LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Weather Channel is under new ownership. Entertainment Studios Inc., an independent movie and TV producer and distributor, said Thursday it’s acquired the channel’s parent company, Weather Group. Byron Allen, founder and owner of Entertainment Studios, bought the Weather Group from the Blackstone Group, Bain Capital and Comcast-NBCUniversal, Entertainment Studios said. […]
The surprise success of “47 Meters Down” has the founder and chairman of Entertainment Studios, Byron Allen, on a mission to become the next Walt Disney. The film stars Mandy Moore and Claire Holt as two sisters vacationing in Mexico who get trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less […]
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Inc., one of the largest independent producers and distributors of first-run syndicated television programming for broadcast television stations, has acquired the New York-based digital news platform TheGrio, reports Deadline.com. TheGrio initially launched under NBC News as a news and social media platform for African-Americans. “We are excited to have TheGrio join […]
If you think Byron Allen is having second thoughts about calling President Barack Obama a “white president in blackface,” guess again. According to TMZ, the Hollywood producer is standing by what he said and refuses to apologize for it. Allen detailed his motivation behind not apologizing during an appearance on “TMZ Live.” In his eyes, […]
We all know comedian/entrepreneur/entertainment mogul Byron Allen is not shy about telling the world of his disdain for Rev. Al Sharpton primarily because of a Comcast business deal gone bad. And we all know Sharpton is down with President Obama. So, could that be why Allen had no reservations for basically taking the president to […]
A group of Black media owners have filed a $20 billion federal lawsuit against Comcast, Time Warner, Inc., the Rev. Al Sharpton, the NAACP and the National…
Since creating Entertainment Studios 20 years ago, Byron Allen has made a successful transition from stand up comic to television visionary. The former talk show host, who serves as the production and global distribution company’s chairman and chief executive officer of Entertainment Studios, has made almost $100 million annually from shows such as “Mr. Box […]
Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has just launched its eighth digital cable TV network. Justice Central.TV, his first solely supported by advertising without any subscriber affiliate fees, debuted in HD on Monday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The network will carry Entertainment Studios’ growing roster of court shows after they play in broadcast TV syndication, as […]
