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Coming Soon

A streaming-native Black, multicultural news media network arrives on Juneteenth 2026.

Bronzeville Commons Network (BCN) plans to go live on June 19, 2026 from the Obama Presidential Center — the first network purpose-built for streaming, AI-powered production, and the 47M Black Americans plus 200M-strong global diaspora that legacy media has never fully served.

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BCN — At A Glance

20+
Original shows in development
47M+
Black Americans · core audience
200M+
Global Black diaspora reach
$1.9T
Buying power of target market
6
Revenue streams per show
7
Streaming platforms · Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google TV, Nvidia Shield, Xbox, Mobile & Tablet (iOS & Android) and Smart TVs (75+ Brands)

Our Public Purpose

Mission & Standards ▸
01

Trusted, impartial journalism for a Black perspective

Network accountability reporting at local, national and global scale — held to public-service standards.

02

Cultural representation at network scale

A creative pipeline of 20+ originals across news, faith, health, sports, children's, and finance.

03

A global network for the diaspora

Programming and partnerships across Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe.

04

Education and the next generation

Children's, civic-education and youth-creator partnerships — including HBCU production collaborations.

05

Distinctive, high-quality output

AI-powered production allows a lean network to ship at legacy-network volume and cinematic quality.

06

Economic power: build & buy Black

Bringing the $1.9T Black consumer market into proportionate, sustainable engagement with media it owns.

From the CEO

"Streaming-native, public-service-minded, unapologetically Black."

Bronzeville Commons Network was built on a simple observation: the largest, most culturally influential audience in American media — 47 million Black Americans, plus 200 million in the global diaspora — has never had a streaming-native network of its own. Cable-era networks were built for cable-era audiences. BCN is built for the next decade.

We carry the editorial DNA of public-service broadcasting: rigorous journalism, distinctive programming, broad reach, and accountability. We carry the operating DNA of a modern technology company: streaming-first distribution across Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google TV, Nvidia Shield, Xbox, Mobile & Tablet (iOS & Android) and Smart TVs (75+ Brands); AI-powered production that lets a lean team ship at legacy-network volume; and six revenue streams attached to every show we make.

On Juneteenth — June 19, 2026 — we go live from the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. The Bronzeville name honors the historic neighborhood that taught generations how to build culture, commerce and civic life on its own terms. BCN extends that lineage to the screens of a new century.

— Alonzo Buchanan Jr.
CEO, Bronzeville Commons Network

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