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12 Feb Entertainment Studios Expands Broadcast Television Holdings By Closing Deal To Purchase Eleven Television Stations With Network Affiliations Including ABC, CBS, NBC, And FOX For $305 Million

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Byron Allen's Allen Media Broadcasting Acquires Portfolio of 11 Highly-Ranked Broadcast Television Stations Serving Nine U.S. Markets from USA Television Entertainment Studios, one of the largest independent producers and distributors of film and television, with 64 shows on the air, and owner of nine 24-hour HD television...

11 Feb The Wrap: Oscar Night Celebrations Bring Out Hollywood’s Biggest Stars

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By Jenny Peters Byron Allen brought Adam Levine and Maroon 5 to his fourth annual viewing and after-party at the Beverly Wilshire, which of course drew a crowd to the ballroom, who also gave generously to the cause. Benefitting Children's Hospital Los Angeles, the bash raised...

10 Feb Maroon 5 Performs Intimate Show as Auction Toasts Kobe Bryant, Spago Date with Tiffany Haddish

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By Ramona Saviss and Chris Gardner Party: Bryon Allen's Entertainment Studios Oscar Gala Players: Byron Allen, Maroon 5, Tiffany Haddish, Quincy Jones, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Raven-Symone, Chris Tucker, Candy Spelling, Loni Love, Russell Peters and more. Place: Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills Served: Following a formal sit-down dinner, tray-passed sliders,...

27 Jan Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Renews Five Court Series for Fall 2020

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By Denise Petski Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has renewed five of the studio’s syndicated court series for the 2020-21 season. The renewals, announced at NATPE, consist of 650 new half-hour episodes for the 2020-21 season, effective immediately. The renewed series are America’s Court With Judge Ross, which is heading into...

27 Jan ‘Funny You Should Ask’ Renewed For Two Seasons By Entertainment Studios

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By Erik Pedersen Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios said at NATPE today that is has handed a two-season renewal to Funny You Should Ask, its syndicated comedy game show hosted by Jon Kelley. It’s the second consecutive twin-season renewal for the daily half-hour strip, with the previous one coming in January 2018. Today’s move...

16 Jan Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Promotes Natasha S. Alford To Vice President Of Digital Content For The Grio Digital Network Platform

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PR Newswire Entertainment Studios, one of the largest independent producers and distributors of film and television, with 64 shows on the air, and owner of nine 24-hour HD television networks now serving nearly 160 million subscribers -- including The Weather Channel television network and its streaming service Local Now -- proudly...

11 Dec Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Launches Two New Weekly TV Series In National Syndication For Fall 2020 And 2021

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By Mark K. Miller Entertainment Studios today kicks off nationwide distribution of two original weekly series from it co-owned Weather Channel for broadcast syndication’s upcoming 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons: Storm of Suspicion and Weather Gone Viral. Both series now boast clearances with station groups including Fox O&Os, Scripps, Nexstar, Meredith,...

05 Dec Deadline: Byron Allen Rips Comcast Now That Diversity Chief David Cohen Is “Out Of The Way”

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By Dade Hayes, Dominic Patten Byron Allen, who has been locked in a legal dispute with Comcast that has reached all the way to the Supreme Court, didn’t mince words in his response to the company’s latest executive shuffle. David Cohen, who has steered Comcast’s diversity efforts and faced blame...

25 Nov The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore Gives Make-A-Wish Child a Thrill of Her Life

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By Rodney Ho Jim Cantore, a recent Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame recipient, has a fan base at the Atlanta-based Weather Channel that spans the generations. Nine-year-old Kaylee Tolleson from Missouri City, TX battled cancer and is now in remission. She is a huge weather person and storm tracker....

20 Nov Janice Arouh Named 2019 Honoree for Cablefax’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Cable

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Janice Arouh President, Distribution & Marketing Entertainment Studios Networks 2019 Honoree for Most Powerful Women - The Top 50 Entertainment Studios Networks is rounding out another landmark year, and Byron Allen’s right-hand woman Arouh was a strategic juggernaut in securing significant subscriber growth for the company. She...