Syndication veteran Robert E. Yde, co-founder of the Television Syndication Company Inc. (TVS) has died after a long battle with malignant melanoma. He was 71.
Yde, who died Monday, produced shows and headed marketing for TVS -- a Longwood, Fla.-based TV program distributor of children's and lifestyle programming that he ran with his wife, Cassie -- until retiring in October. TVS distributes the children's shows Real Life 101, Ultimate Choice and Kid Guides and the lifestyle series P. Allen Smith Gardens. Yde's recent production credits also include the magazine-style series Get Reel for kids network WAM!
Yde was born in Freeport, Ill., and graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in marketing and business administration. After college, he served in the Air Force, flying 25-hour airborne alert missions to the Russian border as a member of a combat-ready SAC B-52 crew during the Cold War.
Later, while living in Mobile, Ala., and working for Southern Bell Telephone Co., his civic involvement led him to work on events including the Senior Bowl Football Game and America's Junior Miss Pageant.
Yde, who died Monday, produced shows and headed marketing for TVS -- a Longwood, Fla.-based TV program distributor of children's and lifestyle programming that he ran with his wife, Cassie -- until retiring in October. TVS distributes the children's shows Real Life 101, Ultimate Choice and Kid Guides and the lifestyle series P. Allen Smith Gardens. Yde's recent production credits also include the magazine-style series Get Reel for kids network WAM!
Yde was born in Freeport, Ill., and graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in marketing and business administration. After college, he served in the Air Force, flying 25-hour airborne alert missions to the Russian border as a member of a combat-ready SAC B-52 crew during the Cold War.
Later, while living in Mobile, Ala., and working for Southern Bell Telephone Co., his civic involvement led him to work on events including the Senior Bowl Football Game and America's Junior Miss Pageant.
- 12/22/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Syndication veteran Robert E. Yde, co-founder of the Television Syndication Company Inc. (TVS) has died after a long battle with malignant melanoma. He was 71.
Yde, who died Monday, produced shows and headed marketing for TVS -- a Longwood, Fla.-based TV program distributor of children's and lifestyle programming that he ran with his wife, Cassie -- until retiring in October. TVS distributes the children's shows Real Life 101, Ultimate Choice and Kid Guides and the lifestyle series P. Allen Smith Gardens. Yde's recent production credits also include the magazine-style series Get Reel for kids network WAM!
Yde was born in Freeport, Ill., and graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in marketing and business administration. After college, he served in the Air Force, flying 25-hour airborne alert missions to the Russian border as a member of a combat-ready SAC B-52 crew during the Cold War.
Later, while living in Mobile, Ala., and working for Southern Bell Telephone Co., his civic involvement led him to work on events including the Senior Bowl Football Game and America's Junior Miss Pageant.
Yde, who died Monday, produced shows and headed marketing for TVS -- a Longwood, Fla.-based TV program distributor of children's and lifestyle programming that he ran with his wife, Cassie -- until retiring in October. TVS distributes the children's shows Real Life 101, Ultimate Choice and Kid Guides and the lifestyle series P. Allen Smith Gardens. Yde's recent production credits also include the magazine-style series Get Reel for kids network WAM!
Yde was born in Freeport, Ill., and graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in marketing and business administration. After college, he served in the Air Force, flying 25-hour airborne alert missions to the Russian border as a member of a combat-ready SAC B-52 crew during the Cold War.
Later, while living in Mobile, Ala., and working for Southern Bell Telephone Co., his civic involvement led him to work on events including the Senior Bowl Football Game and America's Junior Miss Pageant.
- 12/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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