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These are the most visible faces in the home video industry, who release the video programs.
This list covers distributors in the home video industry.


==Major studios (The Big Five)==
* [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] (also includes content from Touchstone Home Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures Home Video, Miramax Home Entertainment, Dimension Home Video, and Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
'''NBCUniversal/Comcast'''
** [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment]]
* [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]]
*** [[Magnetic Video Corporation]]
** [[MCA DiscoVision]] (also includes MCA Videodisc)
*** [[The CBS/Fox Company]] (includes content from 20th Century-Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video, FoxVideo, Key Video, and Playhouse Video)
** [[ABC Video Enterprises]]
** [[MCA Home Video Canada]]
** [[Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment]]
** [[USA Home Entertainment]] (also includes PolyGram Video, Spectrum, PolyGram Music Video, Island Visual Arts, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips Video Classics, London Records and Manga Entertainment, Inc.)
*** [[A&M Video]]
**** [[Comprehensive catalog of USA Home Entertainment releases]]
** [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] (also includes DreamWorks Animation and Classic Media)
*** [[Golden Book Video]]
** [[Geneon Entertainment]] (also includes Pioneer LDC)
*** [[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]]
** [[Dimension Home Entertainment]]
*** [[List of Dimension Home Entertainment demo tapes]]
** [[Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment]]
*** [[List of Hollywood Pictures Home Video demo tapes]]
** [[Miramax Home Entertainment]]
*** [[List of Miramax Home Entertainment demo tapes]]
** [[Touchstone Home Entertainment]]
*** [[List of Touchstone Home Entertainment demo tapes]]
** [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] (also includes Walt Disney Home Video)
*** [[List of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment demo tapes]]
*** [[List of Walt Disney Classics video releases]]
**** [[List of Walt Disney Classics demo tapes]]
*** [[List of Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection video releases]]
*** [[List of Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection video releases]]
*** [[List of international Walt Disney Home Video titles]]
*** [[Scrapped Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment releases]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment releases (1 to 40000)]]
*** [[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 Home Media Distribution]]
'''Paramount Global'''
** [[CBS Home Entertainment]]
* [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] (also includes Paramount Home Media Distribution and pre-1993 Miramax content)
** [[BET Home Entertainment]]
** [[CIC Video]] (a joint venture between Paramount and Universal for distribution of product outside North America)
** [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (also includes content from Spotlite Video)
** [[CBS Home Entertainment]] (also includes CBS Video)
** [[CIC Video]] (a joint venture between Paramount and Universal for distribution outside North America)
** [[Comedy Central Home Entertainment]]
** [[MTV Home Entertainment]] (also includes MTV Home Video)
** [[Nickelodeon Home Entertainment]]
** [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (also includes NTA Home Entertainment, Inspiration Video and Spotlite Video)
*** [[Worldvision Home Video]]
** [[Showtime Entertainment]]
** [[List of Paramount Home Entertainment demo tapes]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Paramount Home Entertainment releases]]


'''Sony'''
* [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] (also includes content from MusicVision, Magic Window, and SVS/Triumph Home Video)
* [[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]]
** [[List of Columbia TriStar Family Collection video releases]]
** [[List of Columbia TriStar Musicals video releases]]
** [[List of Columbia TriStar Romance Collection video releases]]
** [[List of Columbia TriStar Widescreen Presentation video releases]]
** [[List of Magic Window video releases]]
** [[List of MusicVision video releases]]
** [[List of international Sony Pictures Home Entertainment titles]]
** [[RCA SelectaVision]]
** [[RCA SelectaVision]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of RCA SelectaVision releases]]
** [[Sony Video Software]]
** [[Sony Music Entertainment]] (also includes content from Sony Wonder)
** [[Sony Video Software]] (also includes Fighting Fury Video)
** [[FUNimation Entertainment]]
** [[FUNimation Entertainment]]
*** [[Manga Entertainment, Ltd.]]
*** [[Manga Entertainment, Ltd.]]
*** [[The Right Stuf International]]
** [[Madman Entertainment (anime and manga)]]
** [[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]]
* [[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)
** [[Random House Home Video]]


'''Warner Bros. Discovery'''
* [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]]
* [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]]
** [[List of international Warner Home Video releases]]
** [[HBO Home Entertainment]] (also includes content from Thorn EMI Video, Thorn EMI/HBO Video, and HBO/Cannon Video)
** [[List of Looney Tunes video releases]]
*** [[Time-Life Video]]
** [[List of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment demo tapes and DVDs]]
** [[Lorimar Home Video]] (also includes content from Karl Home Video)
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Warner Home Video releases]]
** [[Discovery Channel Video]]
** [[HBO Home Entertainment]] (also includes Thorn EMI Video, Thorn EMI/HBO Video, and HBO/Cannon Video)
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of HBO Home Entertainment releases]]
** [[Lorimar Home Video]] (also includes Karl Video Corporation, Karl-Lorimar Home Video, Kideo Video, and Scholastic-Lorimar Home Video)
*** [[Allied Artists Video]]
*** [[Allied Artists Video]]
** [[Turner Home Entertainment]] (also includes Turner-era PBS Home Video content)
** [[Turner Home Entertainment]] (also includes RKO Home Video, CNN Video, and 1994-2004 PBS Home Video releases)
*** [[New Line Home Entertainment]]
*** [[Cartoon Network Video]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of Warner Home Video letter-four digit releases]]
**** [[Embassy Home Entertainment]]
** [[Warner Music Entertainment]]
*** [[Hanna-Barbera Home Video]]
*** [[Rhino Home Video]]
*** [[RKO library before Turner]]
** [[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)


==Minor studios==
* [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]]
'''[[Hasbro]]'''
** [[MCA DiscoVision]] (also includes content from MCA Videodisc)
* [[Tiger Electronics]]
** [[Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment]]
** [[PolyGram Video]]
** [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] (also includes content from DreamWorks Animation)
*** [[Golden Book Video]]
** [[Geneon Entertainment]]


'''Lionsgate Entertainment'''
* Foreign companies
* [[Lions Gate Home Entertainment]]
** Australia
*** [[Madman Entertainment]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Lions Gate Home Entertainment releases]]
** [[Avalanche Home Entertainment]]
*** [[Roadshow Home Video]] (also includes content from Applause Home Video, Palace Video, and Premiere 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)
** Canada
*** [[List of Artisan Entertainment demo tapes and DVDs]]
*** [[Astral Video]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of Artisan Entertainment releases]]
*** [[Interglobal Home Video]]
*** [[Family Home Entertainment]]
** Mexico
*** [[Videovisa S.A.]]
*** [[ThrillerVideo]]
*** [[The Video Late Show]]
** UK
*** [[BBC Video]]
*** [[King Bee Video]]
*** [[Entertainment in Video]]
*** [[Avid Home Entertainment]]
*** [[Hallmark Home Entertainment]] (also includes Evergreen Entertainment)
*** [[Guild Home Video]]
**** [[Cabin Fever Entertainment]] (also includes Razzmatazz Entertainment)
*** [[Hokushin]]
*** [[Intervision Video]] (also includes content from Alpha Video and Inter-Light Video)
*** [[Vestron Video]] (also includes pre-1982 Time-Life Video content)
*** [[Odyssey]]
**** [[Children's Video Library]]
*** [[Palace Video (UK)]]
**** [[Lightning Video]]
*** [[Precision Video]]
**** [[Comprehensive catalog of Vestron Video releases]]
*** [[Vista Home Video]] (unrelated to Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
*** [[Rank Video Library]]
*** [[Video Collection International]]
** [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]]
*** [[HGV Video Productions]] (Canada)
*** [[Video Treasures]]
**** [[Burbank Video]] (also includes Troy Gold, Viking Video Classics and pre-late 1980s Active Home Video content)
***** [[Jenal Entertainment]] (also includes Bingo Video)
***** [[American Video]]
***** [[Video-SIG]]
**** [[Media Home Entertainment]] (also includes Hi-Tops Video, Luna Video, Private Screenings and Fox Hills Video)
***** [[The Nostalgia Merchant]]
**** [[Teal Entertainment]]
**** [[MNTEX Entertainment]]
**** [[Strand Home Video]]
**** [[Strand Home Video]]
*** [[Starmaker Entertainment]] (also includes R&G Video)
** Venezuela
**** [[New World Video]] (also includes Learning Corporation of America)
*** [[Video Rodven]]
** [[Studio Home Entertainment]] (also includes Sterling Home Entertainment; unrelated to Sterling Entertainment Group)
** [[The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment]]
** [[Cinépix Film Properties]] (Canada)
** [[Eaton Entertainment]]
** [[Entertainment One]] (Canada)
*** [[Alliance Releasing Home Video]] (Canada)
**** [[Norstar Home Video]] (Canada)
**** [[Cineplex Odeon Video]] (Canada) (also includes Pan-Canadian Distributors)
**** [[Maple Pictures]] (Canada)
*** [[Malofilm Video]] (Canada) (also includes Behaviour Communications and Seville Pictures)
**** [[Nova Home Video]] (Canada)
*** [[Phase 4 Films]] (Canada) (also includes PeaceArch Home Entertainment)
**** [[KaBoom! Entertainment]] (Canada) (also includes Telegenic Entertainment)
**** [[Trinity Home Entertainment]] (also includes Kreative Digital Entertainment, EVG Digital Entertainment and 905 Entertainment)
**** [[Allumination FilmWorks]] (also includes Ardustry Home Entertainment)
***** [[Sterling Entertainment Group]] (also includes UAV Corporation, Ovation Home Video, Gemstone Entertainment and Hep Cat Entertainment)
****** [[Celebrity Home Entertainment]] (also includes Celebrity's Just for Kids Home Video, Let's Party, Feature Creatures, Meta Video and Unicon Communications)
****** [[VidAmerica, Inc.]]
*** [[Koch Entertainment]] (United States)
**** [[Koch Lorber Films]]
** [[Trimark Home Video]] (also includes Vidmark Entertainment and Kidmark, Inc.)


'''Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Amazon'''
* Other
** [[BCI Home Entertainment]]
* [[MGM Home Entertainment]]
*** [[Simitar Entertainment]]
** [[Cannon Video]]
** [[Orion Home Video]] (also includes Filmways Video)
** [[Cinedigm]]
*** [[Vivendi Entertainment]]
*** [[M.C.E.G. Virgin Home Entertainment]]
**** [[GoodTimes Entertainment]]
**** [[M.C.E.G. Home Video]]
**** [[Forum Home Video]]
**** [[Sterling Entertainment Group]] (also includes content from United American Video)
**** [[Virgin Vision]]
***** [[Celebrity Home Entertainment]] (also includes content from Just For Kids)
***** [[Video Corporation of America]]
** [[Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment]]
** [[List of MGM Home Entertainment demo tapes and DVDs]]
** [[Congress Video Group]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of MGM Home Entertainment releases]]
** [[Continental Video]]

** [[The Criterion Collection]]
==Foreign companies==
** [[Echo Bridge Home Entertainment]]
===Argentina===
*** [[PM Entertainment]]
* [[Argentina Video Home]]
** [[Edde Entertainment]] (also includes content from T-Z Video, Ace Video, and High Desert Films)
** [[Fotomat Video]]
* [[Cine Video]]
** [[Full Moon Features]]
* [[Gativideo]]
*** [[Wizard Video]]
* [[LK-TEL Video]]
* [[SBP Worldwide]]
** [[Hallmark Home Entertainment]] (also includes content from Evergreen Entertainment)
* [[Transeuropa Video Entertainment]]
** [[Harmony Vision]]

===Australia===
* [[The Magnificent Seven (distributors)|The Magnificent Seven]]
** [[CBS/Fox Video (South Pacific)]] (also includes 20th Century-Fox Video (South Pacific))
*** [[Magnetic Video (South Pacific)]]
** [[CEL Home Video]]
*** [[Playaround Video]]
*** [[Star Video]] (also includes Australian Video, Film World Festival, and Storytime Collection)
** [[CIC Video Australia]] (also includes CIC-Taft Video, Rigby-CIC Video, and Merlin Video)
** [[Roadshow Home Video]] (also includes Applause Home Video, Palace Video, and Premiere Home Entertainment)
** [[Thorn EMI Video Australia]]
** [[Video Classics]] (Australia)
*** [[Filmways Home Video Australia]]
** [[Warner Home Video]]
* [[14th Mandolin Productions]] (includes Box Office International, King of Video and Pink Video)
* [[21st Century Pictures]]
* [[ABC Video Australia]]
* [[Filmpac Video Australia]]
* [[K-Tel Video Australia]]
* [[Madman Entertainment]]
* [[RocVale Film]]
* [[Seven Keys Video]]
* [[Syme Home Video]]
* [[Sundowner Home Video]]
* [[Video Excellence]]
* [[Videoscope]]

===Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands)===
* [[Arcade Pictures]] (also includes CNR Video)
* [[Concorde Video]]
* [[Eagle 6 Video]]
* [[Excalibur Benelux]]
* [[Excellent Video]]
* [[Video 2001]]
* [[Video for Pleasure]]

===Brazil===
* [[America Video]]
* [[Look Filmes]]
* [[LK-Tel Video]]
* [[Paris Filmes]]
* [[Rede Globo Video]]

===Bulgaria===
* [[Alexandra Video]]
* [[Bright Ideas]]
* [[Magic Film]]
* [[Tandem Video]]

===Canada===
* [[The ABM Group]]
** [[Interglobal Home Video]] (also includes Auburn Productions and Kid Flicks)
* [[Astral Video]]
** [[Ciné-Maison]]
* [[BFS Video]]
* [[CBC Home Video]]
* [[Cineglobe]]
* [[Cinéma Plus]]
* [[Elevation Pictures]]
* [[K5 International]]
* [[Motion International]]
* [[Screencraft Video]]
* [[TVA Films]] (also includes TVA International)
* [[Videoville Showtime]]
* [[Visual Entertainment]]
* [[White Knight Video]]

===Chile===
* [[Video Chile]]
* [[Transvideo]]

===Colombia===
* [[Cinevideo]]
* [[Kyron Home Video]]
* [[Magnum Video]]

===France===
* [[Canal+ Video]] (also includes StudioCanal)
* [[EuropaCorp Diffusion]]
* [[Gaumont]]
* [[Gaumont Columbia TriStar Home Video]] (also includes Gaumont Columbia RCA Video)
* [[M6 Video]]
* [[Manhattan Video]]
* [[Proserpine]]
* [[René Château Home Video]]
* [[Sunset Video]]
* [[TF1 Video]]
* [[VIP Video]]
* [[Wild Side Video]]

===Germany===
* [[Arcade Video]]
* [[Atlas International]]
* [[Constantin Video]]
* [[Intercontinental Home Entertainment]]
* [[Inter-Pathé Video]]
* [[Select Video]]
* [[Taurus Video]]
* [[Toppic]]
* [[UFA Video]]
* [[VCL Communications]]

===Greece===
* [[Audio Visual Enterprises]]
* [[Kino Video]]
* [[Hellas Kosmos Home Video]]
* [[Home Video Center]]
* [[Home Video Hellas]]
* [[Key Video Production]]
* [[Master Home Video]]
* [[MTC Video]]
* [[Nea Kinisi Video]]
* [[Videosonic]]

=== Hong Kong ===
* [[Edko Video]]
* [[Golden Harvest Home Entertainment]]
* [[Mei Ah Entertainment]]
* [[Ocean Shores]]
* [[Panorama Entertainment]]
* [[Universe]]

=== Indonesia ===
* [[Inova Digimedia]] (includes Dutamitra, KidScreen Home Entertainment, Magixeyes Entertainment, Medialine Entertainment, Movie Buzz Home Video, Movieline Entertainment and Trio Video Tara)
* [[Tower Movie Entertainment]]
* [[Video EZY Home Entertainment]]
* [[VideoVan Entertainment]]
* [[Vision Entertainment]]

===Italy===
* [[Cinehollywood]]
* [[DB Video]]
* [[Deltavideo]]
* [[Domovideo]]
* [[Gruppo Ricordi Video]] (also includes De Laurentiis Ricordi Video)
* [[Mastervideo]]
* [[Univideo]]

===Israel===
* [[Clasikaletet]]
* [[Eagle Video]]
* [[Empire of Cinema]]
* [[Five Star Entertainment]]
* [[United King Video]]
** [[Malibu Video]]

===Japan===
* [[Asmik Ace Entertainment]]
* [[Columbia Music Video]]
* [[Daiei Video]]
* [[Eion]]
* [[Emotion Video Cassette]]
* [[Funai]]
* [[Bandai]]
* [[Herald Videogram]]
* [[Nikkatsu]]
* [[Pack-in-Video]]
* [[Pastel Video]] (also includes Paramount Video)
* [[Pony Canyon]]
* [[Sanrio Video]]
* [[Shochiku Home Video]]
* [[TDK Super Video]]
* [[Toei Video]]
* [[Toho Video]]
* [[Tohokushinsha Home Video]]
* [[Tokuma Japan Communications]]
* [[Toshiba]]
* [[Towa Video]]
* [[VAP Video]]
* [[Victor]]
* [[Video Box]]

===Kuwait===
* [[The Copyright Company]]
* [[Funoon Centre]]
* [[IVC Video]]

===Malaysia===
* [[Audio One Entertainment]]
* [[Solid Gold Publishers]]
* [[Speedy Video]]

===Mexico===
* [[Tycoon Home Video]]
* [[Videomax]]
* [[Videovisa S.A.]]

===Norway===
* [[ABC Media]]
* [[Channel One Home Video]]
* [[Screen Entertainment]]

===Philippines===
* [[GMA Home Video]]
* [[Magnavision Home Video]]
* [[Regal Home Video]]
* [[Solar Entertainment]]
* [[Star Home Video]]
* [[Viva Video]]

===Poland===
* [[Curtis Art Productions]] (includes Hanna-Barbera Poland)
* [[Demel International Corporation]]
* [[Imperial Entertainment Poland]]
* [[ITI Home Video]]

===Saudi Arabia===
* [[Megastar]]
* [[video master]]

===Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)===
* [[Esselte Video]]
* [[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===
* [[Esselte Video]]
* [[Video Invest]]
* [[Video Tape Center]]

===UK===
* [[2 Entertain]]
* [[Braveworld]]
* [[BBC Video]]
* [[Castle Home Video]]
* [[Channel 5]]
* [[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)
* [[Rank Video Library]]
* [[RPTA Video]]
* [[Video Collection International]]
** [[Strand Home Video]] (USA)
* [[Tartan Video]]
* [[Thorn EMI Video UK]]
* [[Video Gems UK]]
* [[Virgin Video]]

====Pre-cert companies====
* [[1001 Video]] (also includes Knockout Video)
* [[3M Video UK]]
* [[Astra Video]]
* [[Apple Video]]
* [[Brent Walker Video]]
* [[Cockney Rebels Specials]]
* [[Derann Video]] (also includes Ambassador Video and Goldstar Video)
* [[GO Video]]
* [[Hokushin]]
* [[Intervision Video]] (also includes Alpha Video and Inter-Light Video)
* [[Iver Film Services]]
* [[Jaguar Video]]
* [[JVI]]
* [[Monte Video]]
* [[Mountain Video]] (also includes Archer Video, Modern Video, Movietime Video, and Rainbow Video)
* [[Probe Video]] (also includes Park Avenue)
* [[Red Tape Productions]]
* [[Video Network]]
* [[Video Unlimited]]
* [[Vipco]]
* [[VPD]] (also includes Canon Video, Inter-Ocean Video, and Replay Video)
* [[Walton Video]]
* [[World of Video 2000]] (also includes Checkerboard, French Label, Jaguar Video, Video Warehouse, and VTX Video)

===Venezuela===
* [[Video Rodven]]

===Vietnam===
* [[Hanoi Audio Visual Company]]
* [[Little Saigon Video]]
* [[Saigon Video]]

==Anime companies==
* [[ADV Films]]
* [[AnimEigo]]
* [[Anime Village]]
* [[Bandai Visual]]
* [[Central Park Media]] (also includes Anime 18, Software Sculptors, and U.S. Manga Corps)
* [[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, Dark Image Entertainment, and Ultra Action Video)
* [[Media Blasters]]
* [[Section23 Films]]
* [[Sentai Filmworks]]
* [[Streamline Pictures]]
* [[Viz Media]]
* [[Voyager Entertainment]]

==U.S. Spanish-language companies==
* [[Film-Mex Entertainment]]
* [[Mexcinema Video Corp.]]

==Porno companies==
* [[4 Play Video]]
* [[Adult Video Corporation]]
* [[AdultX]]
* [[After Hours Cinema]]
* [[Arrow Film & Video]]
* [[Astronics Tele-Cine Ltd.]]
* [[Big Top Video]]
* [[Butt Home Video]]
* [[Caballero Home Video]]
* [[Caesar's Video]]
* [[Cal Vista Video]]
* [[Cinematrex Collection]]
* [[Cinderella Distributors]]
* [[Coast to Coast Video]]
* [[Collector's Video]]
* [[Command Video]]
* [[DaViD Entertainment]] (also includes Laserdisc Entertainment)
* [[Dreamland Home Video]]
* [[Essex Video]]
* [[Evil Angel Video]]
* [[Excalibur Films]]
* [[Fantasy Home Video]]
* [[Fat Dog Productions]]
* [[First Class]]
* [[Firstplace Video & Filmworks]]
* [[Gold Medal Video]]
* [[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)
** [[KB Releasing]] (legitimate subsidiary)
* [[LA Video Corporation]]
** [[Camp Video]] (legitimate subsidiary)
* [[Metro Home Video]]
* [[Moonlight Entertainment]]
* [[NightVision]]
* [[Penthouse Video]]
* [[Pepper Productions]]
* [[Pink Video]]
* [[Quality X Video Cassette Company]]
* [[Soft Touch Video]]
* [[Spread Eagle Video Productions]]
* [[Superbitch Productions]]
* [[TGA Video]]
* [[Valentine Video]]
* [[VCA Pictures]] (also includes HIS Video)
* [[VIDCO - The Video Company]]
* [[Video Cassette Recordings]]
* [[Video Cassette X-Rated]]
** [[VCII Incorporated]] (legitimate subsidiary)
* [[Video-X-Pix]]
* [[Vivid Video]]
* [[Wet Video]]
* [[Xavier Productions]]
* [[YMAC Video]]
* [[Zane Entertainment Group]]

==Other companies==
* [[3 Star Releasing]]
* [[Academy Entertainment]]
* [[Active Home Video]]
* [[AIMS Multimedia]] (also includes AIMS Media and Apollo Educational Video)
* [[Alaska Video Postcards, Inc.]]
* [[Alchemy]] (also includes Millennium Entertainment)
** [[ANConnect]] (also includes Anderson Digital)
** [[First Look Home Entertainment]]
*** [[DEJ Productions]] (also includes Third Row Center Films, Square Dog Pictures, Two Left Shoes Films, Walking Man Films, Ambosia Productions, Story Garden Productions and City Heat Productions)
* [[Alliance Entertainment Corporation]]
** [[Mill Creek Entertainment]] (also includes TreeLine Films)
** [[NCircle Entertainment]]
* [[Alpha Home Entertainment]] (also includes Alpha Video, 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)
* [[Arrow Film & Video]]
* [[Arrow Video Inc.]]
* [[The Asylum Home Entertainment]]
* [[Atlas Entertainment Corporation]]
* [[AVEC]]
* [[Avon]]
* [[Barr Media Group]] (also includes Barr Films)
** [[Barr Entertainment]] (also includes Kartes Video Communications, KVC Home Video and KVC Entertainment)
* [[Barron's Home Video]]
* [[BCI Eclipse]] (also includes Brentwood Home Video)
** [[Simitar Entertainment]] (also includes K-Tel Video)
* [[Benson Music Group]]
* [[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)
* [[Burning Moon Home Video]]
* [[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]]
* [[Congress Video Group]]
* [[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]]
* [[Direct Cinema Limited]]
* [[Direct Video]]
* [[Discount Video Tapes]]
* [[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)
* [[Educational Products for Infancy, Inc.]]
* [[Electric Video]]
* [[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]]
* [[Full Moon Features]] (also includes Phantom Video, Moonbeam Entertainment, Torchlight Entertainment, Amazing Fantasy Entertainment, Pulsepounders, Pulp Fantasy Productions, Cult Video, Monster Island Entertainment, Surrender Cinema, Shadow Films, Alchemy Entertainment and Big City Pictures)
** [[Wizard Video]] (also includes Urban Classics Video and Force Video)
* [[Gaiam]]
** [[GoodTimes Entertainment]]
*** [[HGV Video Productions]] (Canada)
*** [[Kids Klassics]]
*** [[GTK, Inc.]]
*** [[California Video Distributors]]
** [[Vivendi Entertainment]]
*** [[Genius Products]]
**** [[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 Entertainment, Inc.]] (also includes Goldstar Video)
* [[Gospel Films Video]]
* [[Gospel Light Video]]
* [[Great Entertainment]]
* [[Group Productions]]
* [[Guthy Renker Video]]
* [[Haber Video]]
* [[HaleStone Distribution]]
* [[Hallmark Home Entertainment]] (also includes Evergreen Entertainment)
* [[Harmony Vision]]
* [[Hart Sharp Video]]
* [[Hemdale Home Video]]
* [[High Video]]
* [[HIT Entertainment]]
** [[Lyrick Studios]]
* [[Hollywood Products]]
* [[Hosca Home Video Production]]
* [[Hustler Video]]
* [[Image Home Video]]
* [[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)
* [[Kino Lorber]]
** [[Kino on Video]]
** [[Lorber HT Digital]] (also included Alive Mind)
* [[Knopf Video Books]]
* [[KnoWhutImean? Home Video]]
* [[Kultur International Films]] (also includes White Star Entertainment)
* [[LaserLight Digital]]
* [[Lauren Home Video]]
* [[Lightworks Audio & Video]]
* [[Liguori Publishing]]
* [[London Films]]
* [[Loose Cannon Films]]
* [[Lumivision]]
* [[The MacArthur Library]]
* [[Madacy Music Group]]
* [[Madison Square Garden Home Video]]
* [[Magnolia Home Entertainment]]
* [[Magnum Entertainment]] (legitimate spinoff of VCA Pictures) (also includes ME2 and Sagebrush Productions)
* [[Magnum Video]]
* [[Major League Baseball Home Video]]
* [[Marathon Music & Video]]
* [[Mark IV Pictures]]
* [[MasterVision]]
* [[Maverick Entertainment]]
* [[Media West Home Video]]
* [[The Mirisch Video Company]]
* [[Mogul Video]]
* [[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)
* [[MTI Home Video]]
** [[Artists' View Entertainment]]
** [[Gator Home Entertainment]]
** [[Replay Home Entertainment]]
* [[MVP Home Entertainment]]
* [[National Geographic Video]]
* [[NBR Enterprises]]
* [[Neon Video]]
* [[New & Unique Videos]]
* [[New Concorde]] (also includes New Horizons Home Video)
* [[New Image Video]]
* [[New River Media]]
* [[New Star Video]]
* [[New Yorker Video]]
* [[Niles Entertainment]]
* [[NoShame]]
* [[NPS Home Video]]
* [[Olive Films]]
* [[Omega Entertainment]]
* [[Pacific Arts Video]] (also includes 1990-1994 PBS Home Video releases)
* [[Palisades Home Video]] (also includes Continental Video, Comet Video and Cinema Group Home Video)
* [[Palm Beach Entertainment]]
* [[Palm Pictures]]
* [[Panasonic]]
* [[Panorama International]]
* [[Paulist Press]]
* [[PBS Distribution]]
** [[PBS Video]]
** [[Skiprope Entertainment]]
** [[WGBH Boston Video]]
* [[Peach Entertainment]]
* [[Penthouse Video]]
* [[Philips Media]]
* [[Pickwick Entertainment]] (includes Diamond Entertainment, unrelated to the public domain distributor)
* [[Playboy Home Entertainment]] (also includes After Dark Video and Eros Collection)
* [[Plaza Entertainment]]
* [[PM Entertainment]]
* [[Price/Stern/Sloan Video]]
* [[Prism Entertainment]]
* [[Pyramid Films]]
* [[Quality Classics]]
* [[Quality Video]]
* [[Quest Entertainment]]
* [[Questar Home Video]]
* [[Q Video]]
* [[Raedon Home Video]]
* [[Rabbit Ears Productions]]
* [[Raven Releasing]]
* [[Reader's Digest Home Entertainment]]
* [[Regal Video]]
* [[Respond2 Entertainment]]
* [[RLJ Entertainment]]
** [[Acorn Media]]
** [[Image Entertainment]]
** [[Image Entertainment]]
*** [[Public Media Incorporated]] (includes Home Vision Entertainment, Films Incorporated and Public Media Video)
** [[Kartes Video Communications]]
** [[Kino Lorber]]
* [[The Roan Group]]
** [[Kultur Video]]
* [[Royal Sound Video Productions]]
* [[Saturn Productions]]
** [[Lions Gate Home Entertainment]] (also includes content from Vidmark Entertainment and Trimark Home Video)
* [[Screen Media Films]]
*** [[Artisan Entertainment]] (also includes content from 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)
* [[Seedsman Group]] (also includes Smooth Motion Pictures)
**** [[Family Home Entertainment]]
**** [[ThrillerVideo]]
* [[Severin Films]]
**** [[The Video Late Show]]
* [[Shell Oil Company]]
**** [[King Bee Video]]
* [[Shine Home Entertainment]]
**** [[Avid Home Entertainment]]
* [[Shokus Video]]
**** [[Vestron Video]]
* [[Shout! Factory]]
***** [[Lightning Video]]
* [[Sideshow Cinema]]
**** [[Vista Home Video]]
* [[Signal Research]]
*** [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]]
* [[Simon Marketing]]
**** [[Video Treasures]]
* [[Simon & Schuster Video]]
***** [[Burbank Video]]
* [[Sinistar Entertainment]]
****** [[Troy Gold]]
* [[Sinister Cinema]]
****** [[Viking Entertainment]]
* [[SISU Home Entertainment]]
***** [[HGV Video Productions]]
* [[Small Fry Productions]]
***** [[Video Treasures]]
* [[SouthGate Entertainment]]
**** [[Starmaker Entertainment]]
* [[Spartan Home Entertainment]]
**** [[Manga Entertainment, Inc.]]
* [[Star Classics]]
** [[Magnum Entertainment]]
* [[Starmaker II]]
** [[MGM Home Entertainment]]
* [[Starling Films]]
* [[Studio Entertainment]] (also includes Off Hollywood Video and Shooting Star Video)
*** [[Cannon Video]]
* [[Summit Media]]
*** [[Orion Home Video]] (also includes content from Filmways Video)
**** [[MCEG Home Video]]
* [[Sundance Channel Home Entertainment]]
***** [[Forum Home Video]]
* [[Super Source Video]]
***** [[Virgin Vision]]
* [[Super Video]]
** [[Mill Creek Entertainment]]
* [[Tai Seng Video Marketing]]
** [[Mogul Video]]
* [[Tapeworm Video Distributors]]
** [[Monterey Home Video]]
* [[Teaching Tolerance]]
** [[MPI Home Video]]
* [[Thrivent Financial for Lutherans]]
** [[New World Video]]
** [[Aid Association for Lutherans]]
** [[The Nostalgia Merchant]]
** [[Lutheran Brotherhood]]
** [[Olive Films]]
* [[Thunderbean Animation]]
* [[Time-Life Video]]
** [[Pacific Arts Video]] (also includes Pacific Arts-era PBS Home Video content)
** [[Paragon Video Productions]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Time-Life Video releases]]
* [[TM Books & Video]] (also includes TM Video and TMK Books & Video]]
** [[PBS Distribution]]
*** [[Skiprope Entertainment]]
* [[Trans World Entertainment]]
*** [[WGBH Boston Video]]
* [[Triboro Entertainment Group]]
* [[Trolley Car Record and Filmworks]]
** [[Prism Entertainment]]
** [[Raedon Home Video]]
* [[Trylon Video]]
** [[Random House Home Video]]
* [[Twin Dolphin Filmed Entertainment]]
** [[Shout! Factory]]
* [[TUTM Entertainment]]
** [[Streamline Pictures]]
* [[Twilight Time]]
* [[Unapix Consumer Products]] (includes A-PIX Entertainment and Unapix Entertainment)
** [[Trans World Entertainment]]
** [[Twilight Time]]
* [[Unicorn Video]]
* [[Universal Music Group]] (also includes MCA Music Video, Kreative Digital Entertainment and pre-2012 Vivendi Entertainment content)
** [[Unicorn Video]]
** [[VCI Home Video]] (also includes content from United Home Video)
** [[Geffen Home Video]]
** [[EMI]] (including Capitol Video, Capitol Nashville, post-1992 Virgin Records America content and SBK Music Video)
** [[VCII]]
** [[Video Gems]]
*** [[Virgin Records America]]
** [[Viz Media]]
* [[Valley of the Sun Video]]
* [[VCI Home Video]] (also includes United Home Video and Vanguard Video)
** [[Well Go USA]]
** [[WHAM! USA]]
* [[Velocity Home Entertainment]]
* [[The Video Bancorp]]
* [[Video City Productions]]
* [[Video Collectibles Corporation]]
* [[Video Gems (distributor)|Video Gems]] (also includes Century Video Corporation)
* [[Video Home Library]]
* [[Video Marketing Services]]
* [[VideoTours]]
* [[Video Yesteryear]]
* [[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)
** [[Rhino Home Video]] (also includes ACME Video and pre-1999 Comedy Central Video content)
** [[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]]
* [[Wild Venture Productions]]
* [[Wiseau-Films]]
* [[Wood Knapp Video]]
* [[Word Entertainment]] (also includes Everland Entertainment and DaySpring Entertainment)
* [[World Artists Home Video]]
* [[World Wide Pictures Home Video]]
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment Home Video]]
** [[Coliseum Video]]
* [[WHAM! USA]]
* [[Xebec Home Video]]
* [[Xenon Video]]
* [[York Entertainment]]
* [[Zeitgeist Video]]

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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