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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]]
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*** [[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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** [[BET Home Entertainment]]
** [[CBS Home Entertainment]] (also includes CBS Video)
*** [[King World Direct]]
** [[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]] (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]]
* [[Atlantis Home Video]]
* [[Look Filmes]]
* [[LK-Tel Video]]
* [[Paris Filmes]]
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* [[Bright Ideas]]
* [[Magic Film]]
* [[Tandem Video]]
 
===Canada===
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* [[Cineglobe]]
* [[Cinéma Plus]]
* [[Elevation Pictures]]
* [[K5 International]]
* [[Motion International]]
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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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* [[Panorama Entertainment]]
* [[Universe]]
 
=== India ===
* [[Bombino Video]]
* [[Eagle Video India]]
* [[Eros Video]]
* [[Esquire Video]]
* [[Famous Video]]
* [[Home Video India]]
* [[Magnum Video India]]
* [[Orson Video]]
* [[T-Series VCD]]
* [[Yash Raj Films Home Entertainment]]
 
=== Indonesia ===
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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===
* [[Million Dollar Video Corporation]]
* [[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]]
 
===Slovenia===
* [[FV Video]]
* [[Viba Film Video]]
 
===Singapore===
* [[HVN Entertainment]]
* [[InnoForm Media]]
* [[Poh Kim Video]]
* [[VideoVan Entertainment Industries Pte Ltd]]
 
===Spain===
* [[Atlantic Home Video]]
* [[Filmax]]
** [[Groupo Ivex]]
* [[Lauren Films]] (also includes Lauren Video Hogar)
* [[Manga Films]]
* [[Quartz Video]]
* [[Panorama Pictures]]
 
===Sweden===
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* [[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)
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* [[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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* [[Cockney Rebels Specials]]
* [[Derann Video]] (also includes Ambassador Video and Goldstar Video)
* [[Films International]]
* [[Films of Distinction]]
* [[GO Video]]
* [[Hokushin]]
* [[Intervision Video]] (also includes Alpha Video and Inter-Light Video)
* [[Iver Film Services]]
* [[IVS Video UK]]
* [[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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** [[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 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)
* [[Burning Moon Home Video]]
* [[BWE Video]]
* [[Capstone Entertainment]]
* [[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]]
* [[Deaf Crocodile Films]]
* [[Decal Releasing]]
* [[DG Distributors]]
* [[Diamond Entertainment Corporation]]
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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 Entertainment, Inc.]] (also includes Goldstar Video Corporation)
* [[Gospel Films Video]]
* [[Gospel Light Video]]
* [[Great Entertainment]]
* [[Group Productions]]
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* [[Hart Sharp Video]]
* [[Hemdale Home Video]]
* [[High Video]]
* [[HIT Entertainment]]
** [[Lyrick Studios]]
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* [[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]]
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* [[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]]
* [[Mark V International]]
* [[Master Communications]]
* [[MasterVision]]
* [[Maverick Entertainment]]
* [[Media West Home Video]]
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* [[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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* [[Philips Media]]
* [[Pickwick Entertainment]] (includes Diamond Entertainment, unrelated to the public domain distributor)
* [[Playboy VideoHome 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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* [[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]]
* [[Televidics Productions]]
* [[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]]
* [[VoltageView-Master 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]]

Latest revision as of 05:04, 6 July 2024

This list covers distributors in the home video industry.

Major studios (The Big Five)[edit]

NBCUniversal/Comcast

The Walt Disney Company

Paramount Global

Sony

Warner Bros. Discovery

Minor studios[edit]

Hasbro

Lionsgate Entertainment

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Amazon

Foreign companies[edit]

Argentina[edit]

Australia[edit]

Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands)[edit]

Brazil[edit]

Bulgaria[edit]

Canada[edit]

Chile[edit]

Colombia[edit]

France[edit]

Germany[edit]

Greece[edit]

Hong Kong[edit]

India[edit]

Indonesia[edit]

Italy[edit]

Israel[edit]

Japan[edit]

Kuwait[edit]

Malaysia[edit]

Mexico[edit]

Norway[edit]

Philippines[edit]

Poland[edit]

Saudi Arabia[edit]

Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)[edit]

Slovenia[edit]

Singapore[edit]

Spain[edit]

Sweden[edit]

UK[edit]

Pre-cert companies[edit]

Venezuela[edit]

Vietnam[edit]

Anime companies[edit]

U.S. Spanish-language companies[edit]

Porno companies[edit]

Other companies[edit]