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 (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] (now [[CBS Studios]] and [[CBS Media Ventures]]) 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 [[ViacomCBS]] and distributed by CBS Media Ventures, while the ''Saved by the Bell'' franchise and ''California Dreams'' are currently owned by [[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal Television Distribution]] while [[CBS Studios International]] and [[MGM Television|MGM International Television]] have international rights to ''Saved by the Bell''.