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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' VideoWonder (whichformerly soonknown merged withas Sony Kids' Music toand become better known as Sony WonderVideo). 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, a new sub-division of Nickelodeon Enterprises, sister company to MTV Networks, called Nickelodeon Entertainment Products was formed in June 1993, with Catherine Mullally serving as vice president of the sub-division. A year later, Viacom acquired Paramount Pictures' corporate parent, Paramount Communications (formerly known as Gulf and Western Industries), but continued to license MTV Networks content to Sony Music for a few years following the acquisition. In the meantime, another agreement with MTV Networks was secured, which gave Sony Music the video rights to programs from MTV and VH1. In June 1996, ViacomNickelodeon Entertainment Products terminated theits distribution contract for Nickelodeon titles that it had with Sony and transferredsecured thea new video rightsdistribution forcontract the network's titles towith Paramount Home Video. Sony would lose the video rights for the remaining MTV content in September 2001. In the interim, Sony Music became the distributor for Random House Home Video, as well as the video back catalog of ''Sesame Street'' (beginning in Q2 1995), Together Again Video Productions (known for ''Kidsongs''), and Golden Books Family Entertainment (which, at the time, had owned the pre-1974 Tomorrow Entertainment and Rankin/Bass catalogs) (beginning in Q4 1997). In Q2 1998, Sony Music purchased Sunbow Entertainment, which it in turn sold to TV-Loonland AG in October 2000. In August 2001, Golden Books Family Entertainment was acquired by and folded into Classic Media in a move that broadened the deal already in place with Sony Music by giving its Sony Wonder arm the video rights to titles from Harvey Entertainment and UPA, as well as American video rights to the Japanese ''Godzilla'' franchise, and, eventually, the video rights to titles from Big Idea Entertainment. Sony Music also was the original distributor for [[Shout! Factory]] and held exclusive Canadian video rights to programs produced by CINAR (later known as Cookie Jar Entertainment). In 2004, Sony Music Entertainment and the Bertelsmann Music Group merged to form Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
 
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 cancelled or transferred to other companies, such as Genius Entertainment and Vivendi Entertainment. The remainder of Sony Wonder's operations were transferred to [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]], which subsequently operated it as a family entertainment label; SPHE renamed Sony Wonder to Sony Pictures Kids Zone in 2020. In 2008, Sony purchased Bertelsmann AG's stake in the music arm, readopting the Sony Music Entertainment name for it.
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| LV 49200 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ren_%26_Stimpy_Show The Ren & Stimpy Show, Vol. 1: The Classics]'' || USA || 1991 || 40 min || Standard version || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 31, 1993 || VHS ||
* Contains the episodes ''Stimpy's Invention'', ''Untamed World'', and ''Space Madness'', plus the segments ''Breakfast Tips'' and ''Log''.
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| LV 49201 || ''The Ren & Stimpy Show, Vol. 2: The Stupidest Stories'' || USA || 1991 || 40 min || Standard version || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 31, 1993 || VHS ||
* Contains the episodes ''Stimpy's Big Day!'', ''The Big Shot'', and ''Robin Hoek'', plus two ''Ask Dr. Stupid'' segments.
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| LV 49202 || ''The Ren & Stimpy Show, Vol. 3: The Stinkiest Stories'' || USA || 1991 || 40 min || Standard version || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 31, 1993 || VHS ||
* Contains the episodes ''Ren's Toothache'', ''Nurse Stimpy'', and ''The Cat That Laid the Golden Hairball'', plus two ''Powdered Toastman'' segments.
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| LV 49203 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugrats Rugrats, Vol. 1: Tales from the Crib]'' || USA || 1991 || 40 min || Standard version || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 31, 1993 || VHS ||
* Contains the episodes ''Toy Palace'', ''Real or Robot?'', and ''Beach Blanket Babies'', plus 2 ''Inside Out Boy'' shorts.
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| LV 49204 || ''Rugrats, Vol. 2: A Baby's Gotta Do What aA Baby's Gotta Do'' || USA || 1991 || 40 min || Standard version || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 31, 1993 || VHS ||
* Contains the episodes ''Monster in the Garage'', ''Touchdown Tommy'', and ''Let There Be Light'', plus 2 ''Inside Out Boy'' shorts.
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| LV 49205 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_(TV_series) Doug, Vol. 1: How Did I Get Into This Mess?]'' || USA || 1991 || 40 min || Standard version || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 31, 1993 || VHS ||
* Contains the episodes ''Doug's Lost Weekend'', ''Doug's Dental Disaster'', and ''Doug on His Own'', plus 2 music videos.
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| LV 49206 || ''Doug, Vol. 2: Patti, You're the Mayonnaise for Me'' || USA || 1991 || 40 min || Standard version || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 31, 1993 || VHS ||
* Contains the episodes ''Doug in the Left Field'', ''Doug's Dinner Date'', and ''Doug's Fair Lady'', plus 2 music videos.
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| LV 49207 || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNICK SNICK, Vol. 1: Nick Snicks Friendship]'' || USA || 1992 || 90 min || Standard version || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 31, 1993 || VHS ||
* Contains the episodes:
** ''Clarissa Explains it All: "Sam's Swan Song"''
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** ''The Adventures of Pete & Pete: "Artie, the Strongest Man in the World," "X-Ray Man," and "Route 34"''
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| LV 49208 || ''SNICK, Vol. 2: Nick Snicks the Family'' || USA || 1992 || 90 min || Standard version || NR || Academy || 1 || N/A || Color || August 31, 1993 || VHS ||
* Contains the episodes:
** ''Clarissa Explains it All: "Cool Dad"''
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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 !! Intended release date !! 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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===Cancelled DVD Releases===
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