Science-grounded and community-based, the Weather Underground network includes more than 120,000 personal weather stations that feed into WU’s widely used website and apps, enhancing their strength at local forecasting. Based in San Francisco, Weather Underground became part of The Weather Company in 2012.ĭrawing on the Weather Channel’s history of making weather accessible to the public, the new show will embody the future of interactive science television.įans will be able to submit questions via #WUTV across social media, report current conditions in their area, contribute to the creation of show segments, access behind-the-scenes live-stream video via and participate in weather roundtables live on air. The show carries the geeky, informal imprint of its namesake, which was founded in 1995 as the Internet’s first weather service.
Earlier this year, IBM said it would cut about 3,900 workers, with many of the reductions focused on employees who remained after units had been divested.Meteorology, TV, and weather enthusiasts will intersect in a new way starting on August 24 with the debut of “Weather Underground,” a two-hour program to air weekdays from 6:00 to 8:00 pm ET on The Weather Channel. IBM has since sought to re-orient itself around cloud-computing and has sold legacy infrastructure unit Kyndryl Inc.
It completed the acquisition in January 2016. IBM announced the purchase in October 2015 for an undisclosed amount as part of an effort to extend its move into the then-hot Internet of Things market.
The division was acquired in a deal that included the apps and websites of the Weather Channel and Weather Underground. The discussions were reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal. Big Blue is having early stage conversations about selling the weather unit with no deal imminent, according to a person familiar with the issue who asked not to be named discussing private matters.
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