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** [[BET Home Entertainment]]
** [[BET Home Entertainment]]
** [[CBS Home Entertainment]] (also includes CBS Video)
** [[CBS Home Entertainment]] (also includes CBS Video)
*** [[King World Direct]]
** [[CIC Video]] (a joint venture between Paramount and Universal for distribution outside North America)
** [[CIC Video]] (a joint venture between Paramount and Universal for distribution outside North America)
** [[Comedy Central Home Entertainment]]
** [[Comedy Central Home Entertainment]]
** [[MTV Home Entertainment]] (also includes MTV Home Video)
** [[MTV Home Entertainment]] (also includes MTV Home Video)
** [[Nickelodeon Home Entertainment]] (also includes Nickelodeon Video and Nick Jr. Video)
** [[Nickelodeon Home Entertainment]]
** [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (also includes NTA Home Entertainment, Inspiration Video and Spotlite Video)
** [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (also includes NTA Home Entertainment, Inspiration Video and Spotlite Video)
*** [[Worldvision Home Video]]
*** [[Worldvision Home Video]]
** [[Showtime Entertainment]]
** [[Showtime Entertainment]]
** [[List of Paramount Home Media Distribution demo tapes]]
** [[List of Paramount Home Entertainment demo tapes]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Paramount Home Media Distribution releases|Comprehensive catalog of Paramount Home Entertainment releases]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of Paramount Home Entertainment releases]]


'''Sony'''
'''Sony'''
* [[Columbia House]]
* [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] (also includes SVS/Triumph Home Video, as well as pre-1995 New Line Home Video releases)
* [[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 Classics video releases]]
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* [[Comprehensive catalog of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases]]
* [[Comprehensive catalog of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases]]
** [[Comprehensive catalog of pre-1984 RCA/Columbia 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)
* [[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)
** [[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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** [[Lorimar Home Video]] (also includes Karl Video Corporation, Karl-Lorimar Home Video, Kideo Video, and Scholastic-Lorimar Home Video)
** [[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 RKO Home Video, CNN Video, and 1994-2004 PBS Home Video releases, as well as pre-1997 Cartoon Network Video releases)
** [[Turner Home Entertainment]] (also includes RKO Home Video, CNN Video, and 1994-2004 PBS Home Video releases)
*** [[Cartoon Network Video]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of Warner Home Video letter-four digit releases]]
*** [[Comprehensive catalog of Warner Home Video letter-four digit releases]]
*** [[Hanna-Barbera Home Video]]
*** [[Hanna-Barbera Home Video]]
*** [[RKO library before Turner]]
*** [[RKO library before Turner]]
** [[Cartoon Network Video]]
** [[Turner Classic Movies]]
** [[Turner Classic Movies]]
** [[New Line Home Entertainment]]
** [[New Line Home Entertainment]]
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*** [[Koch Entertainment]] (United States)
*** [[Koch Entertainment]] (United States)
**** [[Koch Lorber Films]]
**** [[Koch Lorber Films]]
** [[Trimark Home Video]] (also includes Vidmark Entertainment and Kidmark Entertainment)
** [[Trimark Home Video]] (also includes Vidmark Entertainment and Kidmark, Inc.)


'''Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Amazon'''
'''Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Amazon'''
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* [[Cineglobe]]
* [[Cineglobe]]
* [[Cinéma Plus]]
* [[Cinéma Plus]]
* [[Elevation Pictures]]
* [[K5 International]]
* [[K5 International]]
* [[Motion International]]
* [[Motion International]]
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* [[Deltavideo]]
* [[Deltavideo]]
* [[Domovideo]]
* [[Domovideo]]
* [[Gruppo Ricordi Video]] (also includes De Laurentiis Ricordi Video)
* [[Mastervideo]]
* [[Univideo]]
* [[Univideo]]


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===Japan===
===Japan===
* [[Asmik Ace Entertainment]]
* [[Columbia Music Video]]
* [[Columbia Music Video]]
* [[Daiei Video]]
* [[Daiei Video]]
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* [[Funai]]
* [[Funai]]
* [[Bandai]]
* [[Bandai]]
* [[Herald Videogram]]
* [[Nikkatsu]]
* [[Nikkatsu]]
* [[Pack-in-Video]]
* [[Pack-in-Video]]
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===Mexico===
===Mexico===
* [[Million Dollar Video Corporation]]
* [[Tycoon Home Video]]
* [[Videomax]]
* [[Videomax]]
* [[Videovisa S.A.]]
* [[Videovisa S.A.]]
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===Poland===
===Poland===
* [[Curtis Art Productions]] (includes Hanna-Barbera Poland)
* [[Demel International Corporation]]
* [[Demel International Corporation]]
* [[Imperial Entertainment Poland]]
* [[Imperial Entertainment Poland]]
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* [[VCM]]
* [[VCM]]
* [[Walthers Video]]
* [[Walthers Video]]

===Singapore===
* [[HVN Entertainment]]
* [[InnoForm Media]]
* [[Poh Kim Video]]
* [[VideoVan Entertainment Industries Pte Ltd]]


===Spain===
===Spain===
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* [[Lauren Films]] (also includes Lauren Video Hogar)
* [[Lauren Films]] (also includes Lauren Video Hogar)
* [[Manga Films]]
* [[Manga Films]]
* [[Panorama Pictures]]


===Sweden===
===Sweden===
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* [[Heron Home Entertainment]] (also includes Videoform Pictures)
* [[Heron Home Entertainment]] (also includes Videoform Pictures)
* [[High Fliers Video Distribution]]
* [[High Fliers Video Distribution]]
* [[IMC Video Limited]]
* [[ITC Home Video]]
* [[ITC Home Video]]
* [[ITV Studios Home Entertainment]] (also includes Longman Video, Pickwick Video, Carlton Video and Granada Ventures)
* [[ITV Studios Home Entertainment]] (also includes Longman Video, Pickwick Video, Carlton Video and Granada Ventures)
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** [[Manga Entertainment, Ltd.]]
** [[Manga Entertainment, Ltd.]]
* [[Geneon Entertainment USA]]
* [[Geneon Entertainment USA]]
* [[Kidmark, Inc.]]
* [[Kodocha Anime]] (a prominent fansubbing group in the late '90s)
* [[Kodocha Anime]] (a prominent fansubbing group in the late '90s)
* [[Manga Entertainment, Inc.]] (only includes post-PolyGram content)
* [[Manga Entertainment, Inc.]] (only includes post-PolyGram content)
** [[L.A. Hero]] (also includes U.S. Renditions and Dark Image Entertainment)
** [[L.A. Hero]] (also includes U.S. Renditions, Dark Image Entertainment, and Ultra Action Video)
* [[Media Blasters]]
* [[Media Blasters]]
* [[Section23 Films]]
* [[Sentai Filmworks]]
* [[Sentai Filmworks]]
* [[Streamline Pictures]]
* [[Streamline Pictures]]
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** [[First Look Home Entertainment]]
** [[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)
*** [[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]]
* [[Alliance Entertainment]]
** [[Mill Creek Entertainment]] (also includes TreeLine Films)
** [[Mill Creek Entertainment]] (also includes TreeLine Films)
** [[NCircle Entertainment]]
** [[NCircle Entertainment]]
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* [[Best Film and Video Corporation]]
* [[Best Film and Video Corporation]]
* [[Brain Damage Films]]
* [[Brain Damage Films]]
* [[Bridgestone Group]]
* [[Bridgestone Group]] (also includes Deskpop Entertainment)
* [[Brimstone Entertainment]]
* [[Brimstone Entertainment]]
* [[Broad Green Pictures]]
* [[Broad Green Pictures]]
* [[Broadman & Holman Publishers]]
* [[Broadway Theatre Archive]]
* [[Broadway Theatre Archive]]
* [[Budget Video]] (includes Hollywood Home Theatre)
* [[Budget Video]] (includes Hollywood Home Theatre)
* [[Burning Moon Home Video]]
* [[Burning Moon Home Video]]
* [[BWE Video]]
* [[BWE Video]]
* [[Capstone Entertainment]]
* [[Cascom Home Video]]
* [[Cascom Home Video]]
* [[Children's Video of America]]
* [[Children's Video of America]]
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* [[Cinedigm]]
* [[Cinedigm]]
** [[New Video Group]]
** [[New Video Group]]
* [[Cinema Home Video]]
* [[City Lights Home Entertainment]]
* [[City Lights Home Entertainment]]
* [[City Lights Home Video]]
* [[City Lights Home Video]]
* [[Classic Family Entertainment]]
* [[Classic Family Entertainment]]
* [[Columbia River Entertainment Group]]
* [[Command Home Video]]
* [[Command Home Video]]
* [[Concord Video]]
* [[Concord Video]]
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* [[Coronet/MTI Film and Video]]
* [[Coronet/MTI Film and Video]]
* [[Crash Cinema]]
* [[Crash Cinema]]
* [[CreateSpace]]
* [[Creative Communication Center]]
* [[Creative Communication Center]]
* [[The Criterion Collection]]
* [[The Criterion Collection]]
* [[Crocus Entertainment]]
* [[Crocus Entertainment]]
* [[DawnSignPress]]
* [[DawnSignPress]]
* [[Deaf Crocodile Films]]
* [[Decal Releasing]]
* [[Decal Releasing]]
* [[DG Distributors]]
* [[DG Distributors]]
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* [[Fotomat Video]]
* [[Fotomat Video]]
* [[Frame Work Entertainment Group, LLC]]
* [[Frame Work Entertainment Group, LLC]]
* [[Fred Levine Productions]]
* [[Fries Home Video]]
* [[Fries Home Video]]
* [[Front Row Entertainment]]
* [[Front Row Entertainment]]
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* [[Independent United Distributors]]
* [[Independent United Distributors]]
* [[In-Fisherman Video]]
* [[In-Fisherman Video]]
* [[Inspired Corporation]]
** [[PPI Entertainment Group]] (also includes Parade Video, Peter Pan Video and Ambassador Video)
* [[Integrity Music]]
* [[Integrity Music]]
* [[International Video Network]]
* [[International Video Network]]
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* [[Marathon Music & Video]]
* [[Marathon Music & Video]]
* [[Mark IV Pictures]]
* [[Mark IV Pictures]]
* [[Master Communications]]
* [[MasterVision]]
* [[MasterVision]]
* [[Maverick Entertainment]]
* [[Maverick Entertainment]]
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** [[Image Entertainment]]
** [[Image Entertainment]]
*** [[Public Media Incorporated]] (includes Home Vision Entertainment, Films Incorporated and Public Media Video)
*** [[Public Media Incorporated]] (includes Home Vision Entertainment, Films Incorporated and Public Media Video)
* [[The Roan Group]]
* [[Royal Sound Video Productions]]
* [[Royal Sound Video Productions]]
* [[Saturn Productions]]
* [[Saturn Productions]]
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* [[Vintage Home Entertainment]]
* [[Vintage Home Entertainment]]
* [[View Video]]
* [[View Video]]
* [[View-Master Video]]
* [[Voltage 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)
* [[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)

Latest revision as of 04:58, 2 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

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

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