Allen Media Group Shuttering The Weather Channel En Español

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EXCLUSIVE: Allen Media Group is shuttering The Weather Channel en Español at year end, the latest hit in a round of belt tightening. “As part of Allen Media Group’s extensive cost-cutting measures, The Weather Channel en Español will cease operations on December 31, 2024,” AMG said in a statement to Deadline.

The move is the latest in a string of measures to cut costs. Earlier this month, the company owned by Byron Allen said Pattrn, a climate-themed FAST channel owned by Allen Media Group, will stop programming next month, returning to its social media roots and keeping a weekend TV presence on The Weather Channel.

In October, AMG had a round of layoffs with the exits of key members of its weather, news and sports teams, impacting The Weather Channel, its AVOD service HBCU Go as well as its Entertainment Studios and ad sales divisions.

The company earlier announced layoffs last spring with 2024 a year of dramatic layoffs at media companies of all sizes in large part due to declining viewership of linear television, where AMG is heavily invested.