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Revision as of 13:53, 14 May 2024
This list covers distributors in the home video industry.
Major studios (The Big Five)
Comcast
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- MCA DiscoVision (also includes MCA Videodisc)
- 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.)
- DreamWorks Home Entertainment (also includes DreamWorks Animation and Classic Media)
- 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
- Comprehensive catalog of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment releases
Disney
- 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)
- List of 20th Century Home Entertainment demo tapes
- Comprehensive catalog of 20th Century Home Entertainment releases
- DiC Toon-Time Video
- Dimension Home Entertainment
- Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
- Miramax Home Entertainment
- Touchstone Home Entertainment
- 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 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)
- 20th Century Home Entertainment
- ABC Video Enterprises (also includes Signet Video and Summa Video)
Paramount Global
- Paramount Home Entertainment (also includes Paramount Home Media Distribution and pre-1993 Miramax content)
- BET Home Entertainment
- 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 (also includes Nickelodeon Video and Nick Jr. Video)
- Republic Pictures Home Video (also includes NTA Home Entertainment, Inspiration Video and Spotlite Video)
- Showtime Entertainment
- List of Paramount Home Media Distribution demo tapes
- Comprehensive catalog of Paramount Home Entertainment releases
Sony
- 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
- Sony Video Software (also includes Fighting Fury Video)
- FUNimation Entertainment
- Madman Entertainment (anime and manga)
- List of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment demo tapes
- Comprehensive catalog of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 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)
- Random House Home Video
Warner Bros. Discovery
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
- List of international Warner Home Video releases
- List of Looney Tunes video releases
- List of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment demo tapes
- 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)
- Lorimar Home Video (also includes Karl Video Corporation, Karl-Lorimar Home Video, Kideo Video, and Scholastic-Lorimar Home 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
- Turner Classic Movies
- New Line Home Entertainment
- List of New Line Home Entertainment demo tapes
- Nelson Entertainment (also includes Blay Video and Embassy Home Entertainment)
Minor studios
Lionsgate Entertainment
- Lions Gate Home Entertainment
- Comprehensive catalog of Lions Gate Home Entertainment releases
- 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
- Comprehensive catalog of Artisan Entertainment releases
- Family Home Entertainment
- ThrillerVideo
- The Video Late Show
- King Bee Video
- Avid Home Entertainment
- Hallmark Home Entertainment (also includes Evergreen Entertainment)
- Cabin Fever Entertainment (also includes Razzmatazz Entertainment)
- Vestron Video (also includes pre-1982 Time-Life Video content)
- Vista Home Video (unrelated to Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
- 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)
- Teal Entertainment
- MNTEX Entertainment
- Strand Home Video
- Burbank Video (also includes Troy Gold, Viking Video Classics and pre-late 1980s Active Home Video content)
- Starmaker Entertainment (also includes R&G Video)
- New World Video (also includes Learning Corporation of America)
- 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.
- Sterling Entertainment Group (also includes UAV Corporation, Ovation Home Video, Gemstone Entertainment and Hep Cat Entertainment)
- Koch Entertainment (United States)
- Alliance Releasing Home Video (Canada)
- Trimark Home Video (also includes Vidmark Entertainment and Kidmark Entertainment)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Amazon
Foreign companies
Argentina
- Argentina Video Home
- Cine Video
- Gativideo
- LK-TEL Video
- SBP Worldwide
- Transeuropa Video Entertainment
Australia
- The Magnificent Seven
- CBS/Fox Video (South Pacific) (also includes 20th Century-Fox 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)
- Warner Home Video
- 14th Mandolin Productions (includes Box Office International, King of Video and Pink Video)
- 21st Century Pictures
- ABC 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
- Video 2001
- Video for Pleasure
Brazil
Canada
- The ABM Group
- Interglobal Home Video (also includes Auburn Productions and Kid Flicks)
- Astral Video
- BFS Video
- CBC Home Video
- Cineglobe
- Cinéma Plus
- Motion International
- Screencraft Video
- TVA Films
- Videoville Showtime
- White Knight Video
Chile
Colombia
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
- 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
- MTC Video
- Nea Kinisi Video
- Videosonic
Hong Kong
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
Israel
Japan
- Columbia Music Video
- Daiei Video
- Eion
- Emotion Video Cassette
- Funai
- Bandai
- Nikkatsu
- Pack-in-Video
- Pastel Video (also includes Paramount 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
Kuwait
Malaysia
Mexico
Norway
Philippines
- GMA Home Video
- Magnavision Home Video
- Regal Home Video
- Solar Entertainment
- Star Home Video
- Viva Video
Saudi Arabia
Sweden
UK
- 2 Entertain
- Braveworld
- BBC Video
- Castle Home Video
- Channel 5
- Electric Video UK
- Entertainment in Video
- First Independent
- Guild Home Video (also includes Peppermint)
- Heron Home Entertainment (also includes Videoform Pictures)
- High Fliers Video Distribution
- Medusa Communications
- Metrodome Distribution
- Odyssey
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- Geneon
- 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)
- Media Blasters
- Sentai Filmworks
- Streamline Pictures
- Viz Media
- Voyager Entertainment
U.S. Spanish-language companies
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
- 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 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)
- 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
- Brimstone Entertainment
- Broad Green Pictures
- Broadway Theatre Archive
- Budget Video (includes Hollywood Home Theatre)
- Burning Moon Home Video
- BWE Video
- Cascom Home Video
- Chordant Distribution Group
- Cinedigm
- City Lights Home Entertainment
- City Lights Home Video
- Classic Family Entertainment
- Command Home Video
- Concord Video
- Congress Video Group
- Coronet/MTI Film and Video
- Crash Cinema
- The Criterion Collection
- Crocus Entertainment
- DawnSignPress
- DG Distributors
- Diamond Entertainment
- DIC Video
- Digiview Entertainment
- Direct Cinema Limited
- Direct Video
- Discount Video Tapes
- DK Vision
- Eagle Rock Entertainment
- 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
- Feature Films for Families
- Film Forum
- Films for the Humanities & Sciences
- First Run Features Home Video
- Fotodisk Video
- Fotomat Video
- Frame Work Entertainment Group, LLC
- 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
- Genesis Home Video
- GoodTimes Entertainment
- Vivendi Entertainment
- Genius Products
- Wellspring Media
- Fox Lorber Home Video (also includes Fox Lorber-era Forum Home Video releases and WinStar Home Entertainment)
- Wellspring Media
- Genius Products
- Goldhil Video
- Goldstar Video Corp.
- Great Entertainment
- Group Productions
- Haber Video
- HaleStone Distribution
- Hallmark Home Entertainment (also includes Evergreen Entertainment)
- Harmony Vision
- Hart Sharp Video
- Hemdale Home Video
- HIT Entertainment
- Hollywood Products
- Hosca Home Video Production
- Hustler Video
- Image Home Video
- Imperial Entertainment
- Independent United Distributors
- Integrity Music
- International Video Network
- Ivy Entertainment
- J2 Communications
- 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
- 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
- Maverick Entertainment
- Media West Home Video
- The Mirisch Video Company
- Mogul Video
- Monarch Home Video
- Monterey Home Video
- MotorWeek Home Video
- MPI Media Group (also includes MPI Home Video, Gorgon Video and Starlog Video)
- MTI Home Video
- MVP Home Entertainment
- National Geographic Video
- NBR Enterprises
- Neon Video
- 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
- Paulist Press
- PBS Distribution
- Peach Entertainment
- Penthouse Video
- Philips Media
- Playboy Video (also includes After Dark Video and Eros Collection)
- Plaza Entertainment
- PM Entertainment
- Price/Stern/Sloan Video
- Prism Entertainment
- Program Hunters
- Pyramid Films
- Quality Classics
- Quest Entertainment
- Questar Home Video
- Q Video
- Raedon Home Video
- Rabbit Ears Productions
- Raven Releasing
- Reader's Digest Video
- Regal Video
- Respond2 Entertainment
- RLJ Entertainment
- Acorn Media
- Image Entertainment
- Public Media Incorporated (includes Home Vision Entertainment, Films Incorporated and Public Media Video)
- Royal Sound Video Productions
- Saturn Productions
- Screen Media Films
- Seedsman Group (also includes Smooth Motion Pictures)
- Severin Films
- Shell Oil Company
- Shine Home Entertainment
- Shout! Factory
- Sideshow Cinema
- Simon Marketing
- Simon & Schuster Video
- Sinister Cinema
- SISU Home Entertainment
- Small Fry Productions
- SouthGate Entertainment
- Spartan Home Entertainment
- Star Classics
- Starling Films
- Studio Entertainment (also includes Off Hollywood Video and Shooting Star Video)
- Summit Media
- Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
- Super Source Video
- Super Video
- Tai Seng Video Marketing
- Tapeworm Video Distributors
- Teaching Tolerance
- Thunderbean Animation
- Time-Life Video
- Trans World Entertainment
- Triboro Entertainment Group
- Trolley Car Record and Filmworks
- Trylon Video
- Twin Dolphin Filmed Entertainment
- TUTM Entertainment
- Twilight Time
- Unapix Consumer Products (includes A-PIX Entertainment and Unapix Entertainment)
- Unicorn Video
- Universal Music Group (also includes MCA Music Video, Kreative Digital Entertainment and pre-2012 Vivendi Entertainment content)
- Geffen Home Video
- EMI (including Capitol Video, Capitol Nashville, post-1992 Virgin Records America content and SBK Music Video)
- Valley of the Sun Video
- VCI Home Video (also includes United Home Video and Vanguard Video)
- Velocity Home Entertainment
- The Video Bancorp
- Video City Productions
- Video Collectibles Corporation
- Video Gems (also includes Century Video Corporation)
- Video Home Library
- Video Marketing Services
- VideoTours
- Video Yesteryear
- View 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 World Video Pictures)
- 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
- WHAM! USA
- Xebec Home Video
- Xenon Video
- York Entertainment
- Zeitgeist Video