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Line 1: Video Treasures was a home video distributor founded in March 1985 by George Port. Initially, the company distributed public domain titles, including cartoon compilations. In the spring of 1987, the company started licensing agreements with many motion picture and television companies and home video distributors, such as [[Vestron Video]], [[Media Home Entertainment]], Color Systems Technology, Active Home Video, Orion Pictures Corporation, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Virgin Vision, Trans World Entertainment, Hal Roach Studios, Saban International, United Home Video, etc. From the start of the company to 1989, its releases were sold through Video Cassette Sales, a division of Handleman Company. In early 1989, Handleman Company acquired full ownership of Video Treasures for $10 million. Line 5: In April 1991, Video Treasures became the parent label of Burbank Video. In April 1992, Video Treasures acquired MNTex Entertainment. Media Home Entertainment, established in 1978 by Charles Band and acquired by Heron International in 1984, ceased ~~final~~ operations in ~~the late summer of~~ 1993. During the time, the label's final set of titles on videotape were being distributed by [[The CBS/Fox Company]], while LaserDisc releases were distributed by Image Entertainment. In the meantime, ~~its~~the label's library and assets were sold to Video Treasures. In May 1995, both Starmaker Entertainment and Video Treasures were merged ~~into~~to form Anchor Bay Entertainment. The name, "Anchor Bay" originated from a school district based in Michigan, where Handleman Company was also based in. Both labels remained in use until the summer of 1998. == Under the Video Treasures label ==

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