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Later that year, Time Warner Entertainment announced its plan to spin-off the company to president Stuart Hersch, who is planning on to revert to the '''A*Vision Entertainment''' name. The following year, the plans were cancelled, and distribution of WMG's general entertainment titles, including the WarnerVision library, and its contracts with Rhino Home Video and Lightyear Entertainment, moved from Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation to Warner Home Video, and laid off staff.

WarnerVision would soon lose its contracts of the Saban titles to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in late 1996, the ''Kidsongs'' titles to [[Sony Music Entertainment]] in 1997, and the Penthouse titles to Image Entertainment in 1999. The company became an in-name only unit of WMG in order to continue producing ''Real Wheels'' and ''The Magic School Bus'' videos. The company shifted its focus on only doing music titles again.

WarnerVision would soon lose its contracts of the Saban titles to 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in late 1996, the ''Kidsongs'' titles to [[Sony Music Entertainment]] in 1997, and the Penthouse titles to Image Entertainment in 1999. The company became an in-name only unit of WMG in order to continue producing ''Real Wheels'' and ''The Magic School Bus'' videos. The company shifted its focus on only doing music titles again. In 2002, WMG purchased Word Entertainment, and as a result, for two years, before Big Idea was sold to Classic Media, WEA and Warner Home Video shared distribution of Big Idea's titles, which reunited WEA with WHV since the latter parted ways with the former in the mid-1990s.

In 2004, Warner Music Group was split from AOL Time Warner, in 2006, the label became '''Warner Music Entertainment''', consolidating together Atlantic and Elektra's labels together, alongside DVD producer The Rights Company.