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- In 1980, amid the growth of the home video industry, WCI Home Video was renamed Warner Home Video to distribute on video the film and television library of Warner Bros. Studios, and when Time Warner acquired them, programs from other Time Warner companies.
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It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (as a division of Warner Communications, Inc.). The company launched in the United States with twenty films on Betamax and VHS videocassettes in late 1979. The company later expanded its line to include additional titles throughout 1979 and 1980.
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The company currently releases titles from the film and television library of Warner Bros. as well as programs from other Warner Bros. Discovery companies, including Warner Bros. Discovery US Networks, CNN Global, HBO, New Line Cinema (along with the Fine Line Features label), DC Comics, Telepictures, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network, Otter Media (no...
Currently in North America, distribution is handled by Studio Distribution Services, LLC., a joint venture between WBHE and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Since March 2016, WBHE also licenses certain titles, many are catalog, independent and arthouse films such as Barry Lyndon, Dreams, Blowup and some others to The Criterion Collection. WBH...
In 1981, Warner Home Video released United Artists titles on video overseas. This deal was extended up to 2000 via its deal with MGM-Pathe. After MGM Home Entertainment's deals with Sony and Disney's 20th Century Studios Home Entertainmentexpired on June 30, 2020, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment returned as a current distributor of some MGM librari...
From 1999, Warner Home Video distributed select Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures and Miramax films on DVD in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Benelux, and Sweden under license from Buena Vista Home Entertainment. This deal ended in 2002 after Disney started distributing its own films on DVD. Despite the deal, n...
In 1996, Warner Home Video had reached a deal on releasing Twister, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Maverick, The Fugitive and three Batman films in China through Shenzen Advanced Science Enterprise Group. In 2005, Warner Home Video also operated a joint venture distribution unit in China with China Audio Video (CAV) kno...
Warner Bros. kicked off their debut into home video in the late '70s under their Warner Communications, Inc. video division. These videos were in large gatefold cardboard boxes resembling books carrying the "W" logo above and the "WCI Home Video" banner on VHS and Beta.
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, Inc. (doing business as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment; formerly known as Warner Home Video and WCI Home Video and sometimes credited as Warner Home Entertainment) is the home video distribution division of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1978 as WCI...
May 22, 2024 · Background. In 1980, amid the growth of the home video industry, WCI Home Video was renamed Warner Home Video to distribute on video the film and television library of Warner Bros. Studios, and when Time Warner acquired them, programs from other Time Warner companies.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the home entertainment division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself part of Warner Bros. Discovery (formerly "Time Warner" and later "WarnerMedia"), first started off in 1980 as Warner Home Video (initially as "WCI Home Video"; "WCI" stood for "Warner Communications, Inc.") to distribute on video the film and t...
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (formerly known as WCI Home Video and Warner Home Video) is the home video distribution arm of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Time Warner. Founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (standing for Warner Communications, Inc. ), the company primarily releases titles from the film and television library of Warner Bros ...
