Entertainment Studios Hires Karen Roberts as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions

Entertainment Studios Hires Karen Roberts as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Entertainment Studios, Inc., a multi-media content provider, proudly announces the hiring of Karen Roberts as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions. Ms. Roberts will aggressively identify and pursue films that support the company's overall acquisition strategy of acquiring quality projects for theatrical, television, home entertainment, and new media/digital distribution. Roberts begins her new position with Entertainment Studios effective immediately.

The announcement was made by Entertainment Studios Chairman and CEO, Byron Allen, to whom Ms. Roberts will report. "We are very excited to have Ms. Roberts join our team," said Mr. Allen. "Karen's film acquisitions experience is a major asset, and we look forward to a significant expansion of our content library for distribution across all platforms."

Prior to joining Entertainment Studios, Roberts held Senior Vice President posts at PorchLight Entertainment, Dream Entertainment, Myriad Pictures, and J&M Entertainment. Among the many titles she helped acquire include: NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER, THE GOOD GIRL starring Jennifer Aniston, ELLIE PARKER starring Naomi Watts, and LONESOME JIM starring Liv Tyler.

Roberts will work out of Entertainment Studios' Los Angeles headquarters. For more information about Entertainment Studios, please visit http://www.es.tv/

Entertainment Studios, Inc. distributes and sells advertising for 15 television programs, making it the largest independent producer/distributor of first-run syndicated television programming for broadcast television stations, video content for mobile devices, and the World Wide Web. Our mission is to provide excellent programming to our viewers, online users, and Fortune 500 advertising partners. Chairman and CEO Byron Allen founded the company in 1993. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the company has offices in New York, Chicago, and Atlanta. For more information about Entertainment Studios, please visit http://www.es.tv/

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CONTACT: Eric Peterkofsky of Entertainment Studios, Inc.,
+1-310-277-3500, ext. 124, ericp@es.tv

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http://www.es.tv/

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