ABC Video Enterprises

History

ABC Video Enterprises was formed in 1979 by American Broadcasting Companies to develop and market programing domestically for cable, pay cable, videodisks, cassettes and other new communications forms.

The arm's first licensee was Magnetic Video Corporation, who was a leading video distributor. Other companies followed suit using the ABC Video Enterprises branding for content they licensed from ABC. In 1987, to reflect the purchase by Capital Cities, ABC Video Enterprises was renamed to Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises.

In 1992, Capital Cities/ABC formed a home video publication division called Capital Cities/ABC Video Publishing with a distribution agreement with Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation. ESPN Home Video, itself a division of ESPN, which ABC held a stake in at the time, became part of the new division, which CC/ABC begin distributing in July 1993. In addition, the new division also launched the label, Signet Video. In 1994, distribution for Capital Cities/ABC Video Publishing was moved to Paramount Home Video and the Signet label was renamed to Summa Video. In 1997, a year after The Walt Disney Company acquired Capital Cities/ABC and months after Capital Cities/ABC was renamed to ABC, Inc., Capital Cities/ABC Video Publishing's distribution pact with Paramount Home Video expired; as a result, Capital Cities/ABC Video Publishing was merged into sister company Buena Vista Home Video.

Releases under the Summa Video label

1995

Catalog number	Title	Country of origin	Original year	Length	Version	MPAA rating	Film format	Tape count	Tape break placement (if applicable)	Color	Released	Note(s)
41057	The Day After	United States	1983	122 min	Standard version	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Color	1995