By Seth Abramovitch The comic turned mogul has played the long game since he was a kid, acquiring assets like The Weather Channel and taking a racial equality dispute with Comcast all the way to the Supreme Court: "I'd love to own CNN. … And I...
By Oriana Schwindt When Byron Allen's Allen Media Group bought The Weather Channel for $300 million in March 2018, all eyes were suddenly on the comedian turned media mogul. But Allen's Entertainment Studios had been ramping up programming and distribution for over a decade for the suite...
Byron passionately discussed the impact of systemic injustice in the broadcast industry and what his company is doing to trail-blaze lasting change. [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23VlfTzi7Oo&feature=youtu.be[/embed]...
Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 11am Click here to watch Byron Allen discuss his op-ed "Black America speaks. America should listen." on MSNBC. ...
CUP (Council of Urban Professionals) Conversations: "Visionary Leadership - Reimagining America" with Melissa Fenton, Marcos Torres and Byron Allen [embed]http://player.vimeo.com/video/432633970[/embed] ...
After a years-long legal fight against alleged racial bias, the media mogul has struck a deal with the cable giant By Alex Ben Block For years, Byron Allen has waged a kamikaze crusade against Comcast and Charter, which together control close to 60 percent of the cable...
Cablefax Daily | Tuesday - June 16, 2020 | VIEW FULL ISSUE HERE Maine Line: Cable has Friends in A La Carte Case The Motion Picture Association and the Washington Legal Foundation, a nonprofit, public interest law firm and policy center, are backing cable in its quest...
Deal ends contentious battle between two companies By R. Thomas Umstead Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios and Comcast on Thursday reached a content carriage agreement, ending a long, legal dispute that ended up at the Supreme Court. According to the deal, Comcast extends its carriage agreement for The Weather...
It comes out No. 1 on TVNewsCheck-BIA Advisory Services’ annual list of the Top 30 groups ranked by total revenue for the second year in a row. It was a pretty calm 12 months, with little M&A and the top five slots returning unchanged. By Mark K....
What we need to do to never come back here again. By Byron Allen Last night I was sitting in my living room and a convoy of trucks drove by my home filled with law enforcement and National Guard troops. I am a 59-year old African-American man and...
