Allen is always at the forefront of innovation, whether that’s acquiring new stations, expanding his company’s FAST channel offerings or shifting AMG’s ad-buying market to VideoAmp. By creating The Weather Channel En Español, delivering the free-streaming HBCU GO digital platform to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and campaigning for the economic inclusion of Black-owned businesses through his Black-Owned Media Matters initiative, every day Allen proves the transformative power of DEI can have in the industry and beyond.
What’s your boldest prediction about your industry in the next 10 years? Content will continue to be King.
What do you think is the biggest misconception about diversity within your industry? That it is something we should do to check the box versus the actuality that it makes us stronger.
Has the internet created more inclusion or exclusion? The internet has created more inclusion because the platform is global and the barrier for entry does not exist.