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The home video business distributes films, telemovies and television series in the form of videos in various formats to the public. These are either bought or rented, then watched privately from the comfort of home by consumers. Most theatrically released films are now released on DVD-Video, replacing the largely obsolete VHS (Video Home System) medium. The VCD format remains popular in Asia, though DVDs are gradually gaining popularity. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...
A television movie (also TV movie, TV-movie, made-for-TV movie, etc. ...
A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...
Video (Latin for I see, first person singular present, indicative of videre, to see) is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion. ...
The DVD-Video format logo. ...
Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed Top view of VHS cassette with front casing removed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS is a recording and playing standard for analog video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) and launched...
Video CD (aka VCD, VideoCD, View CD, Compact Disc digital video) is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. ...
Prior to the advent of home video in the late 1970s, most feature films were inaccessible after their theatrical runs, only viewable in re-releases and television broadcasts. Home video release usually follows five or six months after the theatrical release, although recently more films have been arriving on video after three or four months. A time period is often allowed to elapse between the end of theatrical release and the DVD/VHS release, as an effort to discourage piracy, or at least minimize the effect of piracy on the profitability of the theatrical release. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Many TV programs are now also available in complete seasons on DVD. It has become popular practice for defunct TV shows to be released to DVD one season a time every few months, and active shows to be released on DVD after the end of each season. Prior to the television DVDs, most television shows were only viewable in syndication, or on limited 'best of' VHS releases of selected episodes. In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ...
These copyrighted movies and programs have legal restrictions on them preventing them from (amongst other things) being shown in public venues, shown to other people for money, or copied for other than fair use purposes (although even this is questionable now: see below). For fair use in trademark law, see Fair use (US trademark law). ...
There is great controversy about recent attempts to increase protections for rights owners using technical means such as Macrovision and CSS, and by the enactment of laws such as the DMCA, at the expense of consumers' fair use rights. Macrovision is a company that creates electronic copy prevention schemes, established in 1983. ...
Content Scramble System (CSS) is an encryption system used on some DVDs. ...
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a controversial United States copyright law which criminalizes production and dissemination of technology that can circumvent measures taken to protect copyright, not merely infringement of copyright itself, and heightens the penalties for copyright infringement on the Internet. ...
Major United States players in the home video business include Blockbuster Video and Netflix. Blockbuster video store This article is about the chain of video stores. ...
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), established in 1998, is the largest online DVD rental service, offering flat rate rental-by-mail to customers in the United States. ...
List of notable home video companies The following companies are some of the notable organizations involved the business of producing and marketing pre-recorded cassettes and discs of various formats.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Video) is a home video company founded in 1981. ...
This article is about the film studio. ...
This page is about the post-2005 Viacom. ...
MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network headquartered in New York City. ...
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1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: NWS, LSE: NCRA) is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ...
20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ...
Magnetic Video was a home video/audio duplication service established by Andre Blay in 1967 and based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. ...
CBS/Fox Video was a home video company formed and established in 1982. ...
CBS/Fox Video was a home video company formed and established in 1982. ...
CBS/Fox Video was a home video company formed and established in 1982. ...
Lions Gate Films is a Canadian film production and distribution company that is currently the largest and most successful independent film distributor/studio in North America. ...
Artisan Entertainment was a privately held independent American movie studio that has been owned by Lions Gate Entertainment since 2003. ...
Vestron Video was a company based in Millford, CT that was active from the early 1980s to mid-1990s. ...
Family Home Entertainment (FHE) is an American home video company, founded in 1982, which releases childrens and family-oriented programming, most notably the popular 1980s Marvel/Sunbow television series The Transformers, G.I. Joe, Jem, as well as ThunderCats, the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series,Gumby, and...
The Carolco Pictures logo. ...
Time Warner Inc. ...
HBO (Home Box Office) is an American premium cable television network. ...
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New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the major American film studios. ...
Lorimar Productions was a American television production company, active from 1968-1993. ...
Turner Entertainment Company was established August 4, 1986 to oversee Turner Broadcastings film library after its acquisition of MGM/UA. In addition to the studio, Turner got its library, which included all of MGMs films, Warner Bros. ...
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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...
The Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group is a collection of affiliated motion picture studios, all subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company. ...
Walt Disney Home Entertainment (previously known as Walt Disney Home Video) is a home video company founded in 1980 and is currently a division of The Walt Disney Company. ...
The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...
Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films in its early years) is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. ...
The Hollywood Pictures sphinx logo Hollywood Pictures is one of The Walt Disney Companys several alternate movie labels. ...
Saban Entertainment was an independent television production company formed in 1983 by music and television producers Haim Saban and Shuki Levy as Saban Records, a U.S. subsidiary of Saban International Paris (now SIP Animation) who provided music soundtracks to shows made by other companies (most notably DIC). ...
Miramax Films is a film production and distribution brand that was a Big Ten film motion picture distribution and production company headquartered in New York City before being bought out by The Walt Disney Company. ...
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, formerly known as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, and Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment (1978-)
- Sony Wonder (1984-2007)
Sony Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation and one of the worlds largest media conglomerates with revenue of $68. ...
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video, DVD, and UMD distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. ...
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MGM/CBS Home Video was the joint venture between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and CBS Video Enterprises. ...
The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ...
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Sony Wonder logo Sony Wonder was the childrens music and home video arm of Sony BMG Music Entertainment. ...
NBC Universal is a media and entertainment conglomerate formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electrics NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment, part of Vivendi Universal. ...
Universal Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Video or MCA/Universal Home Video) is a home video company founded in 1979. ...
NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...
PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. ...
Heron Communications Media Home Entertainment was a home video company headquartered in Los Angeles, California and established in 1978 as MEDA. The company released many videos from 1978 until 1992 , which were mainly various independent films and some films from the Cannon Films library. ...
The Weinstein Company is an independent American film studio founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979. ...
The Weinstein Company is an independent American film studio founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979. ...
Dimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. ...
Others Golden Book Videos are a series of children’s animated videos with short stories based on characters and plots from Little Golden Books and other children’s literature. ...
Simitar Entertainment Inc. ...
Video Treasures was a home video distributor of the 1980s, specialising in B-movies and classic films. ...
PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ...
BBC Video is a video company of the United Kingdom and United States. ...
The DiC Incredible World logo used from late 2001 to present. ...
Random House is a publishing division of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann based in New York City. ...
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The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries. ...
CBS Home Entertainment (formerly CBS Video Enterprises) is the home video entertainment arm of CBS, Inc. ...
CBS Video Enterprises was the home video entertainment arm of CBS, Inc. ...
MGM/CBS Home Video was the joint venture between Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and CBS Video Enterprises. ...
CBS/Fox Video was a home video company formed and established in 1982. ...
Strand VCI Entertainment was a company that specialized in direct-to-video releases of childrens entertainment. ...
The second Strand company started in 1993 including Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ...
The new HIT Entertainment logo, introduced in June 2006. ...
Celebrity Home Entertainment (also known as Celebrity Home Video, and simply Celebrity Video) was a home video distributor specializing in mostly obscure material from around the world, although they also released some material that was very famous at the time of its original release (such as BraveStarr). ...
Outside of the United States
Communications and Entertainment Limited was an Australian home video cassette distributor in the 1980s. ...
Video Classics logo Video Classics was one of the first major Home Video Distributors in Australia. ...
The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries. ...
The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries. ...
Intervision refers to: Intervision Network Eastern European equivalent of the Eurovision Network, shorter version of the name International Radio and Television Organisation (OIRT) Intervision Song Contest organised by the above mentioned organisation. ...
Vestron Video International was a worldwide VHS video distributor during the 1980s and 1990s. ...
RCA, formerly an acronym for the Radio Corporation of America, is now a trademark owned by Thomson SA through RCA Trademark Management S.A., a company owned by Thomson. ...
The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ...
Current Logo of Hoyts Cinemas Australia introduced in Jan 2007 Hoyts is an Australian chain of cinema multiplexes. ...
Videoscopes or Video Borescopes A flexible Videoscope or Video Borescope is an advanced type of borescope that houses a very small CCD chip embedded into the tip of the scope. ...
Syme (also Symes, Simes, and see Sime) is a surname, and may refer to David Syme David Syme (pianist) Ebenezer Syme George Adlington Syme Hugh Syme James Syme Jennifer Syme Ronald Syme, New Zealand classical scholar Bob Symes Brad Symes Cyril Symes Devina Symes Dimitri K. Simes Syme, place name...
- A and Y Productions (2003-now)
- HGV Video Productions (1980-Present, Canadian distributor of Goodtimes Home Video)
- Astral Video (Mid 1980s-1996)
- Vidtex Video
- Media West, Inc. (Low-budget Canadian counterpart of Worldvision Home Video)
- Alliance Releasing
- Video MPA
- Junior Home Video
- Imavision
- BFS Video (distributor of old BBC and ITV programs from the UK)
- La mouche et l'elephant/PR Vidéo (French-language)
- ISMAHEL DUROMOLA RECORDING STUDIO.....(Arabic- Langauage)
HGV Video Productions Inc. ...
- Magnum Video (no relation to the low-budget B-movie label now owned by Lions Gate)
- Nordic Video
- Capitol Video (released several films from the former Soviet Union)
- StudioCanal Video
- Gaumont/Columbia-TriStar Home Video
- Delta Video
- UGC Video
- Fil-à-Film
- New Family Video
- TF1 Video
- Carrére Video
- Sunrise
- Initial Home Video
- Mondial Home Video
- Régie Cassette Video
- Challenge Video Productions
StudioCanal (aka Le Studio Canal, Canal Plus, Canal + Distribution, and Canal+ Image S.A.), is a French-based production and distribution company that owns the third-largest film library in the world. ...
Gaumont Pictures were founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont (1864-1946). ...
TriStar Pictures is a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, itself a subdivision of Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, which is owned by Sony Pictures. ...
- Kiddinx Video
- RTL Video
- VPS Video Programm Service
- Atlas Film Video
- AGM Home Video
- Hellas Kosmos Video
- Hi-Tech Video
- Original Video
- Video Acropolis
- Video City International
- Videosonic (one of the biggest Greek home video companies, started in the mid-1980s)
- Bandai Visual - Emotion (1983-)
- Toei Home Video (?-Present)
- Pony Video (dates unknown)
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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Toei Animation. ...
- Televisa Home Entertainment (dates unknown)
- Converge Video (1980s)
- Video Classics
- Video Screen
- Eagle 6 Video
- Bridge Entertainment DVD
- Video Classics
- Video Garant
Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy - Queen Beatrix - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War - Declared July 26, 1581 - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain...
- Nu Metro Home Entertainment (1987-)
- Ster-Kinekor Home Video (1993-)
Ster Kinekor is a South Africa-based cinema (movie theatre) company. ...
- Filmax Home Video (1988-Present)
- Video Diversíon (Mid-1980s)
- Lauren Films Video (1980s-Present)
- Baroness VideoVision
- International Promotions, Inc.
- PRT Elektronik
- Trix Videofilmer
- Video Invest
- Videce Videocentralen
- Video Gems (Mid 1980s-1996)
- Guild Home Video (1984-?)
- Telstar Home Entertainment (2000s)
- BBC Video (1980-)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video
- Acorn Media
- The Video Collection/VCI (the original UK version of Strand VCI Entertainment/Strand Home Video)
- Abbey Home Entertainment/Tempo Video
- Screen Legends
- CIC Video
- Braveworld Video
- Virgin Video
- Channel 5 Video
- Pickwick Video Distributors
- Entertainment in Video
- Magical Video Movies (MVM)
- Vestron Video International
- First Choice Home Video
- Odyssey Home Video
- Palace Video (unrelated to the Australian company of the same name, this handled children's videos)
- DD Video
Video Gems, which on occasion also marketed its product under the name TV Gems, was a prominent video label in the UK from the 1980s until it went bankrupt in April 1996. ...
BBC Video is a video company of the United Kingdom and United States. ...
Strand VCI Entertainment was a company that specialized in direct-to-video releases of childrens entertainment. ...
The second Strand company started in 1993 including Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ...
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Pre-Certs After the passage of the Video Recordings (Labelling) Act of 1985 in the United Kingdom, videotapes and other video recordings without a certification symbol from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) on their covers - or on the tapes themselves - were no longer allowed to be sold or displayed by rental shops. These tapes are called "Pre-Certs" (e.g, Pre-certification tapes). Recently these tapes have generated a cult following, due to their collectability. British Board of Film Classification logo The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), originally British Board of Film Censors, is the organisation responsible for film and some video game classification and censorship within the United Kingdom. ...
This article does not discuss cult in its original sense of religious practice; for that usage see Cult (religious practice). ...
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