Rysher Entertainment: Difference between revisions

Rysher Entertainment was founded by former Warner Bros. syndication executive Keith Samples in 1991 as a television syndication company, expanding into TV and feature film production. Cox Enterprises bought Rysher for $15 million in 1993. Rysher was shut down in 1999 by Cox, distribution rights to the company's library was acquired by Paramount Television (now "CBS Television Studios" and "CBS Television Distribution") the ownership of the library was later acquired by 2929 Entertainment in 2001 and by Qualia Capital on March 29, 2006. Most of the company's film library is currently owned by Paramount Pictures with the following exceptions: ''The Opposite of Sex'' (Sony Pictures Entertainment/Sony Pictures Classics), ''Big Night'', ''Foxfire'', and ''Hard Eight'' (Samuel Goldwyn Films, formally The Samuel Goldwyn Company). As for the television library, it is currently owned by CBS Corporation and distributed by CBS Television Distribution, while the ''Saved by the Bell'' franchise and ''California Dreams'' are currently owned by NBCUniversal Television Distribution while CBS Studios International has international rights to ''Saved by the Bell.''