Entertainment Studios Networks
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Entertainment Studios Networks is a group of seven high-definition cable networks operated by Entertainment Studios, a company owned by and featuring comedian Byron Allen.
Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | United States |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
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Language(s) | American English |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Allen Media Group |
History | |
Launched | May 2009; 14 years ago (2009-05) |
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Streaming media | |
Roku & Amazon Fire TV |
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The seven networks include Cars.TV, Comedy.TV, ES.TV, Justice Central, MyDestination.TV, Pets.TV and Recipe.TV.[1] All the shows appearing on the networks are produced and distributed exclusively by Entertainment Studios, but are also distributed in traditional broadcast syndication, to some controversy by cable providers who have rejected carriage of the networks under those grounds as providing low customer value when those programs are all available on traditional television stations. In addition, Byron Allen in early 2018 acquired The Weather Channel, which remained mainly under carriage agreements under its old management, along with its own separate corporate structure, but now comes under the same carriage agreement with ESN and Allen Media, Byron Allen's broadcast stations group.