For the television network formerly owned by The Weather Company, see The Weather Channel. For the Australian company, The Weather Company Pty. Ltd., see Weatherzone.
The Weather Company started as the Weather Channel in 1980, and launched two years later. In 2012, the company created a broader holding company and replaced the word "Channel" with "Company" to better reflect their growing lineup of digital products.[3]
The Weather Company was previously owned by a consortium made up of the Blackstone Group, Bain Capital, and NBCUniversal. That consortium sold the Weather Company's product and technology assets to IBM on January 29, 2016, but retained possession of The Weather Channelcable network until March 2018, when it was sold to Entertainment Studios.[2] As part of the 2016 spin-off, the consortium entered into a long-term licensing agreement with IBM for use of its weather data and "The Weather Channel" name and branding.[4][5][6]
^ abPress release (29 January 2016). "IBM Closes Deal to Acquire The Weather Company's Product and Technology Businesses". The Weather Company. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^Stelter, Brian (2012-10-21). "Weather Channel's Parent Company Is Renamed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
^Hardy, Quentin (28 October 2015). "IBM to Acquire the Weather Company". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^Cao, Jing (28 October 2015). "IBM Agrees to Acquire Weather Channel's Digital Assets". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^Littleton, Cynthia (28 October 2015). "Storms Are In, Reality Shows Out as Weather Channel Gets Back to Basics". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
weather, company, television, network, formerly, owned, weather, channel, australian, company, weatherzone, weather, forecasting, information, technology, company, that, owns, operates, weather, website, weather, channel, weather, underground, been, subsidiary. For the television network formerly owned by The Weather Company see The Weather Channel For the Australian company The Weather Company Pty Ltd see Weatherzone The Weather Company is a weather forecasting and information technology company that owns and operates weather com the website for The Weather Channel and Weather Underground The Weather Company has been a subsidiary of the Watson amp Cloud Platform business unit of IBM since 2016 2 The Weather CompanyIndustryInformation technologyWeather forecastingFoundedJuly 18 1980 42 years ago 1980 07 18 as The Weather Channel October 21 2012 2012 10 21 started using company name Headquarters1001 Summit Blvd NE Brookhaven Atlanta Georgia U S 1 Key peopleSheri Bachstein CEO ParentIBM 2016 present Websitewww wbr ibm wbr com wbr weather Contents 1 History and operations 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory and operations EditThe Weather Company started as the Weather Channel in 1980 and launched two years later In 2012 the company created a broader holding company and replaced the word Channel with Company to better reflect their growing lineup of digital products 3 The Weather Company was previously owned by a consortium made up of the Blackstone Group Bain Capital and NBCUniversal That consortium sold the Weather Company s product and technology assets to IBM on January 29 2016 but retained possession of The Weather Channel cable network until March 2018 when it was sold to Entertainment Studios 2 As part of the 2016 spin off the consortium entered into a long term licensing agreement with IBM for use of its weather data and The Weather Channel name and branding 4 5 6 See also EditList of mergers and acquisitions by IBM List of meteorology institutionsPortals Companies WeatherReferences Edit The Weather Channel in Atlanta GA a b Press release 29 January 2016 IBM Closes Deal to Acquire The Weather Company s Product and Technology Businesses The Weather Company Retrieved 22 July 2016 Stelter Brian 2012 10 21 Weather Channel s Parent Company Is Renamed The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2017 08 17 Hardy Quentin 28 October 2015 IBM to Acquire the Weather Company The New York Times Retrieved 22 July 2016 Cao Jing 28 October 2015 IBM Agrees to Acquire Weather Channel s Digital Assets Bloomberg News Retrieved 22 July 2016 Littleton Cynthia 28 October 2015 Storms Are In Reality Shows Out as Weather Channel Gets Back to Basics Variety Retrieved 22 July 2016 External links EditOfficial website This climatology meteorology related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This United States corporation or company article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Weather Company amp oldid 1133054655, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
