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By Bruce Haring Kevin Hart, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, and Billy Crystal are among the big names joining Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group television production division Entertainment Studios and Funny or Die for a live-streaming comedy event next month. The fundraiser will support hunger-relief organization Feeding America. The event will livestream on the...

By Mark K. Miller Allen Media Group’s digital news division — The Grio — debuts a new video series for Facebook Watch. Staying In Business features interviews and profiles of African-American business owners who reveal how they are adapting to unprecedented times in America, while focusing on how these black-owned businesses and entrepreneurs are...

By Ashley Cullins CF Entertainment says Nielsen is extorting it over ratings — and says it can't do business with advertisers without that information. The Weather Channel's owner says Nielsen is engaging in "predatory pricing" because of its monopoly on ratings services. CF Entertainment on Friday sued The...

By Michael Depp As veterans of extreme weather coverage and robust remote production, The Weather Channel was ready for the storm the coronavirus brought to the industry. Network President Tom O’Brien says little has been upended by the pandemic, though the channel is now programming more...

By Kathryn Lundstrom Key insight: The Weather Channel is the only live network run by scientists. As schools, offices and restaurants around the country close their doors to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus, what people want from their TV networks is likely to change. And with kids...

The Allen Media Group division Entertainment Studios, one of the largest independent producers and distributors of film and television with 64 shows on the air and owner of 15 U.S. Big-Four network affiliate broadcast television stations and nine 24-hour HD television networks serving nearly 160 million subscribers -- including The...