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Revision as of 18:05, 19 February 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
- PolyGram Video (also includes 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
- NBC Home Entertainment
- Comprehensive catalog of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment releases
Disney
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (also includes Jim Henson Video)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- 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)
- DiC Toon-Time Video
- Dimension Home Video
- Hollywood Pictures Home Video
- Miramax Home Entertainment
- Touchstone Home Entertainment
- 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment
- The CBS/Fox Company (includes 20th Century-Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video, FoxVideo, Key Video, and Playhouse Video)
- Comprehensive catalog of 20th Century Home Entertainment releases
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- ABC Video Enterprises (also includes Signet Video and Summa Video)
Paramount Global
- Paramount Home Media Distribution
- BET Home Entertainment
- CBS Home Entertainment
- CIC Video (a joint venture between Paramount and Universal for distribution outside North America)
- MTV Home Video
- Nickelodeon Home Video (also includes Nick Jr.)
- Republic Pictures Home Video (also includes Spotlite Video)
- Comprehensive catalog of Paramount Home Media Distribution 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)
- 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)
- Random House Home Video
- BMG Video
- BMG Independents
- BMG Kidz (also includes Rincoln Children's Entertainment, as well as pre-Q2 1993 DiC Toon-Time Video releases)
Warner Bros. Discovery
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
- List of international Warner Home Video releases
- List of Looney Tunes video releases
- Comprehensive catalog of Warner Home Video releases
- 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)
- New Line Home Entertainment
- Nelson Entertainment (also includes Blay Video and Embassy Home Entertainment)
- Warner Music Entertainment
- Rhino Home Video
- WarnerVision Entertainment (also includes A*Vision Entertainment, Body Vision, and Kid Vision)
Minor studios
Lionsgate Entertainment
- Lions Gate Home Entertainment
- Comprehensive catalog of Lions Gate Home Entertainment releases
- Artisan Entertainment (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)
- 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)
- Vestron Video (also includes pre-1982 Time-Life Video content)
- Vista Organization Home Video Corporation (dba 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, VCL Communications 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)
- Cinépix Film Properties (Canada)
- Entertainment One (Canada)
- Alliance Releasing 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)
- Alliance Releasing Home Video (Canada)
- Trimark Home Video (also includes Vidmark Entertainment and Kidmark Entertainment)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Amazon
Foreign companies
Argentina
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
- ABC Video Australia
- Madman Entertainment
- Seven Keys Video
- Syme Home Video
- Sundowner Home Video
- Videoscope
Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands)
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
France
- Europa Corp.
- Gaumont
- M6 Video
- Manhattan Video
- Proserpine
- René Château Home Video
- Sunset Video
- TF1 Video
- VIP Video
- Wild Side Video
Germany
Greece
- Audio Visual Enterprises
- Kino Video
- Hellas Kosmos Home Video
- Home Video Center
- Home Video Hellas
- MTC Video
- Nea Kinisi Video
- Videosonic
Italy
Japan
- Columbia Music Video
- Daiei Video
- Eion
- Emotion Video Cassette
- 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
UK
- BBC Video
- Channel 5
- Entertainment in Video
- First Independent
- Guild Home Video (also includes Peppermint)
- High Fliers Video Distribution
- Medusa Communications
- Odyssey
- Palace Video UK
- Precision Video (also includes Barber)
- Rank Video Library
- 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
- 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)
- 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 US Manga Corps)
- FUNimation Entertainment
- Geneon
- Manga Entertainment, Inc. (only includes post-PolyGram content)
- L.A. Hero (also includes content from U.S. Renditions and Dark Image Entertainment)
- Media Blasters
- Sentai Filmworks
- Streamline Pictures
- Viz Media
U.S. Spanish-language companies
Other companies
- Academy Entertainment
- Acorn Media
- Active Home Video
- AIMS Multimedia
- Alaska Video Postcards, Inc.
- Alpha Home Entertainment (also includes 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)
- A-PIX Entertainment
- Ardustry Home Entertainment
- Arrow Video Inc.
- The Asylum Home Entertainment
- Atlantic Releasing Co.
- Avalanche Home Entertainment
- Avon
- Barron's Home Video
- BCI Eclipse (also includes Brentwood Home Video)
- Benson Music Group
- Best Film and Video Corporation
- Big Top Video
- Bridgestone Group
- Broad Green Pictures
- Broadway Theatre Archive
- BWE Video
- Caballero Home Video
- Cascom Home Video
- Chordant Distribution Group
- Cinderella Distributors
- Cinedigm
- Concord Video
- Congress Video Group
- Coronet/MTI Film and Video
- Crash Cinema
- The Criterion Collection
- DawnSignPress
- Digiview Entertainment
- Direct Cinema Limited
- Direct Video
- DK Vision
- 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
- Feature Films for Families
- First Look Home Entertainment
- Fotomat Video
- Frame Work Entertainment Group, LLC
- Fries Home Video
- Front Row Entertainment
- Full Moon Features
- Wizard Video (also includes CultVideo and Force Video)
- Gator Home Entertainment
- Geffen Home Video
- Genius Products
- Goldhil Video
- Goldstar Video Corp.
- GoodTimes Entertainment
- HGV Video Productions (Canada)
- Kids Klassics
- GTK, Inc.
- Great Entertainment
- Group Productions
- HaleStone Distribution
- Hallmark Home Entertainment (also includes Evergreen Entertainment)
- Harmony Vision
- Hart Sharp Video
- Hemdale Home Video
- HIT Entertainment
- Home Vision Entertainment
- Image Entertainment
- Imperial Entertainment
- Independent United Distributors
- Integrity Music
- Ivy Entertainment
- J2 Communications
- Kartes Video Communications
- King of Video (also includes Paragon Video Productions)
- Kino Lorber
- Koch Lorber Films
- Kultur International Films
- LaserLight Digital
- London Films
- The MacArthur Library
- Madacy Music Group
- Magnum Entertainment
- Marathon Music & Video
- Maverick Entertainment
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Mogul Video
- Monarch Home Video
- Monterey Home Video
- MotorWeek Home Video
- MPI Home Video (also includes Gorgon Video and Starlog Video)
- MTI Home Video
- National Geographic Video
- NBR Enterprises
- NCircle Entertainment
- New 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 Pacific Arts-era PBS Home Video content)
- Palisades Home Video (also includes Continental Video and Cinema Group Home Video)
- Palm Beach Entertainment
- Palm Pictures
- Paulist Press
- PBS Distribution
- Pioneer Entertainment
- Plaza Entertainment
- PM Entertainment
- Price/Stern/Sloan Video
- Prism Entertainment
- Quality Classics
- Questar Home Video
- Raedon Home Video
- Raven Releasing
- Regal Video
- Sandstar Family Entertainment
- SBK Music Video
- Screen Media Films
- Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment
- Shell Oil Company
- Shout! Factory
- Showtime Entertainment
- Simon Marketing
- Simon & Schuster Video
- SISU Home Entertainment
- Small Fry Productions
- Spartan Home Entertainment
- Star Classics
- Starling Films
- Sterling Entertainment Group (also includes United American Video)
- Celebrity Home Entertainment (also includes Celebrity's Just for Kids Home Video, Meta Video and Unicon Communications)
- VidAmerica, Inc.
- Sterling Home Entertainment
- Sundance Channel Home Entertainment
- Super Source Video
- Super Video
- Tai Seng Video Marketing
- Tapeworm Video Distributors
- Teaching Tolerance
- Thunderbean Animation
- Trans World Entertainment
- Trinity Home Entertainment
- Trylon Video
- Twilight Time
- Unicorn Video
- VCA Pictures
- VCI Home Video (also includes United Home Video and Vanguard Video)
- VCII
- Velocity Home Entertainment
- Video Corporation of America
- Video Gems (also includes Century Video Corporation)
- Video Yesteryear
- Virgin Records America
- Vivendi Entertainment
- Voltage Video
- Well Go USA
- Wellspring Media
- Westlake Entertainment
- Wide-Eyed Learning
- Wood Knapp Video
- Word Entertainment (also includes Everland Entertainment and DaySpring Entertainment)
- World Wide Pictures Home Video
- World Wrestling Entertainment Home Video
- WHAM! USA
- Xenon Video
- York Entertainment
- Zeitgeist Video