patlovestv 10 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Allen's latest acquisitions include the multicast/diginets This TV and Light TV from MGM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Action Newsroom 713 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 6 minutes ago, patlovestv said: Allen's latest acquisitions: This TV and Light TV from MGM. Unless the two companies make a syndication or licensing deal, both networks' schedules are getting blown up and reworked. Most probably with those dime-a-dozen court and talk/magazine shows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam MadMan 51 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 1 hour ago, Action Newsroom said: Unless the two companies make a syndication or licensing deal, both networks' schedules are getting blown up and reworked. Most probably with those dime-a-dozen court and talk/magazine shows. I can imagine something similar to what happened to Movies! after Disney bought 20th Century Fox Studios while Movies! stayed with the Murdochs: they'll probably find some other partners, while keeping the format the same. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
T.L. Hughes 440 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 In the latest expansion of Byron Allen's broadcast holdings, Allen Media Group has announced it is buying This TV and Light TV from MGM Television. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CircleSeven 1,262 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 I don't understand why Weigel didn't buy back the network they launched 12 years ago......... 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tyrannical bastard 1,982 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 (edited) 1 hour ago, CircleSeven said: I don't understand why Weigel didn't buy back the network they launched 12 years ago......... They really left it out in the cold when they launched MeTV, and MGM formed other partnerships with Sinclair for Comet and Charge! Essentially, Movies! was its replacement, and Weigel ended up ceding control of ThisTV to Tribune...and was it completely rid of Tribune by time the Nexstar merger closed? Hopefully Allen Media can give the channel a second chance and at least try to secure more carriage. Edited October 29 by tyrannical bastard 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam MadMan 51 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 2 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: They really left it out in the cold when they launched MeTV, and MGM formed other partnerships with Sinclair for Comet and Charge! Essentially, Movies! was its replacement, and Weigel ended up ceding control of ThisTV to Tribune...and was it completely rid of Tribune by time the Nexstar merger closed? Hopefully Allen Media can give the channel a second chance and at least try to secure more carriage. It's still a better fate that I thought would happen before November 2019; I'd figured it'd be shut down once Court TV took over the subchannel space on the former Tribune stations. Imagine my surprise when not only did This TV not go belly up, it actually managed to find space on some other channels in a few of those markets. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zeebre12 1 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 (edited) I never understood why he didn't put more effort into his 'cable' channels? They are run on a shoestring and are the lowest rated cable channels in the US. They must make very little money. Now he is spending billions buying broadcast stations and The Weather Channel. In this article it mentions that he is going 'invest a substantial amount of capital into programming'. The licencing agreement will hardly stay with MGM? You'd think series on The Weather Channel like Heavy Rescue: 401 and Highway Through Hell would also air on his so called 'cable' channels? Surely they would rate better than what's already on them (not that it would be too difficult anyway) He must have some kind of licencing agreement with some company for these shows that is still there? Edited October 29 by zeebre12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Asomrjsurf 4 Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 This TV/Light TV just needs to get on more providers in KC area. Also no Bryan Allen station here in KC area. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yankees4life 222 Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 Hopefully, this means that ThisTV makes a return in Miami soon. Allen owns no stations there but I can see him more likely to cut a deal with an Indy affiliate for it... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
edutv9 7 Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 Maybe he'll add This and Light to WEVV in Evansville. All they have is the main .1 CBS/.2 Fox feeds right now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Megatron81 44 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 I thought that This TV was done after losing the Tribune/Nexstar TV stations when they went with Court TV last year. I wasn't ever a fan of This TV when it was on WXMI/Fox17 .3 from 2010 to 2019 was it's .2 for one hot minute before Antenna TV that Tribune created at the end of 2010/early 2011. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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