AccuWeather TV Network Announces Partnership with REELZ for National Advertising Sales and Marketing Opportunities
AccuWeather Global Weather Center, December 16, 2020 – AccuWeather TV Network today announced a strategic partnership with REELZ for national advertising to present brands and advertisers full marketing and sponsorship solutions, leveraging the power of AccuWeather TV Network’s 24/7 national, regional and local weather news and breaking weather coverage.
This strategic partnership is the latest in a series of industry-facing moves for AccuWeather TV Network, marking a strong approach to delivering award-winning omnichannel content, across screens.
“The AccuWeather TV Network has a broad and growing audience and multi-platform reach, delivering compelling “all weather, all the time” coverage that all audiences connect to at their home and office address and nationwide,” said Sarah Katt, General Manager, AccuWeather TV Network. “We are thrilled to partner with REELZ and look forward to successfully complementing one another in the marketplace to effectively serve advertisers and brands at the right time in the right place.”
“In leveraging the strength of the REELZ sales team and relationships within the advertising community, we’ll work to duplicate our success for AccuWeather,” said Bill Rosolie, SVP of Ad Sales at REELZ. “We know how to sell strong brands, so we’re proud to represent another independent network in AccuWeather and look forward to a successful partnership.”
Committed to excellence, the AccuWeather TV Network was awarded in February 2020 with Cynopsis’ Best of the Best Awards in the categories of “Best Ad Supported Cable Network” and “Best Short Form Content.” These prestigious recognitions salute excellence in national TV programming, honoring outstanding achievement across teams, platforms and overall merit.
About AccuWeather and accuweather.com - AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved tens of thousands of lives, prevented hundreds of thousands of injuries and tens of billions of dollars in property damage. With global headquarters in State College, PA and other offices around the world, AccuWeather serves more than 1.5 billion people daily to help them plan their lives and get more out of their day through digital media properties, such as AccuWeather.com and mobile, as well as radio, television, newspapers, and the 24/7 AccuWeather Network channel. Additionally, AccuWeather produces and distributes news, weather content, and video for more than 180,000 third-party websites. Among AccuWeather’s many innovative and award-winning features available free to the public are MinuteCast® Minute by Minute™ forecasts with Superior Accuracy™. Furthermore, AccuWeather serves more than half of Fortune 500 companies and thousands of businesses globally. Dr. Joel N. Myers, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Dr. Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been named “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs.
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The AccuWeather app for Android phone and tablet users is free at the Google Play store. The AccuWeather iOS app is free at apps.apple.com. Visit accuweather.com for additional information.
About REELZ—REAL LIVES. REAL STORIES. REAL CELEBRITIES.®
REELZ is a leading independent cable and satellite general entertainment network focused on celebrity culture with poignant stories about Hollywood in revealing documentaries and character profiles of the famous and infamous. Programming ranges from the critically acclaimed and award-winning The Kennedys to Real Story of… revealing the true stories behind hit movies including American Made and Selena. Along with shows about movies, fame and celebrity lifestyles the network is also home to true crime stories and Autopsy: The Last Hours of… which examines the final days of popular celebrities from Lucille Ball to Prince.
REELZ is available in 70 million homes on DIRECTV channel 238, DISH Network channel 299, Verizon FiOS TV channel 692HD, AT&T U-verse channels 799/1799HD and cable systems nationwide. Find REELZ in your area by visiting www.reelz.com. REELZ is a High-Definition network and if it is not available, or not in HD, on your cable or telco provider, we encourage viewers to call them and ask for it. Owned by Hubbard Media Group, REELZ is headquartered in Albuquerque, NM with national ad sales based in New York City with offices in Boston and Chicago. As one of the last truly independent television networks remaining in today’s media landscape REELZ has created the Independence Happens Here® website to help keep free thought and innovation alive by highlighting the importance of independent businesses. The website can be found at http://IndependenceHappensHere.com.
