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Entertainment Studios, owned by Byron Allen, has acquired the Weather Group, parent company of\u00a0The Weather Channel TV network and\u00a0Local Now\u00a0streaming service.<\/p>\n

Allen purchased the Weather Group\u00a0through his company, Allen Media, from The Blackstone Group, Bain Capital and Comcast\/NBCUniversal. Allen’s Entertainment Studios already owns eight 24-hour HD cable networks reaching nearly 160 million aggregate subscribers across the U.S.<\/p>\n

“The Weather Channel is one of the most trusted and extremely important cable networks, with information vitally important to the safety and protection of our lives,” said Allen, founder, chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios. “We welcome The Weather Channel, which has been seen in American households for nearly four decades, to our cable television networks division. The acquisition of The Weather Channel is strategic, as we begin our process of investing billions of dollars over the next five years to acquire some of the best media assets around the world.”<\/p>\n

“We are excited to join Entertainment Studios, and we are especially proud to be part of one of the largest emerging global media companies,” said\u00a0Dave Shull, CEO of The Weather Channel. “Byron Allen’s\u00a0purchase of our innovative and forward-thinking organization will increase the value we bring to our viewers, distributors and advertisers.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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