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, and the 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, who merged the library alongside the recently-acquired [[Pandora/Gaylord Films]] to form Qualia Libraries. Most of the company's film library is currently owned by [[Paramount Pictures]], except for ''The Opposite of Sex'', which is still owned by [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] via [[Sony Pictures Classics]]. As for the television library, it is currently owned by [[Paramount Global]] and distributed by CBS Media Ventures, while the ''Saved by the Bell'' franchise and ''California Dreams'' are currently owned by [[NBCUniversal Television|NBCUniversal Syndication Studios]] while [[MGM Television|MGM International Television]] has international television and digital rights to ''Saved by the Bell''.