devices worldwide and that the appetite for more content is 'insatiable.' He also talks about...
By Dade Hayes No part of the media business is more crowded than streaming, with thousands of subscription-based and free services continuing to hit the market. Despite the glut, Byron Allen believes he has two new offerings with something unique to bring to the party. The media executive and Allen...
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By Diane Haithman “Free is everybody’s favorite price,” Allen says of Local Now, streaming premium content plus local news “geo-fenced” to your zip code Following the pandemic surge in paid subscribers for streaming services, media entrepreneur Byron Allen believes the time is right for Local Now, a streaming service that...
In addition to live channels that feature national news, superstar talent and marquee content partners, Local Now’s state-of-the-art streaming platform now also delivers original local news, weather and information, customized by market. By Mark K. Miller Local Now, a streaming platform that Byron Allen acquired when he bought...
