Entertainment Studios Names Eric Claytor SVP

Entertainment Studios Networks announced an expansion of its distribution, sales, and marketing team with the appointment of Eric Claytor as senior vice president, affiliate distribution and marketing.

Claytor will be responsible for accelerating distribution efforts for the company’s portfolio of eight HD cable television networks nationwide. He will be based at Entertainment Studios’ new regional office in Denver and report to Janice Arouh, ES president of distribution and marketing.

Claytor joins ES from TV One, where he was VP of affiliate relations/Western region and national accounts.

He held a previous position at TV One as affiliate account director for the Central and Northeast regions and was part of the initial TV One start-up team that helped grow the network to over 32 million households in less than three years.

Claytor was also director of affiliate relations, Western region at The Sportsman Channel.

Claytor holds an M.B.A., and earned a Bachelor of Science from Radford University.