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== History ==
CBS Music Video Enterprises was founded in October 1985 as a division of CBS Records, owned at the time by CBS Inc. It was a vehicle for home video distribution of titles related to acts on the various labels part of or distributed by CBS Records, such as Columbia, Epic, Portrait, and CBS Masterworks (now known as Sony Classical). Prior to 1988, all titles produced by CBS Music Video Enterprises were distributed by [[The CBS/Fox Company]] which released them under the CBS/Fox Video Music banner. On January 5, 1988, Sony Corporation acquired CBS Records; the CBS Music Video Enterprises division was spun off into its own label afterward. The company began issuing titles on its own in August 1988. On January 1, 1991, Sony, which acquired most international rights to the Columbia trademarks from EMI in 1990, renamed its music subsidiary to '''Sony Music Entertainment'''; the video arm subsequently adopted the name Sony Music Video (also known as Sony Music Video Enterprises).
Although it initially released music-related titles exclusively, it soon began to release titles unrelated to music, particularly after generating three distinct division labels that it would operate alongside its own company: Columbia Music Video, Epic Music Video and Sony Kids' Video (which soon merged with Sony Kids' Music to become better known as Sony Wonder). In May 1993, Sony Music secured an agreement with Viacom-owned MTV Networks, which gave Sony Music the video and music rights to programs from Nickelodeon. As a result of the agreement,
On March 13, 2007, Sony BMG announced an intention to focus on its core music business. All of its non-music video distribution contracts were
==Catalog number prefixes==
* AV
* CV - Columbia Music Video (also includes Canadian releases of
* EV - Epic Music Video
* LV - Sony Wonder (formerly known as Sony Kids' Music and Sony Kids' Video), Sony Music Video
* LVD - Sony Wonder
* SHV
* SPV
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| 19V 49112 || ''World’s Greatest Artists Sing Lennon: A Tribute'' || USA || 1991 || 65 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || 1991 ||
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| 19V 49114 || ''Rude Boy: The Clash'' || USA || 1980 || 127 min || TBD ||
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| 9V 49117 || ''Ned's Atomic Dustbin: Nothing Is Cool'' || USA || 1991 || 47 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || November 26, 1991 ||
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| LV 49598 || ''Frosty Returns'' || USA || 1992 || 30 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || September 1, 1998 || VHS ||
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| LV 49599 || ''Works: In My House'' || USA || 1998 || TBD || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || 1998 || VHS || TBD
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| LV 49600 || ''Works: Fantastic Food'' || USA || 1998 || TBD || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || 1998 || VHS || TBD
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| LV 49601 || ''Works: On the Move'' || USA || 1998 || TBD || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || 1998 || VHS || TBD
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| LVD 49925 || ''Cyberscape: A Computer Animation Vision'' || USA || 1997 || 45 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || January 6, 1998 || DVD ||
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| LV 49974 || ''Works: Fabulous Foods'' || USA || 1998 || TBD || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || 1998 || VHS || TBD
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| LV 49975 || ''Works: How Do They Do That?'' || USA || 1998 || TBD || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || 1998 || VHS || TBD
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| LV 49945 || ''Enchanted Tales: Tarzan of the Tapes'' || USA || 1999 || 48 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || March 9, 1999 || VHS ||
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| LV 49976 || ''Poky and Friends Starring Saggy Baggy Elephant'' || USA || 1999 || 30 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || July 27, 1999 || VHS || TBD
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| LV 49977 || ''Poky and Friends Starring Poky Little Puppy'' || USA || 1999 || 30 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || July 27, 1999 || VHS || TBD
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| LV 55306 || ''George and Martha: Best Friends'' || USA || 2000 || 45 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || March 7, 2000 || VHS ||
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| LV 55348 || ''Brothers Flub: Doom Wears Funny Tights!' || USA || 2000 || 45 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 8, 2000 || VHS ||
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| LV 55349 || ''Brothers Flub - Plan C: Panic!' || USA || 2000 || 45 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 8, 2000 || VHS ||
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| LV 55369 || ''The Last Polar Bears'' || USA || 2000 || 30 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || September 12, 2000 || VHS ||
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| LV 55382 || ''MTV's The Tom Green Show Uncensored'' || USA || 2000 || 65 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || August 8, 2000 ||
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| LVD 55382 || ''MTV's The Tom Green Show Uncensored'' || USA || 2000 || 65 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || September 5, 2000 || DVD ||
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| LV 58605 || ''Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Cookbook'' (Slipcover) || USA || 2001 || 50 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || 2004 || VHS ||
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| LV 58606 || ''Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll'' (Slipcover) || USA || 2002 || 50 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || 2004 || VHS ||
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| LVD 58607 || ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' || USA || 1964 || 55 min || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || September 19, 2004 || DVD ||
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===Cancelled VHS Releases===
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! Catalog number !! Title !! Country of origin !! Original year !! Length !! Version !! MPAA rating !! Film format !! Tape count !! Tape break placement (if applicable) !! Color !! Released !! Note(s)
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| LV ????? || ''Rugrats: Phil and Lil Double Trouble'' || USA || 1996 || TBD || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 11, 1996 ||
* Was transferred to Paramount Home Video.
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| LV ????? || ''Rugrats: Tommy Troubles'' || USA || 1996 || TBD || TBD || NR || TBD || 1 || N/A || Color || June 11, 1996 ||
* Was transferred to Paramount Home Video.
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