| Type | Subsidiary of 20th Century Fox |
|---|---|
| Industry | Home video |
| Founded | 1976[1] |
| Headquarters | Century City, Los Angeles |
| Key people | Mike Dunn (President) Simon Swart (EVP) |
| Products | Home video |
| Owner(s) | News Corporation |
| Parent | 20th Century Fox News Corporation |
| Website | foxconnect.com |
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of the 20th Century Fox film studio. It was established in 1976 as Magnetic Video Corporation, and later as 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video and FoxVideo, Inc.. The company also is best known for distributing the two highest-grossing films of all time, Titanic and Avatar.
CBS/Fox became Fox Video in 1991, alternating with the CBS/Fox name until 1998. It was re-named as 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in 1995, alternating with the Fox Video name until 1999.
They serve as a UK distributor for French film distributor, Pathé and their film library for VHS/DVD release while Warner Bros. handles theatrical distribution as of 2010. Fox also distributed Yari Film Group DVD titles in North America.
They also distribute Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists DVD titles worldwide under the MGM Home Entertainment label since MGM ended their home video agreement with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, with the exception of certain MGM/UA/Columbia TriStar co-productions (in such cases, SPHE continues to own domestic video rights). Fox's worldwide distribution deal with MGM was due to expire in September 2011, but was renewed and extended on April 13, 2011 and will due to expire in 2016) as well as Largo Entertainment among others. Fox's best selling DVD titles are currently the various season box sets of The Simpsons.[2] g] They also once served as the U.S. distributor for television and/or movie products released by the BBC from the 1980s to the 1990s, but those U.S. distribution rights expired at the end of 1999, and were then given to Warner Home Video.
They also distributed The Magic School Bus videos from 1999 to 2002 while the series was aired on Fox.
Roadshow Home Video had distributed the titles in New Zealand.
Out of all the Fox Kids programs in the United States sold to The Walt Disney Company, Goosebumps is one of the very few Fox Kids shows that was not sold to Disney and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment still holds the Home entertainment distribution rights to release them on DVD since 1995.
They will also distribute Own-produced movies and English-dubbed Japanese Anime films dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment releases on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States as the company has a deal with The CW4Kids and 4Kids TV, since its Saturday Morning block was first aired on Fox.
In 2007, the company began releasing its titles on Blu-ray Disc, with Universal Studios doing it in 2008, which both of them will become the last remaining major Hollywood studios to enter the high-definition home video market.