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Weather Channel and Fox vie for streaming eyeballs

by Matt Levin
Jul 6, 2021
Two new weather-themed streaming services are in the forecast. Extreme weather events have made reports more compelling to viewers, one meteorologist says.
Jim Cantore, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel, reports on Hurricane Irene from Battery Park in New York City on Aug. 27, 2011.
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Tracking the pandemic? There's an app for that.

by Jack Stewart
Mar 26, 2020
Tech companies and universities are trying to use mobile devices to get a handle on the spread of COVID-19.
The Weather Channel app has a new tool that lets users track reported cases of COVID-19 near them.
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The Weather Channel branches into 'weather adjacent' content

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 9, 2014
On the air since 1982, the company has to strategize for an app-driven world.
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Raining? Twitter wants to help sell you an umbrella

by Tracey Samuelson
Jun 12, 2014
Twitter is teaming up with the Weather Channel to help advertisers.
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Weather Channel free-for-all

by David Weinberg
Dec 27, 2013
DirecTV has launched its own weather-related TV channel right next to the Weather Channel.
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Just say no to 'Nemo'

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 8, 2013
Why we should boycott 'Nemo' and any other storm name the Weather Channel dreams up.
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Does The Weather Channel benefit from blizzards?

by Stacey Vanek Smith
Feb 8, 2013
The Northeast is expected to be hammered by a winter storm of 'historic' proportions. Many are bracing for the worst, but some businesses think snowmageddon is snowtacular.
The Northeast is expected to be hammered by a winter storm of 'historic' proportions. Many are bracing for the worst, but some businesses think snowmageddon is snowtacular.
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In weather forecasting wars, opposites do attract

by Adriene Hill
Jul 3, 2012
Cable's The Weather Channel seeks to bolster its forecasting credentials by acquiring Weather Underground, weather buffs' favorite source for learning which way the wind blows.
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