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In 1996, Live Entertainment took over much of the direct sales force from Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation, which continued to be LIVE's distributor, and in 1997, the Avid label was dissolved. Later that year, the company began distributing titles from [[Hallmark Home Entertainment]]. Also that year, the company started releasing its titles on DVD. Earlier DVDs were packaged in a snap case format due to WEA distributing the titles, but it was changed to a keep case format soon after the distributor/company name change. |
In 1996, Live Entertainment took over much of the direct sales force from Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation, which continued to be LIVE's distributor, and in 1997, the Avid label was dissolved. Later that year, the company began distributing titles from [[Hallmark Home Entertainment]]. Also that year, the company started releasing its titles on DVD. Earlier DVDs were packaged in a snap case format due to WEA distributing the titles, but it was changed to a keep case format soon after the distributor/company name change. |
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In 1997, Live was sold to Bain Capital and |
In 1997, Live was sold to Bain Capital and renamed to '''Artisan Entertainment''' in 1998 to disassociate themselves with mediocre titles and the controversies that followed the highly-publicized Menendez murders. The home video unit became '''Artisan Home Entertainment''' soon afterwards. In 1998, the distribution deal with WEA expired, and [[20th Century Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] replaced WEA as distributor, although Artisan would continue to market and handle sales of its titles. |
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In 2003, Artisan was sold to Lions Gate Entertainment. The following year, Artisan Home Entertainment was folded into [[Lions Gate Home Entertainment]] |
In 2003, Artisan was sold to Lions Gate Entertainment. The following year, Artisan Home Entertainment was folded into [[Lions Gate Home Entertainment]] |