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Anchor Bay Entertainment

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History[edit]

In May 1995, Handleman Company combined two labels Video Treasures and Starmaker Entertainment to form an umbrella distribution company Anchor Bay Entertainment, which included affiliated budget home video and music labels (all of which were previously part of Video Treasures), such as MNTEX Entertainment, Teal Entertainment and Burbank Video, alongside Video Treasures's pre-existing distribution deals with Drive Entertainment and GTS Records. The company had kept deals with Britt Alcroft, who managed Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, as well as its catalog of New World Video, via Starmaker, and Media Home Entertainment, via Video Treasures.

On June 16, 1995, Anchor Bay Entertainment secured an umbrella duplication pact with Allied Digital Technologies. The pact became effective by late July 1995 after a brief period of the company's pacts with Technicolor Video Services, inherited from both Video Treasures and Starmaker Entertainment, respectively. Eventually, it was reported that trouble ensued during the first few months of Anchor Bay's umbrella pact with Allied. By 1996, the Burbank Video name was phased out completely in favor of the Video Treasures name.

In 1998, the Video Treasures, MNTEX and Starmaker brands have been phased out, with newer releases coming under the Anchor Bay Entertainment name. The company soon expanded to DVDs. In 2000, the company expanded to the UK.

In 2003, the company was sold to IDT Entertainment. In 2004, it secured licensing deals with Stephen J. Cannell Productions and The Carsey-Werner Company, and attempted a deal with Ember Entertainment.

In 2006, Liberty Media purchased IDT Entertainment and became Starz Media. A year later, the company became Starz Home Entertainment, who prepared to start making high-definition Blu-rays. A year later, the company soon reverted back to the Anchor Bay Entertainment name.

In 2011, Starz sold 25% of Starz Media to The Weinstein Company, and as a result became the distributor of films made by them. Starz bough back TWC's stake in 2015.

In 2015, Anchor Bay UK was sold by Starz to managing director Colin Lomax and it was renamed to Platform Entertainment. In 2016, Starz was merged into Lionsgate. Later on, Anchor Bay merged into Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

A new iteration of Anchor Bay was formed in 2024 by Thomas Zambeck and Brian Katz, who specialized in genre films, undiscovered treasures, cult classics and remastered genre releases.

Pre-1998[edit]

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1999[edit]

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)
SV10856 The Car USA 1977 96 min TBD PG TBD 1 TBD Color July 20, 1999

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Distributors[edit]

  • 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2004-20??)*

NOTE: *Anchor Bay Entertainment retained its own marketing and sales at this time.

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