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==Major studios (The Big Five)==
'''NBCUniversal/Comcast'''
* [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]]
** [[MCA DiscoVision]] (also includes MCA Videodisc)
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*** [[Geneon Entertainment USA]] (also includes Pioneer LDCA and Pioneer Entertainment)
** [[NBC Home Entertainment]]
** [[List of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment demo tapes and DVDs]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment releases]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of pre-1984 MCA releases]]
 
'''The Walt Disney Company'''
* [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]] (also includes Jim Henson Video, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm)
** [[20th Century Home Entertainment]]
*** [[The CBS/Fox Company]] (includes 20th Century-Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video, FoxVideo, Key Video, and Playhouse Video)
**** [[Magnetic Video Corporation]]
*** [[List of 20th Century Home Entertainment demo tapes and DVDs]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of 20th Century Home Entertainment releases]]
** [[DIC Toon-Time Video|DiC Toon-Time Video]]
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*** [[Comprehensive catalog of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment releases (40001 to 120000)]]
* [[ABC Video Enterprises]] (also includes Signet Video and Summa Video)
* [[ESPN Home Entertainment]] (also includes ESPN Home Video and ESPN Video)
 
'''Paramount Global'''
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** [[Comedy Central Home Entertainment]]
** [[MTV Home Entertainment]] (also includes MTV Home Video)
** [[Nickelodeon Home Entertainment]] (also includes Nickelodeon Video and Nick Jr. Video)
** [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (also includes NTA Home Entertainment, Inspiration Video and Spotlite Video)
*** [[Worldvision Home Video]]
** [[Showtime Entertainment]]
** [[List of Paramount Home Media DistributionEntertainment demo tapes]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Paramount Home Media Distribution releases|Comprehensive catalog of Paramount Home Entertainment releases]]
 
'''Sony'''
* [[Columbia House]]
* [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] (also includes SVS/Triumph Home Video, as well as pre-1995 New Line Home Video releases)
** [[List of Columbia Classics video releases]]
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*** [[The Right Stuf International]]
** [[Madman Entertainment (anime and manga)]]
* [[List of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment demo tapes and DVDs]]
* [[Comprehensive catalog of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of pre-1984 RCA/Columbia releases]]
* [[Columbia House]] (also includes re-tv video library)
* [[Sony Music Entertainment]] (also includes Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Sony Wonder, as well as pre-1996 Nickelodeon Home Video releases)
** [[Bertelsmann Music Group]] (includes BMG Video, BMG Special Products, BMG Kidz, Rincon Children's Entertainment and Zoom Express, as well as pre-Q3 1993 DiC Toon-Time Video releases)
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** [[List of international Warner Home Video releases]]
** [[List of Looney Tunes video releases]]
** [[List of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment demo tapes and DVDs]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Warner Home Video releases]]
** [[Discovery Channel Video]]
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** [[Lorimar Home Video]] (also includes Karl Video Corporation, Karl-Lorimar Home Video, Kideo Video, and Scholastic-Lorimar Home Video)
*** [[Allied Artists Video]]
** [[Turner Home Entertainment]] (also includes RKO Home Video, CNN Video, and 1994-2004 PBS Home Video releases, as well as pre-1997 Cartoon Network Video releases)
*** [[Cartoon Network Video]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of Warner Home Video letter-four digit releases]]
*** [[Hanna-Barbera Home Video]]
*** [[RKO library before Turner]]
** [[Cartoon Network Video]]
** [[Turner Classic Movies]]
** [[New Line Home Entertainment]]
** [[List of New Line Home Entertainment demo tapes and DVDs]]
*** [[Nelson Entertainment]] (also includes Blay Video and Embassy Home Entertainment)
 
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** [[Avalanche Home Entertainment]]
** [[Artisan Entertainment]] (legitimate spinoff of Caballero Control Corporation) (also includes U.S.A. Home Video, Caballero-era Monterey Home Video, U.S.A. Sports Video, Sybil Danning's Adventure Video, International Video Entertainment, Radio Vision Video, Carolco Home Video, and Live Entertainment)
*** [[List of Artisan Entertainment demo tapes and DVDs]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of Artisan Entertainment releases]]
*** [[Family Home Entertainment]]
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*** [[Koch Entertainment]] (United States)
**** [[Koch Lorber Films]]
** [[Trimark Home Video]] (also includes Vidmark Entertainment and Kidmark, EntertainmentInc.)
 
'''Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Amazon'''
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**** [[Virgin Vision]]
** [[Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment]]
** [[List of MGM Home Entertainment demo tapes and DVDs]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of MGM Home Entertainment releases]]
 
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* [[21st Century Pictures]]
* [[ABC Video Australia]]
* [[Filmpac Video Australia]]
* [[K-Tel Video Australia]]
* [[Madman Entertainment]]
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* [[Eagle 6 Video]]
* [[Excalibur Benelux]]
* [[Excellent Video]]
* [[Video 2001]]
* [[Video for Pleasure]]
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===Brazil===
* [[America Video]]
* [[Look Filmes]]
* [[LK-Tel Video]]
* [[Paris Filmes]]
* [[Rede Globo Video]]
 
===Bulgaria===
* [[Alexandra Video]]
* [[Bright Ideas]]
* [[Magic Film]]
* [[Tandem Video]]
 
===Canada===
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* [[Cineglobe]]
* [[Cinéma Plus]]
* [[Elevation Pictures]]
* [[K5 International]]
* [[Motion International]]
* [[Screencraft Video]]
* [[TVA Films]] (also includes TVA International)
* [[Videoville Showtime]]
* [[Visual Entertainment]]
* [[White Knight Video]]
 
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* [[Atlas International]]
* [[Constantin Video]]
* [[Intercontinental Home Entertainment]]
* [[Inter-Pathé Video]]
* [[Select Video]]
* [[Taurus Video]]
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* [[Home Video Center]]
* [[Home Video Hellas]]
* [[Key Video Production]]
* [[Master Home Video]]
* [[MTC Video]]
* [[Nea Kinisi Video]]
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=== Hong Kong ===
* [[Edko Video]]
* [[Golden Harvest Home Entertainment]]
* [[Mei Ah Entertainment]]
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* [[Deltavideo]]
* [[Domovideo]]
* [[Gruppo Ricordi Video]] (also includes De Laurentiis Ricordi Video)
* [[Mastervideo]]
* [[Univideo]]
 
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===Japan===
* [[Asmik Ace Entertainment]]
* [[Columbia Music Video]]
* [[Daiei Video]]
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* [[Funai]]
* [[Bandai]]
* [[Herald Videogram]]
* [[Nikkatsu]]
* [[Pack-in-Video]]
* [[Pastel Video]] (also includes Paramount Video)
* [[Pony Canyon]]
* [[Sanrio Video]]
* [[Shochiku Home Video]]
* [[TDK Super Video]]
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===Malaysia===
* [[Audio One Entertainment]]
* [[Solid Gold Publishers]]
* [[Speedy Video]]
 
===Mexico===
* [[Tycoon Home Video]]
* [[Videomax]]
* [[Videovisa S.A.]]
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* [[Star Home Video]]
* [[Viva Video]]
 
===Poland===
* [[Curtis Art Productions]] (includes Hanna-Barbera Poland)
* [[Demel International Corporation]]
* [[Imperial Entertainment Poland]]
* [[ITI Home Video]]
 
===Saudi Arabia===
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* [[VCM]]
* [[Walthers Video]]
 
===Singapore===
* [[HVN Entertainment]]
* [[InnoForm Media]]
* [[Poh Kim Video]]
* [[VideoVan Entertainment Industries Pte Ltd]]
 
===Spain===
* [[Filmax]]
** [[Groupo Ivex]]
* [[Lauren Films]] (also includes Lauren Video Hogar)
* [[Manga Films]]
* [[Panorama Pictures]]
 
===Sweden===
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* [[Electric Video UK]]
* [[Entertainment in Video]]
* [[Fabulous Films]]
* [[First Independent]]
* [[Fremantle Home Entertainment]] (also includes Pearson New Education Video and Pearson Television Video)
* [[Guild Home Video]] (also includes Peppermint)
* [[Heron Home Entertainment]] (also includes Videoform Pictures)
* [[High Fliers Video Distribution]]
* [[IMC Video Limited]]
* [[ITC Home Video]]
* [[ITV Studios Home Entertainment]] (also includes Longman Video, Pickwick Video, Carlton Video and Granada Ventures)
* [[Medusa Communications]]
* [[Metrodome Distribution]]
* [[Odyssey]]
* [[Optimum Releasing]]
* [[Palace Video UK]]
* [[Precision Video]] (also includes Barber)
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====Pre-cert companies====
* [[1001 Video]] (also includes Knockout Video)
* [[3M Video UK]]
* [[Astra Video]]
* [[Apple Video]]
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* [[Intervision Video]] (also includes Alpha Video and Inter-Light Video)
* [[Iver Film Services]]
* [[Jaguar Video]]
* [[JVI]]
* [[Monte Video]]
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===Venezuela===
* [[Video Rodven]]
 
===Vietnam===
* [[Hanoi Audio Visual Company]]
* [[Little Saigon Video]]
* [[Saigon Video]]
 
==Anime companies==
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* [[FUNimation Entertainment]]
** [[Manga Entertainment, Ltd.]]
* [[Geneon Entertainment USA]]
* [[Kodocha Anime]] (a prominent fansubbing group in the late '90s)
* [[Manga Entertainment, Inc.]] (only includes post-PolyGram content)
** [[L.A. Hero]] (also includes U.S. Renditions and, Dark Image Entertainment, and Ultra Action Video)
* [[Media Blasters]]
* [[Section23 Films]]
* [[Sentai Filmworks]]
* [[Streamline Pictures]]
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* [[Gourmet Video Collection]]
* [[Hansen & Gervasoni Productions]]
* [[Homegrown Video]]
* [[IN-X-CESS International Films]]
* [[K-Beech]] (includes Dreamland Video, Erotic Angel, Erotic Men, Midnight Film & Video and Midnight Men)
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** [[Mill Creek Entertainment]] (also includes TreeLine Films)
** [[NCircle Entertainment]]
* [[Alpha Home Entertainment]] (also includes Alpha Video Distributors, New Age Video and The Chipmunk Library)
* [[Ambrose Video Publishing]]
* [[Amvest Video]] (also includes Passport International Productions, Kid Pics, Vintage Video and Amvest Christmas Classics)
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* [[Best Film and Video Corporation]]
* [[Brain Damage Films]]
* [[Bridgestone Group]] (also includes Deskpop Entertainment)
* [[Brimstone Entertainment]]
* [[Broad Green Pictures]]
* [[Broadman & Holman Publishers]]
* [[Broadway Theatre Archive]]
* [[Budget Video]] (includes Hollywood Home Theatre)
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* [[BWE Video]]
* [[Cascom Home Video]]
* [[Children's Video of America]]
* [[Chiron Industries]]
* [[ChoiceMark Corp.]]
* [[Chordant Distribution Group]]
* [[Cinedigm]]
** [[New Video Group]]
* [[Cinema Home Video]]
* [[City Lights Home Entertainment]]
* [[City Lights Home Video]]
* [[Classic Family Entertainment]]
* [[Columbia River Entertainment Group]]
* [[Command Home Video]]
* [[Concord Video]]
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* [[Coronet/MTI Film and Video]]
* [[Crash Cinema]]
* [[CreateSpace]]
* [[Creative Communication Center]]
* [[The Criterion Collection]]
* [[Crocus Entertainment]]
* [[DawnSignPress]]
* [[Decal Releasing]]
* [[DG Distributors]]
* [[Diamond Entertainment Corporation]]
* [[DIC Video]]
* [[Digiview Entertainment]]
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* [[DK Vision]]
* [[Eagle Rock Entertainment]]
* [[earthrise studios]]
* [[Echo Bridge Home Entertainment]] (also includes Platinum Disc Corporation)
* [[Edde Entertainment]] (also includes T-Z Video, Ace Video and High Desert Films)
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* [[Enigma Entertainment Corporation]]
* [[Even Steven Productions]]
* [[Family Express Video]]
* [[Feature Films for Families]]
** [[Sandstar Family Entertainment]]
* [[Film Forum]]
* [[Films for the Humanities & Sciences]]
* [[Film Threat Video]]
* [[Finley Holiday Films]]
* [[First Run Features Home Video]]
* [[Fotodisk Video]]
* [[Fotomat Video]]
* [[Frame Work Entertainment Group, LLC]]
* [[Fred Levine Productions]]
* [[Fries Home Video]]
* [[Front Row Entertainment]]
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** [[Wizard Video]] (also includes Urban Classics Video and Force Video)
* [[Gaiam]]
* [[Genesis Home Video]]
** [[GoodTimes Entertainment]]
*** [[HGV Video Productions]] (Canada)
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**** [[Wellspring Media]]
***** [[Fox Lorber Home Video]] (also includes Fox Lorber-era Forum Home Video releases and WinStar Home Entertainment)
* [[Galloping Minds]]
* [[Genesis Home Video]]
* [[Golden Video]]
* [[Goldhil Video]]
* [[Goldstar VideoEntertainment, CorpInc.]] (also includes Goldstar Video)
* [[Gospel Films Video]]
* [[Gospel Light Video]]
* [[Great Entertainment]]
* [[Group Productions]]
* [[Guthy Renker Video]]
* [[Haber Video]]
* [[HaleStone Distribution]]
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* [[Hart Sharp Video]]
* [[Hemdale Home Video]]
* [[High Video]]
* [[HIT Entertainment]]
** [[Lyrick Studios]]
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* [[Imperial Entertainment]]
* [[Independent United Distributors]]
* [[In-Fisherman Video]]
* [[Inspired Corporation]]
** [[PPI Entertainment Group]] (also includes Parade Video, Peter Pan Video and Ambassador Video)
* [[Integrity Music]]
* [[International Video Network]]
* [[Ivy Entertainment]]
* [[J2 Communications]]
* [[Jim Henson Home Entertainment]] (also includes Muppet Home Video)
* [[Kideo]]
* [[Kid Time Video]]
* [[King of Video]] (also includes Paragon Video Productions and Wonderland Video)
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* [[LaserLight Digital]]
* [[Lauren Home Video]]
* [[Lightworks Audio & Video]]
* [[Liguori Publishing]]
* [[London Films]]
* [[Loose Cannon Films]]
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* [[Marathon Music & Video]]
* [[Mark IV Pictures]]
* [[MasterVision]]
* [[Maverick Entertainment]]
* [[Media West Home Video]]
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* [[Monarch Home Video]]
* [[Monterey Home Video]]
* [[MorningStar Entertainment]]
* [[Morris Video]] (also includes More Entertainment)
* [[MotorWeek Home Video]]
* [[MPI Media Group]] (also includes MPI Home Video, Gorgon Video and Starlog Video)
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* [[NBR Enterprises]]
* [[Neon Video]]
* [[New & Unique Videos]]
* [[New Concorde]] (also includes New Horizons Home Video)
* [[New Image Video]]
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* [[Palm Pictures]]
* [[Panasonic]]
* [[Panorama International]]
* [[Paulist Press]]
* [[PBS Distribution]]
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* [[Penthouse Video]]
* [[Philips Media]]
* [[PlayboyPickwick VideoEntertainment]] (also includes AfterDiamond Entertainment, unrelated Darkto Videothe andpublic Erosdomain Collectiondistributor)
* [[Playboy Home Entertainment]] (also includes After Dark Video and Eros Collection)
* [[Plaza Entertainment]]
* [[PM Entertainment]]
* [[Price/Stern/Sloan Video]]
* [[Prism Entertainment]]
* [[Program Hunters]]
* [[Pyramid Films]]
* [[Quality Classics]]
* [[Quality Video]]
* [[Quest Entertainment]]
* [[Questar Home Video]]
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* [[Rabbit Ears Productions]]
* [[Raven Releasing]]
* [[Reader's Digest VideoHome Entertainment]]
* [[Regal Video]]
* [[Respond2 Entertainment]]
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** [[Image Entertainment]]
*** [[Public Media Incorporated]] (includes Home Vision Entertainment, Films Incorporated and Public Media Video)
* [[The Roan Group]]
* [[Royal Sound Video Productions]]
* [[Saturn Productions]]
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* [[Shell Oil Company]]
* [[Shine Home Entertainment]]
* [[Shokus Video]]
* [[Shout! Factory]]
* [[Sideshow Cinema]]
* [[Signal Research]]
* [[Simon Marketing]]
* [[Simon & Schuster Video]]
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* [[Spartan Home Entertainment]]
* [[Star Classics]]
* [[Starmaker II]]
* [[Starling Films]]
* [[Studio Entertainment]] (also includes Off Hollywood Video and Shooting Star Video)
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* [[Tapeworm Video Distributors]]
* [[Teaching Tolerance]]
* [[Thrivent Financial for Lutherans]]
** [[Aid Association for Lutherans]]
** [[Lutheran Brotherhood]]
* [[Thunderbean Animation]]
* [[Time-Life Video]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Time-Life Video releases]]
* [[TM Books & Video]] (also includes TM Video and TMK Books & Video]]
* [[Trans World Entertainment]]
* [[Triboro Entertainment Group]]
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* [[Vintage Home Entertainment]]
* [[View Video]]
* [[View-Master Video]]
* [[Voltage Video]]
* [[Warner Music Group]] (also includes Warner Music Video, Elektra Entertainment, Atlantic Video, Warner Reprise Video, WarnerVision Entertainment, pre-1992 Virgin Records America content, A*Vision Entertainment, NightVision, BodyVision, and KidVision)
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** [[The Maier Group]]
* [[Well Go USA]]
* [[Western World Video]] (also includes Program Hunters and World Video Pictures)
* [[Weston Woods]] (also includes Children's Circle)
* [[Westlake Entertainment]]
* [[Wide-Eyed Learning]]

Revision as of 04:27, 30 June 2024

This list covers distributors in the home video industry.

Major studios (The Big Five)

NBCUniversal/Comcast

The Walt Disney Company

Paramount Global

Sony

Warner Bros. Discovery

Minor studios

Hasbro

Lionsgate Entertainment

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Amazon

Foreign companies

Argentina

Australia

Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands)

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

Colombia

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong

Indonesia

Italy

Israel

Japan

Kuwait

Malaysia

Mexico

Norway

Philippines

Poland

Saudi Arabia

Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)

Singapore

Spain

Sweden

UK

Pre-cert companies

Venezuela

Vietnam

Anime companies

U.S. Spanish-language companies

Porno companies

Other companies

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