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- Disney latched onto that in 1980, first with Sony and then on their own with Walt Disney Home Video.
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Walt Disney Home Video is a discontinued video line launched to release Disney animated features on home video. This was done by a division of the same name under the parent Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company (WDTNT). As an entity, the name Walt Disney Home Video is now known as Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.
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Buena Vista Home Entertainment should not be confused with Disney's similarly named but separate business units Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (theatrical film distributor for the Walt Disney Company), Buena Vista Theatrical Productions (producer of live musicals), and the Disney Music Group(record label distributor). Walt Disney Studios Home ...
MCA DiscoVision releases
Before Disney began releasing home video titles itself, it licensed some titles to MCA DiscoVision for their newly-developed disc format, later called LaserDisc. According to the Blam Entertainment Group website, which has extensive details of DiscoVision releases, only seven Disney titles were actually released on DiscoVision. One of these was the feature film Kidnapped. The others were compilations of Disney shorts. The first titles released in 1978 included: On Vacation with Mickey Mouse a...
Walt Disney Home Video releases
In 1980, Disney established its own video distribution operation as part of the Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company(WDTNT) with Jim Jimirro as its first president. Home video was not considered to be a major market by Disney at the time. WDTNT also handled the marketing of other miscellaneous ancillary items such as short 8 mm films for home use.
First releases on Beta and VHS
Disney's first releases on tape were 13 titles that were licensed for rental to Fotomat on March 4, 1980, initially in a four-city test (Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, and San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose), to be expanded nationwide by the end of 1980. The agreement specified rental fees ranging from $7.95 to $13.95. This first batch of titles on VHS and Beta included 10 live action movies: Pete's Dragon (#10), The Black Hole (#11), The Love Bug (#12), Escape to Witch Mountain (#13), Davy Croc...
Disney DVD is the brand name under which Buena Vista Home Entertainment releases its Disney-branded motion pictures. In 1997, Disney began releasing titles on DVD, with VHS releases phased out after Bambi II was released in early 2006 (LaserDiscs were phased out by 1999, with Inspector Gadget being the final Disney release on the format). The brand...
Disney Blu-ray is the brand name under which Buena Vista Home Entertainment releases its Disney-branded motion pictures in High-Definition. In late 2006/early 2007, Disney began releasing titles, like the Pirates of the Caribbean films and the National Treasure films, on Blu-ray Disc. Beginning with the first Diamond Edition in 2009, the most popul...
While Disney releases their products internationally, several parties also release them internationally. 1. In the United Kingdom, Disney releases were originally released by Rank Video before forming Buena Vista Home Video UK in 1988. The latter was renamed Buena Vista Home Entertainment UK with the VHS release of The Aristocatsin March 1995 until...
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on WikipediaIn February 2024, Disney entered into a home video distribution agreement with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, in which Sony would handle all physical media production and distribution for Disney's home entertainment assets in North America, ending an era for a 46-year physical media distribution operation but its production will continue.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is the division of The Walt Disney Company that distributes videos of movies to be played in the home. Disney began distributing videos under its own label in 1979 under the name Walt Disney Home Video.
In the early 1980s, as the home video market began to emerge, the Walt Disney Company was reluctant to release its classic animated movies for home use. The video market began primarily as a rental business, and later moved to sales.
Aug 19, 2023 · Pop Culture. The Evolution of the Disney Home Video. Date: August 19, 2023 Author: Eli Sanza 0 Comments. One of the most important things Disney did in the 1970s was enter the home video market.
Milton, Washington, Hawthorne & Peabody, 1994. Disney (Walt Disney Company)When it was founded in 1923, Walt Disney Productions consisted of a small cracker-box studio in Hollywood housing a small group of creative artists headed by a young visionary who had recently arrived from the Midwest to produce cartoons for the movies.
