Colex Enterprises

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Colex Enterprises
Company type Joint venture
Industry Television syndication
FoundedJanuary 1984;41 years ago (1984-01)
DefunctDecember 18, 1987;37 years ago (1987-12-18)
FateDissolved
Successors Columbia Pictures Television
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
United States
Parent Columbia Pictures Television
LBS Communications, Inc.

Colex Enterprises was a joint venture between Columbia Pictures Television and LBS Communications, Inc., active from January 1984 to December 18, 1987. The name of the venture is a portmanteau of the two companies' names (Columbia and Lexington, the latter coming from LBS' initials/original name of Lexington Broadcast Services). [1]

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The company was responsible for distributing the Screen Gems television output, with the exception of pre-1967 Hanna-Barbera produced programs, as well as many of the post-1947 Bob Hope theatrical films.

History

In January 1984, Colex Enterprises was formed, over a year after Columbia Pictures Television agreed in December 1982 to license distribution rights to the television series Family to LBS. [2] [3] Family was subsequently added to Colex's roster when the company formed, and the first new show added to Colex's roster was the show Gidget . The venture was designed to handle barter syndication on a mixture of advertiser-supported and cash basis. [4]

Colex formed a squad of banners in November 1985 [5] :

Following the dissolution of Colex, some of the properties continued to be licensed to LBS from Columbia Pictures Television (labeled under the billing "Distributed by LBS in association with Columbia Pictures Television") until LBS filed for bankruptcy in 1991.

The name remains a trademark of Sony Pictures Television to this day.

Programming distributed by Colex Enterprises

Television programs

Movies

Telemovies

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sale in the works for 'Eden' mini-series". Broadcasting: 45. 1984-01-30.
  2. ↑ "Family" (PDF). Broadcasting . 1982-12-20. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  3. ↑ "Monitor" (PDF). Broadcasting . 1983-02-14. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  4. ↑ "The World of TV Programming: Syndication". Broadcasting. 1984-10-22.
  5. ↑ "Syndication Marketplace" (PDF). Broadcasting . 1985-11-11. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
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