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== Events ==

* '''January''': The last ~~of the~~ D-Theater titles were released.

* '''January''': The last D-Theater titles were released.

* '''March 10''': The Weinstein Company has been formed, taking the Dimension Films line from Miramax.

* '''April''': The UMD Video launched for the PlayStation Portable game console.

* '''April 8''': Sony Pictures Home Entertainment begins distributing MGM Home Entertainment product after the formation of MGM Holdings.

* '''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.

* '''July 5''': Platinum Disc Corporation and Echo Bridge Entertainment ~~merges together~~ to form '''Echo Bridge Home Entertainment'''.

* '''July 5''': Platinum Disc Corporation and Echo Bridge Entertainment merged to form '''Echo Bridge Home Entertainment'''.

* '''August''': [[Technicolor Video Services|Technicolor Home Entertainment Services]] picks up [[Deluxe Digital Studios|Deluxe Media Services]]'s outstanding duplication contracts.

* '''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 acquired Public Media, Inc., which owned Home Vision Cinema and became the distributor of The Criterion Collection.

* '''September 8''': Roger Corman and New Concorde secured a deal with Buena Vista Home Entertainment to market and distribute titles.

* '''December 6''': The Weinstein Company had secured a distribution deal with Genius Entertainment.