Byron Allen Media Adds to Streaming Portfolio With Acquisition of HBCUGo.TV

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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorByron Allen’s Allen Media Group has reached a deal with Symonds-Evans Media to acquired the streaming platform HBCUGo.TV, which serves the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities.Allen Media sees HBCUGo.TV as a complement to The Grio, the digital media site that it acquired in 2016.

Allen Media just launched a Grio-branded free over-the-air channel as well. HBCUGo.TV comes with 5,000 hours of programming geared toward students and alumni of the nation’s more than 100 HBCUs.

It also brings to Allen’s portfolio rights to selected football and basketball games from the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.“The HBCU brand represents over 184 years of historic excellence, dating back to.