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* [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment]] |
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** [[Magnetic Video Corporation]] |
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** [[CBS Home Entertainment]] |
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** [[CIC Video]] (a joint venture between Paramount and Universal for distribution of product outside North America) |
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** [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (also includes |
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*** NTA Home Entertainment |
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*** [[Worldvision Home Video]] |
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** [[RCA SelectaVision]] |
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** [[Sony Video Software]] |
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** [[Sony Music Entertainment]] (also includes |
** [[Sony Music Entertainment]] (also includes Sony Wonder) |
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** [[FUNimation Entertainment]] |
** [[FUNimation Entertainment]] |
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*** [[Manga Entertainment, Ltd.]] |
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* [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] |
* [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] |
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** [[HBO Home Entertainment]] (also includes |
** [[HBO Home Entertainment]] (also includes Thorn EMI Video, Thorn EMI/HBO Video, and HBO/Cannon Video) |
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*** [[Time-Life Video]] |
*** [[Time-Life Video]] |
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** [[Lorimar Home Video]] (also includes |
** [[Lorimar Home Video]] (also includes Karl Video Corporation, Karl-Lorimar Home Video, Kideo Video, and Scholastic-Lorimar Home Video) |
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*** [[Allied Artists Video]] |
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** [[Turner Home Entertainment]] (also includes Turner-era PBS Home Video content) |
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'''Universal''' |
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* [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] |
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** [[MCA DiscoVision]] (also includes |
** [[MCA DiscoVision]] (also includes MCA Videodisc) |
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** [[MCA Home Video Canada]]'' |
** [[MCA Home Video Canada]]'' |
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** [[Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment]] |
** [[Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment]] |
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** [[PolyGram Video]] (also includes |
** [[PolyGram Video]] (also includes PolyGram Music Video, Island Visual Arts, Deutsche Grammophon, and Manga Entertainment, Inc.) |
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*** [[A&M Video]] |
*** [[A&M Video]] |
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** [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] (also includes |
** [[DreamWorks Home Entertainment]] (also includes DreamWorks Animation and Classic Media) |
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*** [[Golden Book Video]] |
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Revision as of 16:45, 1 May 2022
These are the most visible faces in the home video industry, who release the video titles.
Major studios (The Big Five)
Disney
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Buena Vista 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)
- 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 Spotlite Video)
- NTA Home Entertainment
- Worldvision Home Video
Sony
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (also includes content from MusicVision, Magic Window, and SVS/Triumph Home Video)
Warner Bros.
- Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
- 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 Turner-era PBS Home Video content)
- Warner Music Entertainment
Universal
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- MCA DiscoVision (also includes MCA Videodisc)
- MCA Home Video Canada
- Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment
- PolyGram Video (also includes PolyGram Music Video, Island Visual Arts, Deutsche Grammophon, and Manga Entertainment, Inc.)
- DreamWorks Home Entertainment (also includes DreamWorks Animation and Classic Media)
- Geneon Entertainment
Minor studios
- Hasbro
- 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)
- Alliance Releasing Home Video (Canada)
- Entertainment One (Canada)
- Lions Gate Home Entertainment (also includes Starz Home Entertainment, Vidmark Entertainment and Trimark Home Video)
- 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)
- Family Home Entertainment
- ThrillerVideo
- The Video Late Show
- King Bee Video
- Avid Home Entertainment
- Vestron Video (also includes pre-1982 Time-Life Video content)
- Vista Home Video
- Anchor Bay Entertainment (also includes Video Treasures)
- HGV Video Productions (Canada)
- Burbank Video (also includes Troy Gold)
- Starmaker Entertainment
- Teal Entertainment
- Strand Home Video
- Manga Entertainment (also includes post-PolyGram content)
- Cinépix Film Properties (Canada)
- 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)
- MGM Home Entertainment
- Cannon Video
- Orion Home Video (also includes Filmways Video)
Foreign companies
Argentina
Australia
- The Magnificent Seven
- CBS/Fox Video (South Pacific) (also includes content from 20th Century-Fox Video (South Pacific))
- CEL Home Video
- Playaround Video
- Star Video (also 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
- Warner Home Video
- ABC Video Australia
- Madman Entertainment
- Seven Keys Video
- Syme Home Video
- Sundowner Home Video
- Videoscope
Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands)
Brazil
Canada
- Astral Video
- BFS Video
- CBC Home Video
- Cineglobe
- Cinéma Plus
- Interglobal Home Video (also includes content from Auburn Productions and Kid Flicks)
- Motion International
- Screencraft Video
- TVA Films
- Videoville Showtime
- White Knight Video
France
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
- 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
- Astra Video
- Apple Video
- BBC Video
- Brent Walker Video
- Channel 5
- Derann Video (also includes content from Ambassador Video and Goldstar Video)
- Entertainment in Video
- GO Video
- Guild Home Video (also contains content from Peppermint)
- Hokushin
- Intervision Video (also includes content from Alpha Video and Inter-Light Video)
- Iver Film Services
- JVI
- Medusa Communications
- Monte Video
- Mountain Video (also includes content from Archer Video, Modern Video, Movietime Video, and Rainbow Video)
- Odyssey
- Palace Video UK
- Precision Video (Also includes content from Barber)
- Rank Video Library
- Video Collection International
- Strand Home Video (USA)
- Thorn EMI Video UK
- Video Gems UK
- Video Network
- Video Unlimited
- Virgin Video
- Vipco
- VPD (also includes content from Canon Video, Inter-Ocean Video, and Replay Video)
- Walton Video
- World of Video 2000 (also includes content from Checkerboard, French Label, Jaguar Video, Video Warehouse, and VTX Video)
Venezuela
Anime companies
- AnimEigo
- Bandai Visual
- Central Park Media (also includes content from 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
- ADV Films
- Streamline Pictures
- Viz Media
Other companies
- Active Home Video
- Amvest Video
- BCI Home Entertainment
- Simitar Entertainment
- Best Film & Video Corp.
- Cinedigm
- GoodTimes Entertainment
- HGV Video Productions (Canada)
- Sterling Entertainment Group (also includes United American Video)
- Celebrity Home Entertainment (also includes Just For Kids and Unicon Communications)
- Video Corporation of America
- Congress Video Group
- Cinema Group Home Video (also includes Continental Video)
- The Criterion Collection
- Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (also includes Platinum Disc Corporation)
- PM Entertainment
- Edde Entertainment (also includes T-Z Video, Ace Video, and High Desert Films)
- Fotomat Video
- Full Moon Features
- Wizard Video (also includes CultVideo and Force Video)
- Hallmark Home Entertainment (also includes Evergreen Entertainment)
- Harmony Vision
- Heron
- Media Home Entertainment (also includes Fox Hills Video and Hi-Tops Video)
- Video Form Pictures (UK)
- Image Entertainment
- Imperial Entertainment
- Independent United Distributors
- Kartes Video Communications
- Kino Lorber
- Kultur International Films
- Magnum Entertainment
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Mogul Video
- Monterey Home Video
- MPI Home Video (also includes content from Gorgon Video and Starlog 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 King of Video)
- PBS Distribution
- Prism Entertainment
- Raedon Home Video
- Random House Home Video
- Regal Video
- Shout! Factory
- Super Video
- Trans World Entertainment
- Twilight Time
- Unicorn Video
- VCI Home Video (also includes content from United Home Video and Vanguard Video)
- VCII
- VCL
- VidAmerica, Inc.
- Video Gems
- Video Yesteryear
- Well Go USA
- Wood Knapp Video
- WHAM! USA