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On March 22, 2018, [[Byron Allen]]'s [[Entertainment Studios]] announced its acquisition of the Weather Channel's television assets from the NBCUniversal/Bain/Blackstone partnership. The actual value is undisclosed, but was reported to be around $300 million. The channel's [[The Weather Company|non-television assets]], which were separately sold to IBM two years prior, were not included in the sale.<ref name="Entertainment Studios">{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/byron-allen-entertainment-studios-acquisition-the-weather-channel-tv-network-1202351426/ |title=Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Acquires The Weather Channel TV Network For $300 Million |last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|last2=Fleming|first2=Mike |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=March 22, 2018|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Byron Allen">{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/byron-allen-acquires-weather-group-300-million-deal/172512|title=Byron Allen Acquires The Weather Group in $300 Million Deal |last=Albiniak|first=Paige|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=March 22, 2018|access-date=March 22, 2018|archive-date=March 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322203251/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/byron-allen-acquires-weather-group-300-million-deal/172512|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In the early morning of April 18, 2019, the Weather Channel was temporarily unable to air live programming due to what they called a "malicious software attack" on their network.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/media/weather-channel-hack/index.html |title= The Weather Channel knocked off air by 'malicious software attack' |first1=Chris |last1=Isidore |first2=Paul P. |last2=Murphy |date=April 18, 2019 |work=CNN Business |access-date=May 1, 2021 }}</ref> Previously taped shows were aired while engineers worked with backup equipment, and live programming returned to normal within a few hours (at the time, ''AMHQ''). The perpetrators of the [[malware]] attack were never identified
In May 2022, on The Weather Channel's 40th birthday, it launched a new direct-to-consumer subscription-based app.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediavillage.com/article/the-weather-channel-rolls-out-new-initiatives-as-it-looks-back-on-its-first-40-years/|title=The Weather Channel Rolls Out New Initiatives as It Looks Back on Its First 40 Years|date=April 27, 2022 |publisher=MediaVillage|access-date=May 6, 2022}}</ref>
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