1991: Difference between revisions

213 bytes added ,  2 months ago
Line 5:
** LIVE Entertainment announced that it would purchase Vestron, Inc. for $27.3 million.
* '''March 1''': The CBS/Fox Company joint venture was reorganized as FoxVideo.
* '''March''':
* '''March''':* Months after its formation, New Line Home Video secures a distribution deal with RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video.
** Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment and SouthGate Entertainment teamed up to form '''Video Sales Organization'''.
* '''April''': Viking Entertainment is merged into Video Treasures. As a result, the Burbank Video label, which Viking Entertainment owned at the time, has been picked up by Video Treasures.
* '''May''':
Line 22 ⟶ 24:
** Turner Broadcasting System had bought out Hanna-Barbera and merged Hanna-Barbera Home Video into Turner Home Entertainment.
** Len Levy, former IVE and Fries executive, formed Len Levy & Associates, to take the sales and marketing of the Monterey Home Video label, which was brought in-house, after four years with Fries.
** Video Sales Organization shuttered after just a few months, due to a lack of hotter titles.
* '''November''': Playboy Video left HBO Video and joined Uni Distribution Corporation.
* National Geographic Video, after five years with Vestron, begins mail-order distribution.
1,856

edits