Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AMC Networks has reached a definitive agreement to purchase RLJ Entertainment, Robert L. Johnson’s over-the-top video company, ...

3 THE PITT on Stage: A Guide to the Theater Stars in the Hit Series Urban Movie Channel (UMC), the first subscription video on demand service (SVOD) created for African American and urban audiences, ...

Johnson and affiliates will retain a 17 percent stake in the company behind Acorn TV and the Urban Movie Channel after the cable networks firm completes the transaction, which values RLJ at $274 ...

The company, which has made investments in such digital firms as DanceOn and MiTu, would have an option to take a controlling stake in the company in several years. By Georg Szalai Global Business ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. BETHESDA, MD— RLJ Acquisition announced that it anticipates the closing of the business ...

*RLJ Entertainment (NASDAQ: RLJE) brings you ‘The Sin Seer’ Directed and written by Paul D. Hannah (The Marriage Chronicles). The film stars Isaiah Washington (“The 100,” “Grey’s Anatomy”), Lisa ...

*AMC Networks has said it will exercise an option to buy 100 percent of Robert Johnson’s RLJ Entertainment, with an eye to taking the company private, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The channel ...

AMC Networks has named RLJ Entertainment head Miguel Penella to the new role of President, Global Direct-to-Consumer. He will continue to run RLJE, the parent of Acorn TV and UMC in which AMC acquired ...

Commenting on UMC's launch, Robert Johnson said, “As founder of BET, I have gained a deep understanding and knowledge about the African American and urban consumer and the entertainment content that ...

Urban Movie Channel (UMC), the first subscription video-on-demand service (SVOD) created specifically for African American and urban audiences, will now be available to Comcast’s Xfinity TV customers ...

AMC Networks has named RLJ Entertainment head Miguel Penella to the new role of President, Global Direct-to-Consumer. He will continue to run RLJE, the parent of Acorn TV and UMC in which AMC acquired ...

AMC Networks has reached a definitive agreement to purchase RLJ Entertainment, Robert L. Johnson’s over-the-top video company, under which it will pay $65 million in cash for shares the cable ...