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* '''April''': The UMD Video launched for the PlayStation Portable game console.
* '''April''': The UMD Video launched for the PlayStation Portable game console.
* '''June''': Target and Walmart and several other retailers announced plans to phase out the VHS format entirely by early 2006, in favor of the more popular DVD format.
* '''June''': Target and Walmart and several other retailers announced plans to phase out the VHS format entirely by early 2006, in favor of the more popular DVD format.
* '''August''': [[Technicolor Video Services|Technicolor Home Entertainment Services]] picks up [[Deluxe Digital Studios|Deluxe Media Services]]'s outstanding duplication contracts.
* '''August''': [[Paramount Home Entertainment]], [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony BMG Music Entertainment]], [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] and [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal Studios Home Entertainment]] officially started duplicating product distributed in the US at [[Technicolor Video Services|Technicolor Home Entertainment Services]].
* '''August 2''': Image Entertainment had acquired Public Media, Inc., who owned Home Vision Cinema and became distributor for The Criterion Collection.
* '''August 2''': Image Entertainment had acquired Public Media, Inc., who owned Home Vision Cinema and became distributor for The Criterion Collection.
* '''September 8''': Roger Corman and New Concorde secured a deal with Buena Vista Home Entertainment to market and distribute titles.
* '''September 8''': Roger Corman and New Concorde secured a deal with Buena Vista Home Entertainment to market and distribute titles.