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ViacomCBS Wednesday announced the launch of BET Studios led by Aisha Summers-Burke with partners including Kenya Barris, Rashida Jones and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas. The studio venture provides equity ownership to Black creators across premium TV and film content.
Deadline had reported in March that the longtime Warner Bros. Television development executive Summers was leaving the studio to join the ViacomCBS venture.
Propelled by the infrastructure and financing of BET and ViacomCBS, BET Studios will create premium television series and films for an array of internal buyers, including Paramount+, Showtime, CBS, Nickelodeon, BET+ and BET in addition to select third-party platforms that it said “seek best-in-class content from both leading and rising Black creatives.”
Burke will be responsible for working collaboratively with the Studio’s creative partners and key internal constituencies. She will overseeing day-to-day creative affairs, oversee the BET Studios content slate and focus on growing its production output...
Deadline had reported in March that the longtime Warner Bros. Television development executive Summers was leaving the studio to join the ViacomCBS venture.
Propelled by the infrastructure and financing of BET and ViacomCBS, BET Studios will create premium television series and films for an array of internal buyers, including Paramount+, Showtime, CBS, Nickelodeon, BET+ and BET in addition to select third-party platforms that it said “seek best-in-class content from both leading and rising Black creatives.”
Burke will be responsible for working collaboratively with the Studio’s creative partners and key internal constituencies. She will overseeing day-to-day creative affairs, oversee the BET Studios content slate and focus on growing its production output...
- 9/15/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
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ViacomCBS’s BET has launched BET Studios, “an unprecedented studio venture that offers equity ownership for Black content creators,” with partners Kenya Barris, Rashida Jones and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, the company announced Wednesday.
Per BET, “Propelled by the infrastructure and financing of BET and ViacomCBS, BET Studios will create premium television series and films for an array of internal buyers, including Paramount+, Showtime, CBS, Nickelodeon, BET+ and BET, in addition to select third-party platforms that seek best-in-class content from both leading and rising Black creatives.”
Aisha Summers Burke will lead BET Studios as executive vice president and general manager of the new arm of ViacomCBS and report directly to BET president Scott Mills. In her role, Burke will be responsible for “working collaboratively with the studio’s formidable creative partners and key internal constituencies. Along with overseeing the day-to-day creative affairs for the company, she will also be responsible for...
Per BET, “Propelled by the infrastructure and financing of BET and ViacomCBS, BET Studios will create premium television series and films for an array of internal buyers, including Paramount+, Showtime, CBS, Nickelodeon, BET+ and BET, in addition to select third-party platforms that seek best-in-class content from both leading and rising Black creatives.”
Aisha Summers Burke will lead BET Studios as executive vice president and general manager of the new arm of ViacomCBS and report directly to BET president Scott Mills. In her role, Burke will be responsible for “working collaboratively with the studio’s formidable creative partners and key internal constituencies. Along with overseeing the day-to-day creative affairs for the company, she will also be responsible for...
- 9/15/2021
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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Exclusive: Longtime Warner Bros. Television development executive Aisha Summers is leaving the studio to join ViacomCBS where she is expected to head BET Studios, I have learned. BET had no comment.
BET Studios has not been officially unveiled but BET Networks has been ramping up production capabilities following the launch of streaming service BET+, a joint venture with Tyler Perry Studios, the top supplier of BET and BET+. In addition to having Perry in the fold, ViacomCBS has been finalizing a big production deal with Kenya Barris whose first series is for Paramount+ but will likely also produce for BET/ BET+.
Within the former Viacom cable group, BET Studios joins MTV Studios and Nickelodeon Studios.
Summers has spent her entire career to date at Warner Bros. TV, which she joined in 2008. She served as VP scripted television for cable/streaming division Warner Horizon before it was merged with Warner Bros.
BET Studios has not been officially unveiled but BET Networks has been ramping up production capabilities following the launch of streaming service BET+, a joint venture with Tyler Perry Studios, the top supplier of BET and BET+. In addition to having Perry in the fold, ViacomCBS has been finalizing a big production deal with Kenya Barris whose first series is for Paramount+ but will likely also produce for BET/ BET+.
Within the former Viacom cable group, BET Studios joins MTV Studios and Nickelodeon Studios.
Summers has spent her entire career to date at Warner Bros. TV, which she joined in 2008. She served as VP scripted television for cable/streaming division Warner Horizon before it was merged with Warner Bros.
- 3/24/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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