Talk:Allied Vaughn

Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc.

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 January 1989, and StarMaker Entertainment, acquired by the Handleman Company in 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.), 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 "Jim" A. Merkle, the chief executive officer and president of Allied at the time, denied any difficulties.

"Anchor Bay is thrilled with what we're doing," he says. "I talk to them all the time. It has been a smooth transition."

Ironically, Merkle resigned on November 6, 1995.

IMHO, Anchor Bay should've extended their contract with Technicolor Video Services, as opposed to terminating the contract. Either that, or they should've moved to Rank Video Services America (just like how the CBS/Fox Company, later known as 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., moved to Rank Video Services America from Technicolor following the Rank Organization's acquisition of Deluxe Laboratories from the 20th Century Fox Film Corporation in mid-1990). 69.85.235.224 15:34, 24 October 2023 (UTC)