The Weather Channel Live Stream

Weather Channel Live Stream

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The Weather Channel Live Stream

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THE WEATHER Channel Live Stream

No matter where you are in the world, if you want news about the weather, The Weather Channel (TWC), remains the most reliable source for weather news and information. The American pay television channel is owned by Weather Group, LLC, which is a subsidiary of Allen Media Group. Its headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. 

The weather channel live stream is well known for its weather forecasts and weather-related news and analysis. It also features documentaries and entertainment programming that are related to weather. One of its sister networks, Weatherscan, is a digital cable and satellite service that offers 24-hour automated local forecasts and radar imagery. According to a poll in September 2018, the Weather Channel was received by approximately 79.128 million households that subscribe to a pay television service throughout the United States.

History

The Weather Channel got its start on July 18, 1980, when television meteorologist John Coleman well known as the once chief meteorologist at ABC owned-and-operated station WLS-TV in Chicago and as a forecaster for Good Morning America, and Frank Batten, then-president of the channel’s original owner Landmark Communications created a partnership. The channel was officially launched at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 2, 1982. Since 2002, all forecasting has been done on-site in Atlanta.

Technology

Many people wonder how the channel has been so accurate with weather reporting. A lot of that is due to the fact that The Weather Channel uses special proprietary equipment that inserts information on current and future local weather conditions. They also rely on weather alerts issued by the National Weather Service, the Storm Prediction Center, and National Hurricane Center. 

TWC is also well known for providing popular music to both cable and satellite viewers, in the background during some segments. 

Sale to NBCUniversal, Bain, and Blackstone

The channel was sold to NBC Universal, Bain Capital, and Blackstone Group on July 6, 2008, by Landmark Communications after it was put up for sale in January of the same year.  This marked the channel’s first ownership change in 26 years. 

Sale to Entertainment Studios

The channel would once again change hands when in August 2016, after reports surfaced that Sinclair Broadcast Group had expressed interest in acquiring ownership of the Weather Channel. A deal was reached on March 22, 2018, and Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios announced its acquisition of the Weather Channel’s television assets from the NBCUniversal/Bain/Blackstone partnership. 

While the value of the deal has never been confirmed it is estimated that the deal was worth about $300 million. The channel’s non-television assets, which were separately sold to IBM two years prior, and were not included in the sale.

Online services

The Weather Channel Live Stream provides a range of technological access to its channel mostly through its website. According to third-party web analytics providers, Alexa and SimilarWeb rated the site as the 146th and 244th most visited website in the world respectively, up to July 2015. SimilarWeb also rates the site as the second most visited weather website globally bringing in over 126 million visitors per month.

The channel also features WAP access for mobile phone users, desktop widgets for quick reference by computer users, and customized weather feeds for individual websites. Cell phone customers are also able to get local forecasts from TWC sent to their mobile handsets via SMS.

The Weather Channel also features apps for the iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple TV, Kindle Fire, and Windows mobile and tablet platforms. 

Major moments in coverage from the The Weather Channel

TWC has covered some major hurricanes over the years and provided the information that helped to keep people safe. Here’s a look at some of them:

  • 2016 – Hurricane Matthew
  • 2017 – North American blizzard, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma
  • 2018 – Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Michael
  • 2019 – Hurricane Dorian
  • 2020 – Hurricane Isaias, Hurricane Laura, Hurricane Sally, Hurricane Delta, Hurricane Zeta
  • 2021 – Hurricane Ida