Privately held (1994–1997) Broadway Video (1997–2002)
History
Founded
1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Launched
1994
Founder
Danny Stein, Brian Nurenberg, Danny Ameri, James Mairs
Closed
Sept. 2002
Replaced by
National Lampoon Network
The Burly Bear Network was an American cable TV channel targeted at 18- to 24-year-old college students founded in 1994. The company was created by four friends from Connecticut — Danny Stein, Brian Nurenberg, Danny Ameri, and James Mairs; and led by CEO Stein. Programming was offered on some university TV stations, including Arizona State University, Louisiana State University, Ball State University, Iowa State University, Northern Kentucky University, Purdue University, the University of Dayton, the University of Missouri, Berry College, Michigan State University, and Indiana University East in Richmond, as well as late nights on TBS.[1]
The Network was a privately held company, under CEO Danny Stein, who ran the company while Ameri and Mairs led production, and Nurenberg led distribution. The Company became the premier college entertainment television network, ultimately passing 8 million college students at hundreds of colleges and universities in the United States. The network also included an events business that brought its branded entertainment to campuses and through online exploits at the dawn of the commercial Internet boom.
Stein led a sale to Lorne Michael's Broadway Video in May 1997, and then departed in 1999 after the company was integrated into Broadway Video. Howard Handler was hired in 1999 as CEO with Ted Jessup as the head of programming. In September 2002, the company was bought by National Lampoon for an undisclosed amount.[2] This sale corresponded to the end of programming on TBS. The network was folded into the National Lampoon Network around September 2002.[3]
^Blevens, Ellen (February 8, 2002). "Burly Bear hungry for more colleges". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
^"National Lampoon Acquires Burly Bear Network". The Write News. September 6, 2002.
^Randall, Laura (Jan 12, 2003). "Entertainment; Battle of the Campus TV Networks". BLACKBOARD. The New York Times.
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