Distributors

These are the most visible faces in the home video industry, who release the video programs.

Major studios (The Big Five)

Disney

• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
  • List of Walt Disney Classics video releases
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • Dimension Home Video
  • Hollywood Pictures Home Video
  • Miramax Home Entertainment
  • Touchstone Home Entertainment
• 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment
  • Magnetic Video Corporation
  • The CBS/Fox Company (includes content from 20th Century-Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video, FoxVideo, Key Video, and Playhouse Video)
• ABC Video Enterprises

Paramount

• Paramount Home Media Distribution
  • CBS 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)
    • Worldvision Home Video

Sony

• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (also includes content from MusicVision, Magic Window, and SVS/Triumph Home Video)
  • RCA SelectaVision
  • Sony Video Software
  • Sony Music Entertainment (also includes content from Sony Wonder)
  • FUNimation Entertainment
    • Manga Entertainment, Ltd.
  • Madman Entertainment (anime and manga)

Warner Bros.

• Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
  • HBO Home Entertainment (also includes content from Thorn EMI Video, Thorn EMI/HBO Video, and HBO/Cannon Video)
    • Time-Life Video
  • Lorimar Home Video (also includes content from Karl Home Video)
    • Allied Artists Video
  • Turner Home Entertainment (also includes Turner-era PBS Home Video content)
    • New Line Home Entertainment
      • Embassy Home Entertainment
  • Warner Music Entertainment
    • Rhino Home Video

Universal

• Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
  • MCA DiscoVision (also includes content from MCA Videodisc)
  • Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment
  • PolyGram Video
  • DreamWorks Home Entertainment (also includes content from DreamWorks Animation)
    • Golden Book Video
  • Geneon Entertainment

Minor studios

• Hasbro
  • Entertainment One (Canada)
    • Alliance Releasing Home Video (Canada)

• Lions Gate Home Entertainment (also includes content from Vidmark Entertainment and Trimark Home Video)
  • 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)
    • Family Home Entertainment
    • ThrillerVideo
    • The Video Late Show
    • King Bee Video
    • Avid Home Entertainment
    • Vestron Video
      • Children's Video Library
      • Lightning Video
    • Vista Home Video
  • Anchor Bay Entertainment
    • Video Treasures
      • Burbank Video
        • Troy Gold
        • Viking Entertainment
      • HGV Video Productions
      • Video Treasures
    • Starmaker Entertainment
    • Manga Entertainment, Inc.

• MGM Home Entertainment
  • Cannon Video
  • Orion Home Video (also includes content from Filmways Video)
    • MCEG Home Video
      • Forum Home Video
      • Virgin Vision

Foreign companies

Argentina

• Gativideo
• LK-TEL Video

Australia

• The Magnificent Seven
  • CBS/Fox Video (South Pacific) (also includes content from 20th Century-Fox Video (South Pacific))
    • Magnetic Video (South Pacific)
  • CEL Home Video
    • Playaround Video
    • Star Video (contains content from Australian Video, Film World Festival, and Storytime Collection)
  • CIC Video Australia (also includes content from CIC-Taft Video, Rigby-CIC Video, and Merlin Video)
  • Roadshow Home Video (also includes content from Applause Home Video, Palace Video, and Premiere Home Entertainment)
  • Thorn EMI Video Australia
  • Video Classics
    • Filmways Home Video Australia
  • Warner Home Video
• ABC Video Australia
• Madman Entertainment
• Seven Keys Video
• Syme Home Video
• Sundowner Home Video
• Videoscope

Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands)

• CNR Video
• Concorde Video
• Video 2001
• Video for Pleasure

Brazil

• Rene Globo Video

Canada

• Astral Video
• Cinéma Plus
• Interglobal Home Video
• Malofilm Video
• Screencraft Video

France

• René Château Home Video
• Proserpine
• Sunset Video
• VIP Video

Germany

• Arcade Video
• Atlas International
• Constantin Video
• Taurus Video
• Toppic
• UFA Video

Greece

• Audio Visual Enterprises
• Kino Video
• Hellas Kosmos Home Video
• Home Video Center
• Home Video Hellas
• MTC Video
• Nea Kinisi Video
• Videosonic

Italy

• Domovideo

Japan

• Columbia Music Video
• Daiei Video
• Eion
• Funai
• Nikkatsu
• Pack-in-Video
• Pony Canyon
• Shochiku Home Video
• TDK Super Video
• Toei Video
• Toho Video
• Tohokushinsha Home Video
• Tokuma Japan Communications
• Toshiba
• Towa Video
• VAP Video
• Victor
• Video Box

Mexico

• Videovisa S.A.

Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)

• Esselte Video
• VCM
• Walthers Video

UK

• Astra Video
• BBC Video
• Brent Walker Video
• Derann Video
• Entertainment in Video
• GO Video
• Guild Home Video
• Hokushin
• Intervision Video (also includes content from Alpha Video and Inter-Light Video)
• Iver Film Services
• Medusa Communications
• Mountain Video
• Odyssey
• Palace Video UK
• Precision Video
• Rank Video Library
• Video Collection International
  • Strand Home Video (USA)
• Thorn EMI Video UK
• Video Gems UK
• Video Unlimited
• Virgin Video
• Vipco
• Walton Video
• World of Video 2000

Venezuela

• Video Rodven

Anime companies

• AnimEigo
• Bandai Visual
• Central Park Media (also includes content from Anime 18, Software Sculptors, and US Manga Corps)
• Funimation
• Geneon
• Manga Entertainment
  • L.A. Hero (also includes content from U.S. Renditions and Dark Image Entertainment)
• Media Blasters
• Sentai Fireworks
  • ADV Films
• Streamline Pictures
• Viz Media

Other companies

• Amvest Video
• BCI Home Entertainment
  • Simitar Entertainment
• Cinedigm
  • Vivendi Entertainment
    • GoodTimes Entertainment
    • HGV Video Productions (Canada)
    • Sterling Entertainment Group (also includes content from United American Video)
      • Celebrity Home Entertainment (also includes content from Just For Kids)
      • Video Corporation of America
• Congress Video Group
• Continental Video
• The Criterion Collection
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
  • PM Entertainment
• Edde Entertainment (also includes content from T-Z Video, Ace Video, and High Desert Films)
• Fotomat Video
• Full Moon Features
  • Wizard Video (also includes content from CultVideo and Force Video)
• Hallmark Home Entertainment (also includes content from Evergreen Entertainment)
• Harmony Vision
• Heron
  • Media Home Entertainment (also includes content from Fox Hills Video and Hi-Tops Video)
  • Video Form Pictures (UK)
• Image Entertainment
• Independent United Distributors
• Kartes Video Communications
• Kino Lorber
• Kultur Video
• Magnum Entertainment
• Mill Creek Entertainment
• Mogul Video
• Monterey Home Video
• MPI Home Video
• New World Video
• The Nostalgia Merchant
• Olive Films
• Pacific Arts Video (also includes Pacific Arts-era PBS Home Video content)
• Paragon Video Productions (also includes content from King of Video)
• PBS Distribution
  • Skiprope Entertainment
  • WGBH Boston Video
• Prism Entertainment
• Raedon Home Video
• Random House Home Video
• Shout! Factory
• Super Video
• Trans World Entertainment
• Twilight Time
• Unicorn Video
• VCI Home Video (also includes content from United Home Video)
• VCII
• VCL
• Video Gems
• Video Yesteryear
• Well Go USA
• Wood Knapp Video
• WHAM! USA