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== Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc. == |
== Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc. == |
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I never understood why '''Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.''' (a subsidiary of the '''Handleman Company''' formed in mid-May 1995 through a merger between '''Video Treasures, Inc.''', acquired by the Handleman Company in early January 1989, and '''StarMaker Entertainment''', acquired by the Handleman Company in mid-July 1994) secured an agreement on June 16, 1995 to move its videocassette duplicator from Technicolor Videocassette, Inc., dba Technicolor Video Services, to the '''Allied Digital Technologies Corp.''' (formed on January 11, 1995 through a merger between '''Allied Film Laboratory Inc.''', dba '''Allied Film & Video Services''', and the '''HMG Digital Technologies Corp.''', formerly known as the '''Hauppauge Manufacturing Group'''), with the switchover being finalized in mid-July 1995. According to an issue of Billboard Magazine dated October 21, 1995, trouble ensued when the switchover was finalized. Allied was not prepared for the numerous, but smaller runs of Anchor Bay releases and fell several months behind schedule. Vehemently, James |
I never understood why '''Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.''' (a subsidiary of the '''Handleman Company''' formed in mid-May 1995 through a merger between '''Video Treasures, Inc.''', acquired by the Handleman Company in early January 1989, and '''StarMaker Entertainment''', acquired by the Handleman Company in mid-July 1994) secured an agreement on June 16, 1995 to move its videocassette duplicator from Technicolor Videocassette, Inc., dba Technicolor Video Services, to the '''Allied Digital Technologies Corp.''' (formed on January 11, 1995 through a merger between '''Allied Film Laboratory Inc.''', dba '''Allied Film & Video Services''', and the '''HMG Digital Technologies Corp.''', formerly known as the '''Hauppauge Manufacturing Group'''), with the switchover being finalized in mid-July 1995. According to an issue of Billboard Magazine dated October 21, 1995, trouble ensued when the switchover was finalized. Allied was not prepared for the numerous, but smaller runs of Anchor Bay releases and fell several months behind schedule. Vehemently, James A. Merkle, the chief executive officer and president of Allied at the time, denied any difficulties. |
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"Anchor Bay is thrilled with what we're doing," he says. "I talk to them all the time. It has been a smooth transition." |
"Anchor Bay is thrilled with what we're doing," he says. "I talk to them all the time. It has been a smooth transition." |
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