Byron Allen is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Entertainment Studios/Allen Media Group, which he started from his dining room table in 1993. Today, Allen Media Group is one of the largest privately-owned media companies in the world. Allen Media Group includes a motion picture distribution division, the AVOD free streaming service LOCAL NOW, the digital news platform, THE GRIO, over 64 shows on broadcast television stations and cable, 15 ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX affiliate broadcast television stations across America, and nine 24/7 HD television networks serving 160 million subscribers, including THE WEATHER CHANNEL.