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Revision as of 03:38, 10 April 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, Manga Entertainment, Inc., and USA Home Entertainment)
- 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, 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- Bertelsmann Music Group (also includes BMG Special Products, BMG Kidz, Rincon Children's Entertainment and Zoom Express, as well as pre-Q3 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, as well as pre-1997 Cartoon Network Video releases)
- Cartoon Network Video
- Turner Classic Movies
- New Line Home Entertainment
- 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
- 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, Luna Video, Private Screenings, 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)
- The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment
- 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
- 21st Century Pictures
- ABC Video Australia
- Madman Entertainment
- RocVale Film
- 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
Chile
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
Indonesia
- Inova Digimedia (includes Dutimitra, 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
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
Mexico
UK
- Braveworld
- BBC Video
- Castle Home Video
- Channel 5
- Entertainment in Video
- First Independent
- Guild Home Video (also includes Peppermint)
- Heron Home Entertainment (also includes Videoform Pictures)
- High Fliers Video Distribution
- Medusa Communications
- 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
- 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)
- 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
U.S. Spanish-language companies
Other companies
- Academy Entertainment
- Acorn Media
- Active Home Video
- AIMS Multimedia
- 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
- Alluminated 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)
- 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)
- Apollo Educational Video
- Arrow Video Inc.
- The Asylum Home Entertainment
- 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
- Brain Damage Films
- Bridgestone Group
- Brimstone Entertainment
- Broad Green Pictures
- Broadway Theatre Archive
- Burning Moon Home Video
- BWE Video
- Caballero Home Video
- Cal Vista Video
- Camp Video
- Cascom Home Video
- Chordant Distribution Group
- Cinderella Distributors
- Cinedigm
- Coast to Coast Video
- 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
- Dreamland Home Video
- 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
- Essex Video
- Excalibur Films
- Fantasy Home Video
- Fat Dog Productions
- Feature Films for Families
- Film Forum
- First Run Features Home 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 CultVideo, Urban Classics Video and Force Video)
- Gaiam
- Geffen Home Video
- Genius Products
- Goldhil Video
- Goldstar Video Corp.
- Gourmet Video Collection
- Great Entertainment
- Group Productions
- HaleStone Distribution
- Hallmark Home Entertainment (also includes Evergreen Entertainment)
- Harmony Vision
- Hart Sharp Video
- Hemdale Home Video
- HIT Entertainment
- Hollywood Products
- Home Vision Entertainment
- Hustler Video
- Image Entertainment
- Imperial Entertainment
- Independent United Distributors
- Integrity Music
- Ivy Entertainment
- J2 Communications
- Kartes Video Communications
- King of Video (also includes Paragon Video Productions and Wonderland Video)
- Kino Lorber
- Fox Lorber Home Video (also includes Fox Lorber-era Forum Home Video releases)
- Kino on Video
- Koch Entertainment
- Kultur International Films
- LaserLight Digital
- LA Video Corporation
- London Films
- The MacArthur Library
- Madacy Music Group
- Madison Square Garden Home Video
- Magnum Entertainment
- Magnum Video
- Major League Baseball Home Video
- Marathon Music & Video
- Mark IV Pictures
- Maverick Entertainment
- Mogul Video
- Monarch Home Video
- Monterey Home Video
- Moonlight Entertainment
- MotorWeek Home Video
- MPI Media Group (also includes MPI Home Video, Gorgon Video and Starlog Video)
- MTI Home Video
- National Geographic Video
- NBR Enterprises
- New Concorde (also includes New Horizons Home 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, Comet Video and Cinema Group Home Video)
- Palm Beach Entertainment
- Palm Pictures
- Panasonic
- Paulist Press
- PBS Distribution
- Peach Entertainment
- Penthouse Video
- Philips Media
- Pioneer Entertainment
- Playboy Video (also includes Eros Collection)
- Plaza Entertainment
- PM Entertainment
- Price/Stern/Sloan Video
- Prism Entertainment
- Quality Classics
- Quality X Video Cassette Company
- Questar Home Video
- Raedon Home Video
- Rabbit Ears Productions
- Raven Releasing
- Regal Video
- Respond2 Entertainment
- Saturn Productions
- Screen Media Films
- Seedsman Group (also includes Smooth Motion Pictures)
- Shell Oil Company
- Shout! Factory
- Showtime Entertainment
- Simon Marketing
- Simon & Schuster Video
- SISU Home Entertainment
- Small Fry Productions
- SouthGate Entertainment
- Spartan Home Entertainment
- Star Classics
- Starling Films
- Studio Home Entertainment (also includes Sterling Home Entertainment)
- Studio Entertainment (also includes Off Hollywood Video and Shooting Star Video)
- 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
- Trinity Home Entertainment (also includes Kreative Digital Entertainment, EVG Digital Entertainment and 905 Entertainment)
- Trylon Video
- 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)
- EMI (including Capital Video, Capitol Nashville, post-1992 Virgin Records America content and SBK Music Video)
- Valley of the Sun Video
- VCA Pictures (also includes HIS Video)
- VCI Home Video (also includes United Home Video and Vanguard Video)
- Velocity Home Entertainment
- Vidco: The Video Company
- Video Cassette Recordings
- Video Cassette X-Rated
- Video Collectibles Corporation
- Video Gems (also includes Century Video Corporation)
- Video Home Library
- Video Marketing Services
- Video-X-Pix
- Video Yesteryear
- View Video
- Vivid 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)
- Well Go USA
- Wellspring Media
- 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
- Xenon Video
- York Entertainment
- Zeitgeist Video