* '''March 18''': Toshiba announced the discontinuation of the HD DVD format.
* '''March 18''': Toshiba announced the discontinuation of the HD DVD format.
* '''March 24''': HIT Entertainment signed a new home video deal with Lionsgate Home Entertainment after its deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment expired.
* '''March 24''': HIT Entertainment signed a new home video deal with Lionsgate Home Entertainment after its deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment expired.
* '''June 11''': FremantleMedia Enterprises secured a home entertainment distribution deal with Acorn Media Group to release its British mystery and drama titles on home video.
* '''June 24''': PeaceArch Home Entertainment and ContentFilm merged its DVD business.
* '''June 24''': PeaceArch Home Entertainment and ContentFilm merged its DVD business.
* '''August 4''': ABC Studios secured a distribution deal with Lionsgate Home Entertainment for releases of older TV show titles.
* '''August 4''': ABC Studios secured a distribution deal with Lionsgate Home Entertainment for releases of older TV show titles.
Revision as of 05:41, 24 June 2024
Events
February 29: Paramount announced the return to releasing HD titles on Blu-ray Disc after the releases of "Into the Wild" and "Things We Lost in the Fire."
March 18: Toshiba announced the discontinuation of the HD DVD format.
March 24: HIT Entertainment signed a new home video deal with Lionsgate Home Entertainment after its deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment expired.
June 11: FremantleMedia Enterprises secured a home entertainment distribution deal with Acorn Media Group to release its British mystery and drama titles on home video.
June 24: PeaceArch Home Entertainment and ContentFilm merged its DVD business.
August 4: ABC Studios secured a distribution deal with Lionsgate Home Entertainment for releases of older TV show titles.
October 1: Digiview Entertainment sued Warner Home Video over the use of DVD patents. As a result, Digiview Entertainment soon goes out of business.
October 15: Playboy Enterprises announced that they will stop offering mass market DVDs.
October 28: The last standalone JVC VHS-only player was produced.
October 31: The last major United States supplier of pre-recorded VHS tapes, Distribution Video Audio Inc. of Palm Harbor, Florida, shipped its final truckload to stores in America.
Watching television series on DVD became popular in Sweden.
VHS
TBD
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
Eden at the End of the World
National Geographic
National Geographic
2008
Odzala: Islands in the Forest
National Geographic
National Geographic
2008
DVD
January
Title
Label
Marketer
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
Dora the Explorer: Undercover Dora
Nickelodeon Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
January 15, 2008
February
March
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
March 4, 2008
April Fool's Day
Sony Pictures Home Entertaijment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
March 25, 2008
Bee Movie
DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
March 11, 2008
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes: Volume Three
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
March 11, 2008
April
May
June
Title
Label
Marketer
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes: The Complete First Season
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
June 10, 2008
Meet the Spartans
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
June 3, 2008
Transformers Animated: Transform and Roll Out
Hasbro Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
June 22, 2008
July
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
64 Zoo Lane
PorchLight Home Entertainment
PorchLight Home Entertainment
July 29, 2008
August
Title
Label
Marketer
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
Transformers Animated: Season One
Hasbro Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
August 19, 2008
September
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
Iron Man
Marvel Studios
Paramount Home Entertainment
September 30, 2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
September 9, 2008
Will & Grace: Season 8
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
September 16, 2008
October
Title
Label
Marketer
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
The Incredible Hulk
Marvel Studios
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
October 21, 2008
Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
October 21, 2008
A four-disc set containing 75 cartoons in all (60 cartoons including 15 bonus cartoons).
Yo Gabba Gabba!: The Dancey Dance Bunch
Nickelodeon Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
October 14, 2008
November
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
24: Redemption
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
November 25, 2008
George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya
MPI Home Video
MPI Media Group
November 25, 2008
Kung Fu Panda
DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
November 9, 2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
November 11, 2008
THX certified.
WALL·E
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
November 18, 2008
December
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
The Dark Knight
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
December 9, 2008
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
December 2, 2008
Wanted
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
December 2, 2008
TBD
Title
Label
Marketer
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
Playboy: 2009 Video Playmate Calendar
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy's All Natural Girls
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy Casting Calls New York
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy: Celebrity Photographers: Vol. 2
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy's Fresh Faces
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy: Great American Cybergirl Search
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy: Hot Shots
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy Naked Happy Girls: California Girls
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy's Sexiest Amateur Home Videos 2
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy's Sexiest Amateur Home Videos 3
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy's Sexiest Amateur Home Videos 4
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy: Totally Busted: Vol. 4
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy TV: All Nite Party Girls
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy TV: Around the World in 80 Babes
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy TV: Hot Babes Doing Stuff Naked
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
Playboy TV: Night Calls
Playboy Home Entertainment
Playboy Home Entertainment
Image Entertainment
2008
HD-DVD
January
February
March
Blu-ray Disc
January
February
March
April
May
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
Bee Movie
DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
May 20, 2008
June
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
Meet the Spartans
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
June 3, 2008
July
August
September
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
Iron Man
Marvel Studios
Paramount Home Entertainment
September 30, 2008
October
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
The Incredible Hulk
Marvel Studios
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
October 21, 2008
November
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya
MPI Home Video
MPI Media Group
November 25, 2008
Kung Fu Panda
DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment
Paramount Home Entertainment
November 9, 2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
November 11, 2008
THX certified.
WALL·E
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
November 18, 2008
December
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
The Dark Knight
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
December 9, 2008
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
December 2, 2008
Wanted
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
December 2, 2008
UMD Video for PSP
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
Title
Label
Distributor
Released
Note(s)
Prom Night
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
August 19, 2008
September
October
November
December
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