After making it known in September that he’s interested in acquiring ABC from Disney for a price tag of $10 billion, Byron Allen assures Variety he still has his eyes set on ABC and promises he’s ready play ball when Disney is ready to sell. “I think ABC’s a real possibility....
Allen Media Group’s Local Now free streaming service said it made a deal with Gannett to add the USA Today and USA Today Sports channels to the Local Now lineup. “The USA Today brand and channels are an excellent addition to our free-streaming service Local Now,” said Byron...
The UCLA Department of Neurosurgery is finalizing the details for its upcoming Visionary Ball. The event — scheduled to take place at the Beverly Hilton on Wednesday — raises funds and awareness in support of patients who face complex neurological disorders. And the program will be toplined by...
Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group said its Local Now free streaming platform has added 19 local and national free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels to its lineup. The new channels are part of an expanded deal between Allen Media Group and NBCUniversal. National channels added to Local Now include American...
Media mogul Byron Allen has offered $10 billion to the Walt Disney Co. to purchase its ABC television network, in addition to the cable networks FX and National Geographic. The bid, which Allen's representative confirmed to CBS MoneyWatch, would include ABC's national TV network as well...
Big thinkers get big things done and implement change in their industries, and ALLEN MEDIA GROUP Founder/Chairman/CEO Byron Allen is living proof of that. Allen’s list of "firsts" is impressive. Starting at age 14, he was the youngest comedy writer for some of the biggest names...
The Allen Media Group digital platform Local Now – a leading free-streaming service for hyper-local news, weather, sports, traffic and entertainment – today announced its partnership with CBS. Local Now has expanded its local news footprint with the launch of 14 free ad-supported television (FAST) channels from CBS Stations. In addition to this local...
Allen Media Group's (AMG) free-streaming digital platform, HBCU GO, has proudly announced a 10-year media rights partnership with the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAA). The partnership grants HBCU GO the rights to provide coverage of all CIAA team sports through June 30, 2032, including cable,...
CBS will shore up its late night roster in the fall with an assist from Byron Allen. The media mogul’s long-running syndicated show Comics Unleashed — which Allen also hosts — will follow repeats of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert beginning Sept. 18 for what the network says is a “limited run.”...
Byron Allen's Allen Media Group (AMG) -- the largest supplier of first-run syndicated programming for broadcast television stations -- proudly announces the premiere of 3 new HD television court series starting today: MATHIS COURT WITH JUDGE MATHIS JUSTICE FOR THE PEOPLE WITH JUDGE MILIAN EQUAL JUSTICE WITH...
