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** 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''':
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** 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
== VHS ==
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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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| ''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 ||
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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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* 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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