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Paramount first tried to enter the home video market with a duplication pact with S/T Videocassette Duplicating Corp. in 1976, but their movies remained unavailable for three years. In the meantime, Paramount secured a deal with MCA Distributing Corporation to bring their library to DiscoVision in 1978. Paramount then secured a deal with [[Fotomat Video]] in 1979 to release their movies on videocassette for rental. |
Paramount first tried to enter the home video market with a duplication pact with S/T Videocassette Duplicating Corp. in 1976, but their movies remained unavailable for three years. In the meantime, Paramount secured a deal with MCA Distributing Corporation to bring their library to DiscoVision in 1978. Paramount then secured a deal with [[Fotomat Video]] in 1979 to release their movies on videocassette for rental. |
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Paramount would form their own home video distribution arm in late 1979 and its first titles appeared on the Winter 1980 CES. Paramount would later secure deals with third-party distributors, most notably Atlantic Releasing Corporation and Skouras Pictures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. |
Paramount would form their own home video distribution arm in late 1979 and its first titles appeared on the Winter 1980 CES. Paramount would later secure deals with third-party distributors, most notably Atlantic Releasing Corporation and Skouras Pictures, throughout the 1980s and 1990s. |
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Paramount would later launch sublabels, such as '''Paramount Gateway Video''', formed in 1982 to release mid-price titles, and '''Bel Canto/Paramount Home Video''', formed in 1985 to release music-related titles. |
Paramount would later launch sublabels, such as '''Paramount Gateway Video''', formed in 1982 to release mid-price titles, and '''Bel Canto/Paramount Home Video''', formed in 1985 to release music-related titles. |
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In 2011, it became '''Paramount Home Media Distribution'''. In 2012, the company briefly signed a deal with [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] to distribute titles, only for the deal to lapse at the start of 2015. |
In 2011, it became '''Paramount Home Media Distribution'''. In 2012, the company briefly signed a deal with [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] to distribute titles, only for the deal to lapse at the start of 2015. |
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In 2019, it |
In 2019, it was renamed back to '''Paramount Home Entertainment'''. |
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==Library== |
==Library== |
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