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* '''February''': Before releasing any titles, Tri-Star Video was merged into RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, a month after Columbia Pictures Entertainment was formed.
* '''March''':
** [[The Congress Video Group (Duplicator)|The Congress Video Group]] sells the assets of its Cincinatti, Ohio [[The Congress Video Group (Duplicator)|duplication facility]] to [[Allied Vaughn|Allied Film & Video Services]], which uses the equipment to establish a facility in Clinton, Tennessee.
** Playboy Video quits Lorimar Home Video and signs up with HBO Video.
* '''May''':
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** Bertelsmann Music Group picked up home video rights to the MusicVision line from RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video.
* '''October''': Sony Video Software Company was shortened to SVS, Inc.
* '''December''':
* '''December''':* Gordon Bossin left Pickwick Entertainment and he was succeeded by Mickey Hyman.
* Hanna-Barbera Productions formed its own home video division, known as Hanna-Barbera Home Video.
** Rank Video Services America completes the consolidation of Video Technology Services into its Garden Grove facility. The latest known transitionary title is a copy of ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (FHE) dated December 8; the earliest known full RVSA title is a copy of ''Rest in Pieces'' (IVE) dated December 29.
* Hanna-Barbera Productions formed its own home video division, known as Hanna-Barbera Home Video, which would be marketed by Worldvision Home Video.
 
== VHS ==
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''The Apartment'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Beauty and the Beast'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Hell Up in Harlem'' || Filmways Home Video || Orion Home Video || February 25, 1988 ||
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| ''In the Heat of the Night'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Just Around the Corner'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
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| ''The Lost Boys'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || February 24, 1988 ||
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| ''The Magnificent Seven'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Maple Town Stories: Medicine from Maple Mountain'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
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| ''The Messenger'' || Orion Home Video || Orion Home Video || February 25, 1988 ||
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| ''Midnight Cowboy'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''The Monster Squad'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || February 10, 1988 ||
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| ''Poor Little Rich Girl'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
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| ''Raging Bull'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' || Playhouse Video || The CBS/Fox Company || February 18, 1988 ||
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| ''Sunset Limousine'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Thief'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''WarGames'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''West Side Story'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || February 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Wet Gold'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 4, 1988 ||
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| ''PGA Tour Golf: Tips from the Tour'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 16, 1988 ||
* Duplicated exclusively at Rank Video Services America, even before RVSA purchased IVE's duplication facilities.
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| ''Pippin'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 9, 1988 ||
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| ''Rikki-Tikki-Tavi'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || June 16, 1988 ||
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| ''Beetlejuice'' || Warner Home Video || Warner Home Video || October 19, 1988 ||
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| ''C.H.U.D.'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
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| ''Cinderella'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''The Corsican Brothers'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by The Nostalgia Merchant.
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| ''Crazy Fat Ethel II'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
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| ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Bare Necessities'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Great White Videos'' || RadioVision Video || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 20, 1988 ||
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| ''The Grey Fox'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
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| ''How to Salsa'' || Cannon Video || Warner Home Video || October 13, 1988 ||
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| ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Miss Annie Rooney'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by The Video Late Show.
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| ''Rambo III'' || International Video Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 6, 1988 ||
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| ''Salsa: The Motion Picture'' || Cannon Video || Warner Home Video || October 13, 1988 ||
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| ''The Steadfast Tin Soldier'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by King of Video.
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| ''The Sword in the Stone'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''The Three Caballeros'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Tim'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by Media Home Entertainment.
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| ''Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller'' || Family Home Entertainment || MCA Distributing Corporation || October 6, 1988 ||
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| ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' || Video Treasures || Video Treasures || October 15, 1988 ||
* Previously released by King of Video.
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| ''Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Special Edition'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || October 4, 1988 ||
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| ''Master Blaster'' || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || Prism Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Memorial Day'' || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || Media Home Entertainment || 1988 ||
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| ''Men of Steel'' || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || Trans World Entertainment || 1988 ||
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