Robyn Polashuk has more than 25 years of experience in video programming licensing and distribution, both as a lawyer for Lifetime Television and in private practice, where she currently serves as co‑chair of Covington’s Entertainment and Media Industry Group. Her practice encompasses some of the most precedential deals in the television and streaming industry, and has had a significant impact on how content is made available to consumers. She is called upon by an extensive range of studios, networks, streaming services, and other content owners, including AMC Networks, The Walt Disney Company, Fox Corporation, Paramount Global, TelevisaUnivision, and TV One, to advise on high‑profile transactions involving video content licensing and distribution across traditional and online platforms and free ad‑supported, subscription, and other pay business models.
Robyn has been widely recognized for her influence and leadership in the entertainment industry, with consistent recognition from leading industry publications. She has been featured multiple times on Variety’s Legal Impact and Dealmakers Impact Reports, and was named to Variety’s Women’s Impact Report in 2025. Robyn has also been recognized by The Hollywood Reporter as one of its Power Lawyers three times and, for five consecutive years, has been the only outside counsel named one of Cablefax’s Most Powerful Women. In addition, she has been named an Entertainment Business Visionary by the Los Angeles Times and The Envelope magazine, one of the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers, and one of the Daily Journal’s Top Women Lawyers.
In addition to her commercial licensing and distribution work, Robyn supports corporate transactions by managing distribution‑related diligence and risk assessments, and providing guidance on post‑transaction studio, network, and streaming service integration. Increasingly, she acts in an advisory capacity to help content owners develop strategies and mitigate risks in connection with the monetization of content, data, and advertising, as well as the implementation of artificial intelligence in connection with content distribution arrangements. Robyn also counsels on sports media rights licensing, subscription marketing, accessibility and other regulatory issues, and media and copyright litigation.
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