Entertainment Studios Networks

Entertainment Studios Networks
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaUnited States
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California
Programming
Language(s)American English
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
OwnerAllen Media Group
History
LaunchedMay 2009; 15 years ago (2009-05)
Links
Website
Availability
Streaming media
Roku & Amazon Fire TV
  • SmartTV.com channel (likely to transfer to platform-agnostic Weather Channel Plus service in late 2021)

Entertainment Studios Networks is a group of seven high-definition cable networks operated by Allen Media Group, a company owned by and featuring comedian Byron Allen.

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.