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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
Revision as of 20:55, 13 May 2024
Avon Products, Inc., also simply known as Avon and originally known as California Perfume Company until the early 1930s, was an American-British multinational makeup and perfume supplier founded in 1886 and based in New York.
History
At times, the company had a licensing agreement with Disney to supply makeup products based on various Disney characters. During the mid and late 1980s, it had a deal with GoodTimes Home Video to co-distribute various releases on VHS, among them the 1985 ABC animated television special, "The Velveteen Rabbit," direct-to-video Muppets programs, and miscellaneous Hanna-Barbera cartoons. In 1988, the company formed Avon Video Enterprises, doing business as Avon Home Video, secured deals with various home video labels/distributors and a duplication contract with Technicolor Videocassette, Inc. (later known as Technicolor Video Services, Technicolor Video/CD/DVD Services and Technicolor Home Entertainment Services, Inc.).
Some copies of post-1988 video releases from various labels/distributors, sold through Avon, carry the regular video label/distributor's logo on the face label, particularly a couple of Random House Home Video releases sold through Avon, although most post-1988 Avon releases carry no logo on the face label whatsoever. The regular video label/distributor's logo is also retained on the packaging, but the regular label/distributor's stock number is replaced with Avon's own stock number, beginning with "F.S.C." and ending with a suffix number, similar to the bracket number on the back of post-1982 Disney video releases. While most tapes sold through Avon retain the regular label/distributor's UPC codes, some tapes have the UPC code whited out, such as some Universal Studios Home Video tapes sold through Avon. Many of the company's post-1988 video releases were duplicated in SP mode, though some are in either LP or EP/SLP mode, lack previews and otherwise reuse the print masters provided by the regular video label/distributor. By the early 1990s, Avon Video Enterprises was renamed Avon Home Entertainment.
Avon never had their video releases packaged in clamshells, nor did they sell titles rated any higher than PG-13.
In late 2005, Avon exited the video business.
List of Customers
- MGM/UA Home Video (1991-1997)
- Fries Home Video (1989-1992)
- M.C.E.G. Virgin Home Entertainment (1989-1990)
- Forum Home Video (1988-1989)
- M.C.E.G. Home Video (1989-1990)
- Virgin Vision (1988-1989)
- Orion Home Video (1990-1997)
- Cannon Video (1988-1994)
- Hemdale Home Video (1991-1995)
- GoodTimes Home Video (1985-2005)
- Kids Klassics (1985-1996)
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2001-2003)
- Prism Entertainment (1988-1996)
- Trimark Home Video (1988-2001)
- Avalanche Home Entertainment (1998-2001)
- Studio Home Entertainment (2000-2001)
- Sterling Home Entertainment (1998-2001)
- Artisan Entertainment (1991-2000)
- Family Home Entertainment (1991-2000)
- Vestron Video (1991-1993)
- Hallmark Home Entertainment (1997-1998)
- Cabin Fever Entertainment (1989-1998)
- Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995-1998)
- Video Treasures (1990-1998)
- Media Home Entertainment (1990-1993)
- Burbank Video (1991-1995)
- American Video (1988-1991)
- Strand Home Video (1990-1994)
- Starmaker Entertainment (1990-1998)
- R&G Video (1990-1998)
- Video Treasures (1990-1998)
- Warner Home Video (1994-2004)
- New Line Home Entertainment (1991-2004)
- Nelson Entertainment (1988-1991)
- Turner Home Entertainment (1992-1997)
- Hanna-Barbera Home Video (1989-1992)
- HBO Home Video (1988-2004)
- WarnerVision Entertainment (1990-1997)
- Lorimar Home Video (1989)
- New Line Home Entertainment (1991-2004)
- Warner Reprise Video (1988-2004)
- Universal Studios Home Video (1991-2004)
- PolyGram Video/USA Home Entertainment (1991-1999)
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (1992-2004)
- Sony Video Software (1988-1991)
- Sony Music Entertainment (1997-2004)
- Sony Wonder (1997-2004)
- Random House Home Video (1989-2004)
- Sony Wonder (1997-2004)
- BMG Video (1988-2004)
- ClassicMedia (2001-2003)
- Golden Book Video/Golden Books Family Entertainment (1991-2001)
- Wood Knapp Video (1989-1992)
- Alpha Video Distributors (1994-1996)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (1988-2004)
- Republic Pictures Home Video (1991-1999)
- Worldvision Home Video (1986-1995)
- Republic Pictures Home Video (1991-1999)
- 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1989-2004)
- Celebrity Home Entertainment (1989-1998)
- Saban Home Entertainment (1993-1996)
- FUNimation Entertainment (1996-2004)
- York Entertainment (1992-2004)
- Dualstar Video (1993-1998)
- Academy Entertainment (1988-1994)
- PM Entertainment Group (1990-2001)
- Spartan Home Entertainment (2000-2003)
- Full Moon Releasing (1995-2002)
- First Look Home Entertainment (2000-2004)
- Capital Cities/ABC Video Publishing (1993-1996)
- ABC Video
- Summa Video
- ESPN Home Video (1988-1996)
- Rhino Home Video (1991-2004)
- Public Media/Janus Films (1988-2004)
- Image Entertainment (1998-2004)
- Kultur (1988-2004)
- Kino on Video (1989-2004)
- WinStar Home Entertainment (1997-2001)
- Fox Lorber Home Video (1990-2001)
- BWE Video (1996-2000)
- New Yorker Video (1989-2004)
- National Geographic Video (1988-2004)
- AnimEigo (1991-2004)
- Water Bearer Films (1988-2004)
- Media Blasters (1997-2004)
- Central Park Media (1991-2004)
- WWE Home Video (1997-2004)
- Coliseum Video (1988-1997)
- Major League Baseball Home Video (1991-1996)
- A&E Home Video (1993-2002)
- Goldhil Video (1995-2001)
- New Concorde (1991-2004)
- A-PIX Entertainment (1993-2002)
- Showtime Entertainment (1995-2004)
- ADV Films (1993-2004)
- Monterey Home Video (1991-2004)
- VCI Home Video (1988-2004)
- PBS Home Video (1989-2004)
- Public Arts (1989-1994)
- Acorn Video (1993-2004)
- World Wide Pictures Home Video (1988-2004)
- World Artists Home Video (1992-1996)
- MPI Home Video (1988-2004)
- The Vista Group (1988-1994)
- PPI Entertainment (1988-2004)
- New Video (1992-2004)
- J2 Communications (1988-1991)
- Screen Media Films (2002-2004)
- Trinity Home Entertainment (2002)
- Big Idea Productions (1993-2004)
- Word Entertainment (1991-1999)
- Everland Entertainment (1992-1999)
- BCI Eclipse (1991-2004)
- Simitar Entertainment (1989-2000)
- View-Master Video (1988-1995)
- Feld Entertainment (2003-2004)
- Bridgestone Multimedia Group (1988-2004)
- WGBH Boston Video (1993-2004)
- HiT Entertainment (2001-2004)
- Lyrick Studios (1989-2001)
- DEJ Productions (1998-2004)
- Trans World Entertainment (1988-1989)
- KingWorld Direct (1992-1998)
- Cloud Ten Pictures (2000-2004)
- SouthGate Entertainment (1989-1991)
- SGE Home Video (1989-1991)
- Imperial Entertainment (1988-1996)
- Xenon Entertainment Group (1989-2004)
- Fisher-Price (1988-1993)
- KVC Home Video (1989-1993)
- Barr Entertainment (1993-1995)
- Unicorn Video (1989-1990)
- Learning Corporation of America (1989-1990)
- Magnum Entertainment (1988-1992)
- Complete Entertainment (1988-1991)
- AIP Home Video (1989-1996)
- Best Film & Video Corporation (1988-2001)
- Axon Video (1989-1992)
- Edde Entertainment (1989-1998)
- Connoisseur Video Collection (1988-1994)
- Warren Miller Entertainment (1988-1994)
- New Star Video (1988-1990)
- Platinum Productions (1988-1991)
- Panorama International (1988-1996)
- Price/Stern/Sloan (1990)
- Studio Entertainment (1988-1991)
- Raedon Home Video (1988-1990)
- Arena Home Video (1990-1997)
- Al Taylor Company (1990)
- Wonderworld Cartoons (1990)
- Direct Video (1989-1990)
- First Run Features Home Video (1989-1998)
- Summit Media (1988-1992)
- Milestone Film & Video (1992-1995)
- Pioneer Entertainment (1993-2003)
- Geneon Entertainment USA (2003-2004)
- Feature Films for Families (1991-2004)
- Sinister Cinema (1989-2002)
- Wavelength Video (1992-1994)
- Something Weird Video (1991-2004)
- Leo Films Home Video (1991-1995)
- JTC, Inc. (1991-1994)
- Video Outlaw (1992-1994)
- Shanachie (1992-1999)
- Facets Video (1991-1994)
- Easyriders Home Video (1992-1994)
- Triboro Entertainment Group (1991-1997)
- Miramar Productions (1993)
- White Star Entertainment (1991-1998)
- YES! Entertainment (1990-1996)
- Coral Video (1992-1995)
- Award Films International (1991-1996)
- Tesla Memorial Society (1992-1995)
- Stardance Entertainment (1994-1996)
- Arrow Video (1993-1997)
- LMH Productions (1994-1995)
- Pyewackett Productions (1993-1995)
- Superior Promotions (1994)
- Parade Video (1989-2005)
- MTI Home Video (1989-2005)
- Boulevard Films (1994-2001)
- The Penland Company (1992-1997)
- Atlas Entertainment Corporation (1989-1992)
- Palm Pictures (1999-2005)
- Kidmark, Inc. (1988-1992)
- Voyager Entertainment (1992-2000)
- NBR Enterprises (1990-2004)
- Command Home Video (1988)
- Trylon Video (1989-1990)
- MVP Home Entertainment (1995-1999)
- Koch Vision (1999-2004)
- Eaton Entertainment (1997-2002)
- West Hills Studios (1989-1993)
- T.T.V. Video (1988-1992)
- LawrenceVision 3D (1992-1993)
- Classic Family Entertainment (1988-1990)
- Mark IV Pictures (1988-1991)
- Shine Home Entertainment (1991)
- Media West Home Video (1988-2005)
- Eagle Rock Entertainment (1997-2004)
- Sideshow Cinema (1988-1989)
- Fotodisk Video (1989-1991)
- Crocus Entertainment (1989)
- New Image Video (1989)
- Crown Video (1988-1989)
- Films for the Humanities and Sciences (1988-2005)
- The Maier Group (1990-1995)
- Lumivision (1994-2002)
- Expanded Entertainment (1993-1997)
- Haber Video (1996-2001)
- VideoTours (1989-2002)
- The Discovery Channel Video Library (1991-2005)
Trivia
- Some copies of some tapes, mostly those from Warner Home Video, such as Scooby-Doo (2002), Tom & Jerry: The Movie and Two Weeks Notice that were sold through Avon reuse video masters that preserve previews. This was also the case with the 1991 release of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer from Family Home Entertainment and The Magic School Bus Inside the Haunted House from WarnerVision Entertainment.
- Earlier Avon tapes, such as some copies of the 36th volume of Star Blazers from Kidmark, Inc. (not to be confused with the children's sub-division of Vidmark Entertainment) and The Clan of the Care Bears from Fries Home Video, were known to end with a black screen test pattern with a 400hz tone, as was common with many tapes duplicated at Technicolor in California prior to May 1989.
- Some later Avon tapes duplicated in SP mode at Technicolor in Livonia, Michigan using either industrial duplicators and/or Otari TMD systems, may have started and ended with DTMF tones, although it has yet to be confirmed.
Locations
- New York City, New York