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==Events==
* DTS was introduced to LaserDiscs.
* '''January''': Warner Home Video picks up the National Geographic Video brand from Columbia TriStar Home Video for mass market retailers.
* '''January 24''': The purchase of New World Communications by News Corporation has just been completed. As a result, most future New World titles will be released by Fox.
* '''March''':
** Rhino Home Video signed a distribution agreement with the Sci-Fi Channel.
** Fox Lorber ends its agreement with Metromedia Entertainment Group and set up its own distribution.
** Vidmark Entertainment changed its name to Trimark Home Video, starting with the release of ''Meet Wally Sparks''.
* '''March 24''': DVD was launched to customer retail stores, with Warner Home Video as its first clients.
* '''April''':
* '''July''': Sony Music Entertainment's Sony Wonder division picked up the Kidsongs brand from WarnerVision Entertainment.▼
** Live Entertainment was sold to private capital firm Bain Capital.
** Simitar Entertainment became the first independent distributor to offer DVD releases.
* '''April 5''': NBC News had secured a home video deal with New Video.
* '''April 26''': MTM Enterprises had secured a home video deal with New Video.
* '''June 11''': News Corporation announces plans to purchase International Family Entertainment. As a result, the MTM home video agreement with New Video quickly expired and shifted to Fox.
▲* '''July''': Sony Music Entertainment's Sony Wonder division picked up the Kidsongs
* '''September''': Lyrick Studios acquired the mass market distribution rights of ''VeggieTales'' for wide release.
* '''November''': Chris Blackwell forms Islandlife to take the Manga Entertainment label from PolyGram.
* '''December''':
** Live Entertainment secured a distribution deal with Hallmark Home Entertainment.
** Coliseum Video shut down operations. As a result, the WWF took over distribution of its titles.
== VHS ==
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| ''Maybe... Maybe Not'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || January 21, 1997 ||
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| ''Night Train to Venice'' || Avid Home Entertainment || Live Entertainment || January 21, 1997 ||▼
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| ''Nightscare'' || Avid Home Entertainment || Live Entertainment || January 21, 1997 ||▼
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| ''Paula Abdul's Get Up and Dance!'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || January 7, 1997 ||
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| ''Cupid'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || February 11, 1997 ||
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| ''Eureeka's Castle: Christmas at Eureeka's Castle'' ||
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| ''Eureeka's Castle: Sing Along With Eureeka'' ||
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| ''Eureeka's Castle: Wide Awake at Eureeka's Castle'' ||
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| ''Feeling Minnesota'' || New Line Home Video || New Line Home Video || Warner Home Video || February 11, 1997 ||
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| ''Gullah Gullah Island: Binyah's Surprise'' ||
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| ''Gullah Gullah Island: Play Along with Binyah & Friends'' ||
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| ''Gullah Gullah Island: Sing Along With Binyah Binyah'' ||
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| ''Gullah Gullah Island: Dance Along with the Daise Family'' ||
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| ''Harriet the Spy'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || February 25, 1997 ||
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| ''The Assassin'' || Oriental Extremes Video || Xenon Entertainment || March 11, 1997 ||
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| ''Balance of Power'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || March 25, 1997 ||
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| ''101 Dalmatians'' (1996) || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || April 15, 1997 ||
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| ''The Arrival'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || April 22, 1997 ||
* Sell-through release.
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| ''Chaplin'' || Avid Home Entertainment || Live Entertainment || April 22, 1997 ||
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''Allegra's Window: Play Along with Allegra & Friends'' ||
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| ''Barney's Musical Scrapbook'' || Barney Home Video || Lyrick Studios || May 6, 1997 ||
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* Sell-through release.
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| ''Little Bear: Family Tales'' ||
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| ''Little Bear: Meet Little Bear'' ||
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| ''A Time to Kill'' || Warner Home Video || Warner Home Video || May 20, 1997 ||
* Sell-through release.
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| ''Thinner'' || Republic Pictures || Republic Pictures || May 20, 1997 ||
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| ''The Twilight Man'' || MCA/Universal Home Video || Universal Music & Video Distribution || May 20, 1997 ||
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| ''Barney's Talent Show'' || Barney Home Video || Lyrick Studios || July 8, 1997 ||
* Compatible with Microsoft ActiMates Barney.
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| ''Clifford's Fun with Letters'' || Family Home Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
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| ''Clifford's Fun with Numbers'' || Family Home Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
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| ''Clifford's Fun with Opposites'' || Family Home Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
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| ''Clifford's Fun with Shapes'' || Family Home Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
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| ''Clifford's Fun with Sounds'' || Family Home Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
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| ''Cutthroat Island'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
* Letterboxed edition.
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| ''Dead Man Can't Dance'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
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| ''Divided by Hate'' || MCA/Universal Home Video || Universal Music & Video Distribution || July 1, 1997 ||
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| ''The Fabulous Baker Boys'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
* Letterboxed edition.
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| ''Fierce Creatures'' || MCA/Universal Home Video || Universal Music & Video Distribution || July 1, 1997 ||
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| ''Hey Arnold!: Urban Adventures'' || Nickelodeon Video || Paramount Home Video || July 8, 1997 ||
* Includes a teaser trailer for ''Good Burger'' and a promo for ''Nicktoons on Videocassette''.
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* Letterboxed edition.
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| ''Reservoir Dogs'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
* Letterboxed edition.
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| ''Riding in Barney's Car'' || Barney Home Video || Lyrick Studios || July 8, 1997 ||
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| ''Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!'' || Sony Wonder || Sony Music Distribution || July 8, 1997 ||
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| ''Stargate'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
* Letterboxed edition.
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| ''Total Recall'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
* Letterboxed edition.
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| ''Universal Soldier'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || July 22, 1997 ||
* Letterboxed edition.
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* THX certified.
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| ''Sesame Street: William Wegman's Mother Goose'' || Sony Wonder || Sony Music
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| ''Sleeping Beauty'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Buena Vista Home Video || September 16, 1997 ||
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| ''Any Place But Home'' || MCA/Universal Home Video || Universal Music & Video Distribution || October 7, 1997 ||
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| ''Batman & Robin'' || Warner Home Video || Warner Home Video || October 21, 1997 ||
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| ''Charlie's Angels: Angels in Chains'' || Columbia TriStar Home Video || Columbia TriStar Home Video || October 28, 1997 ||
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| ''Charlie's Angels: Angels Under Covers'' || Columbia TriStar Home Video || Columbia TriStar Home Video || October 28, 1997 ||
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| ''Eraser'' || Warner Home Video || Warner Home Video || October 14, 1997 ||
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* THX certified.
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| ''Little Bear: Winter Tales ||
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| ''That Old Feeling'' || MCA/Universal Home Video || Universal Music & Video Distribution || October 7, 1997 ||
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| ''The Exotic House of Wax'' || Surrender Cinema || Amazing Fantasy Entertainment || Amazing Fantasy Entertainment || 1997 ||
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| ''Face to Face'' || Monument Entertainment || Monument Entertainment || Monument Entertainment || 1997 ||
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| ''Fantastic Four: The Origin of the Fantastic Four'' || Fox Kids Video || 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment || 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment || 1997 ||
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| ''Human Desires'' || Columbia TriStar Home Video || Columbia TriStar Home Video || Columbia TriStar Home Video || 1997 ||
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| ''Humanoids from the Deep'' || New Horizons Home Video || New Horizons Home Video || New Horizons Home Video || 1997 ||
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| ''In Dark Places'' || Trimark Home Video || Trimark Home Video || Trimark Home Video || 1997 ||
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| ''Meet Wally Sparks'' || Trimark Home Video || Trimark Home Video || Trimark Home Video || 1997 ||
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| ''The Member of the Wedding'' || Hallmark Home Entertainment || Hallmark Home Entertainment || Hallmark Home Entertainment || 1997 ||
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| ''Mystery Monsters'' || Pulsepounders || Amazing Fantasy Entertainment || Amazing Fantasy Entertainment || 1997 ||
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| ''Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie'' || FoxVideo || 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment || 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment || 1997 ||
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| ''The Twilight of the Golds'' || BMG Independents || BMG Video || BMG Distribution || 1997 ||
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| ''Vampire Journals'' || Full Moon Studios || Amazing Fantasy Entertainment || Amazing Fantasy Entertainment || 1997 ||
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=== June ===
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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)
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| ''The Arrival'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || June 17, 1997 ||
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| ''Cutthroat Island'' || Live Entertainment || Live Entertainment || June 17, 1997 ||
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=== July ===
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| ''Armitage III'' || Pioneer Entertainment || Pioneer Entertainment || October 15, 1997 ||
* THX certified.
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| ''Batman & Robin'' || Warner Home Video || Warner Home Video || October 21, 1997 ||
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| ''Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love!'' || Pioneer Entertainment || Pioneer Entertainment || October 1, 1997 ||
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| ''Apollo 13'' || MCA/Universal Home Video || Universal Music & Video Distribution || October 21, 1997 ||
* THX certified.
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| ''Batman & Robin'' || Warner Home Video || Warner Home Video || October 21, 1997 ||
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| ''The English Patient'' || Miramax Home Entertainment || Buena Vista Home Video || October 1, 1997 ||
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