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** The merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications has been completed. As a result, HBO Video was picked up by Warner Home Video, merging HBO's marketing and distribution services.
** The merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications has been completed. As a result, HBO Video was picked up by Warner Home Video, merging HBO's marketing and distribution services.
** [[Media Home Entertainment]] sold its duplication division to [[MediaCopy|West Coast Video Duplicating, Inc.]]
** [[Media Home Entertainment]] sold its duplication division to [[MediaCopy|West Coast Video Duplicating, Inc.]]
** New World Entertainment sold many of its video assets to Trans Atlantic Entertainment, who licensed it to R&G Video, and secured a distribution deal with Starmaker Entertainment.
** New World Entertainment sold many of its video assets to Trans Atlantic Entertainment, which later licensed the assets to R&G Video, which in turn secured a distribution deal with Starmaker Entertainment.
* '''February''': Strand VCI Entertainment was launched by Strand VCI plc. to market tapes for the American market.
* '''February''': Strand VCI Entertainment was launched by Strand VCI plc. to market tapes for the American market.
* '''March''':
* '''March''':
** The CBS/Fox Company switched over to [[Deluxe Digital Studios|Rank Video Services America]] from [[Vantiva Supply Chain Services|Technicolor Videocassette]].
** The CBS/Fox Company switched over to [[Deluxe Digital Studios|Rank Video Services America]] from [[Vantiva Supply Chain Services|Technicolor Videocassette]].
** In a move to strengthen The Walt Disney Company's position in the children's market, the company's children's music division label, Walt Disney Records, was split into two. One retains the current name and would be responsible for soundtrack and studio albums, while the other is called Disney Audio Entertainment, which would be responsible for the read-along album series.
** In a move to strengthen The Walt Disney Company's position in the children's market, children's music label Walt Disney Records, itself a division of the company's Disney Consumer Products unit, was split into two. One retains the current name and would be responsible for soundtrack and studio albums, while the other is called Disney Audio Entertainment, which would be responsible for the read-along album series.
** MCA Home Video establishes a new domestic marketing unit, MCA/Universal Home Video. It would adopt the name itself altogether within the next few months.
** MCA Home Video establishes a new domestic marketing unit, MCA/Universal Home Video. It would adopt the name itself altogether within the next few months.
* '''May 14''': Private Screenings, Media Home Entertainment's erotic label, was renamed to Luna Video.
* '''May 14''': Private Screenings, Media Home Entertainment's erotic label, was renamed to Luna Video.
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