https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-22/funnyman-byron-allen-buys-the-weather-channel-for-300-million

im tryna get like breh

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and thats a damn shame it comes to that lol

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WyxXMZ9IXI

He gives some great insight into Black folks' positions as tokens with networks, the lack of Black ownership of networks, why he sued Obama, and alotta eye-opening data.

Thank you for this link.

http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2009/cbb/blog/091012/byron-allen-2-240.jpg

not to mention Dog Tv, Car Tv etc

Despite the previous $2B selling of the .coms, this is seemingly an excellent deal from his end.

"Get ready....for your blessing....."

black man buys a fucking CHANNEL...and yall figure out a way to make it less significant.

what he plans to do with it before i'm moved....

At least with Oprah, there was a pretty clear idea of what she'd be able to achieve...but with the this...?? The Weather Channel?? I just can't see it...
$300 million could have sent a lot of young Black girls & boys through college.... i'm just sayin...


"Get ready....for your blessing....."

and it's still carried by cable providers, no? You can't check into a hotel without the Weather Channel being on deck. So...it's being payed for.

I'm rooting for him all the same...might even make it my default landing channel when I turn on the TV.

>and it's still carried by cable providers, no? You can't
>check into a hotel without the Weather Channel being on deck.
>So...it's being payed for.


"Get ready....for your blessing....."

It's nice...
But it's an old ass Rolls dawg....
I mean...I couldn't afford it...but if I could??...I wouldn't have bought THAT....


"Get ready....for your blessing....."

Basically what he bought was all of the contracts with cable companies and other production infrastructure. It'll be a regular cable channel.

That's not exactly a pot of gold either in this day and age, but I don't think he's in it to talk about the weather.

To include original documentaries about weather and also show fictional movies about extreme weather

There's a few ways you can go with this

Also explained was that The Weather Channel does "Superbowl numbers" during severe weather conditions.
And....according to D.C. Ward 8 Council Member Trayon White Sr., the Rothschilds are manipulating our weather, stay woke!
https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/03/resilience-trutherism-and-climate-manipulation-explained/555944/

season.

>To include original documentaries about weather and also show fictional movies about extreme weather


Not trying to see Sharknado pt 45 on the Weather Channel

There's a way to do it I guess but not being too extreme with it.

There are a whole lot of folks who don lt give a fuck about apps. I skimmed but dude said when a storm hits eu get 30 million views. That huge. If he can expand their market with more shows and tweak the current model he is good to go

Dude quietly found a way to make a ton of money in this industry and you in here trying to spend his money.

Sit yo contrarian ass down lol

but yeah...i'm off that now after Dstl's enlightenment.
Let's brand this "KneeJerk Fridays"...

"Get ready....for your blessing....."

You looking at an app like “oooh shit, look at the stats” when a hurricane hits?

Someone pointed out how the numbers climb to 30 millions viewers when extreme weather hits. Those numbers are huge and probably the main draw for buying the channel. I’m sure he wants to improve the numbers for everyday viewing as well.

I’m also sure this guy has more than a few people crunching the numbers before he bought it. You don’t buy a channel like this without considering potential profits.

Y’all make it sound like he woke up one day and said “I got it, TWC, I can feel it”

bought or partnered w/ them a couple years ago. to be fodder for big data applications and to provide microservices to any number of businesses.

i was thinking 300m was mad low for this. if all he got is the tv, i'm kinda side-eyeing this shit.


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the same folks who are still on dial up internet

You know, our parents and aunts and uncles

It’s like asking who listens to the radio or still watches cable tv

A lot of people still do these regular things that millennial and internet geeks don’t do.

-still listens to the radio

-aint got cable, soo....

-I aint THAT damn old, lol.

Some things I still like to do though..even though the 14 year old will tell me the weather before Chesly on Channel 11 gets to it, lol.





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I'm checking the TV.

I don't have cabele tho.. lol

but if I did, I would turn to the weather channel to see folks standing in the middle of a monsoon.

NBC here (OTA) is channel 11.1. 11.2 is the "Weather Channel for those without cable". Thats where I go to see the folk in the monsoon trying to keep their hat on, lol






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Your local news channel will have some sucker in a poncho out in them streets when it's getting bad though.
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but.....

Fuck aliens.

When that tornado came to my hometown outside of philly (where tornadoes rarely come) and scared the living fuck outta me when I was younger... I must have boosted the TWC's ratings by 2 points daily

those are primetime nfl conference championship numbers.

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/the-weather-channel-delivered-its-most-watched-year-since-2013/355957

The year 2017 provided some of the worst weather the U.S. and its territories have ever seen. Natural disasters were rampant. Hurricane Harvey decimated the Gulf Coast in August, while Hurricanes Irma and Maria pounded the Atlantic Coast, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands just days apart in September, inflicting death and destruction. We’re more than 100 days removed from Irma and Maria, and more 450,000 Puerto Ricans remain without power. It’s an island territory with nearly 3.5 million inhabitants.

During times of crisis, Americans who actually had power turned on the Weather Channel to get the most up-to-date coverage and information.

Named “TV News Brand of the Year” for seven years in a row by Harris Poll, The Weather Channel delivered significant ratings in 2017, and had its most-watched year since 2013.

According to Nielsen data, compared to 2016, TWC was +10 percent in total viewers, was +9 percent in the key A25-54 demo, +10 percent in A18-49, and +7 percent among millennials (A18-34) this past year.

Year-over-year viewer growth among the younger demos is especially notable considering how many millennials turn to digital options, especially smart phones for breaking news about the weather.

But hearing and seeing weather experts, meteorologists and top technology give viewers a way to understand both how to prepare for storms and the meteorological drivers behind them was quite valuable. You can’t really get that on a smartphone.

Meteorologists and reporters like Jim Cantore , Mike Seidel, Stephanie Abrams, Mike Bettes, Justin Michaels, John Zarrella, Reynolds Wolf, Ron Blome, Jen Carfagno and many more.

The Weather Channel, whose co-founder John Coleman passed away just days ago, reached almost 70 million Americans in 2017. It was No. 1 in total day viewers during the week of Hurricane Irma (week of Sept. 4, 2017), and averaged more than 1 million adults 25-54 on Friday, Sept. 8 in prime time, peaking at 3 million total viewers during the 11 p.m. hour. Those figures gave TWC its most-watched night since Superstorm Sandy in fall of 2012.

During the weekend of Hurricane Harvey, TWC was No. 1 in total viewers and in the A25-54 demo. During the height of the storm, Friday through Sunday, the network reached over 37 million viewers, with 1 in 5 American households tuning into The Weather Channel.

While Americans generally turn to the Weather Channel when the weather is rough, they also turn to it for coverage of abnormal weather events. Like the Total Solar Eclipse. TWC delivered nearly 1.7 million total viewers and 459,000 demo viewers that day, No. 3 across cable TV.

nobodie be watchin dat shit, sonz!! Dat nigga dumb, yo. hadda been me...I's would bought out Rap Snacks...dem shits be's in da hood wit da real monies. fuck dat digital money...get dat hood love!!!

obviously he's doing something right

i'll trust his business acumen over you guys for now, lol

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I know a lot of people hated the show but to me I liked stand-up comedy shows, just didn't like the fact they tried to cram so many comedians per episode though.

They still do reruns "Comedy.TV" and it's so annoying to watch the same damn episodes over & over when it wasn't that many seasons of it in the first place.

"Comics Unleashed" sucked to me, sometimes he would have a few good comedians on but getting them to spit little bits here & there by asking them a set-up questions was pretty lame.

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if he was White he might be president because his business and his vibe is middle and it works. he came a long way from real people.