Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Division
Industry Home entertainment
Predecessor Vidmark Entertainment
Trimark Home Video
Artisan Entertainment
Founded 1984 (as Vidmark Entertainment)
1997 (as Trimark Home Video)
2001 (as Lionsgate Home Entertainment)
Services Film distribution
Parent Lions Gate Entertainment

Lionsgate Home Entertainment is the home video and DVD distribution arm of Lions Gate Entertainment.

Background

Before LGHE was formed, the company's video releases were distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Lionsgate Films decided to create two home video labels: Avalanche Home Entertainment, which released smaller Canadian B-movies on video and DVD; and Sterling Home Entertainment (a joint venture with Scanbox International, a Danish film company), which released American low-budget movies on video and DVD in the late 1990s. In June 2000, Lions Gate purchased Trimark Pictures and its in-house home video unit. These three companies: Avalanche, Sterling, and Trimark Home Video were merged into the US distribution label Lions Gate Home Entertainment in 2001. In 2003, Lionsgate acquired Artisan Entertainment, thus expanding Lionsgate's home video library.

Its library of more than 8,000 films owes some of its size to output deals with other studios. Mainly concerned with the distribution of the Lions Gate film library, it also distributes Mattel's Barbie-branded videos, as well as Clifford the Big Red Dog videos from Scholastic, Stickin' Around videos from Nelvana, and MGA Entertainment,.[1] Lionsgate Home Entertainment also previously distributed videos from HIT Entertainment[2] and Jim Henson Home Entertainment[3] until 2012 and 2014 respectively when the respected studios made new deals with Universal Studios Home Entertainment and Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment.

In 2001, in Quebec, it was renamed Crystal Films, and in Ontario and other provinces, Maple Pictures.

Lionsgate Home Entertainment distributed DiC Entertainment's back catalogue in its early heyday on video and DVD, before distribution of this library was shifted to Shout! Factory in 2005.

Lionsgate Home Entertainment movies are released on DVD and Blu-ray as well as on the PSP.

Since 2012, LGHE started distributing Summit Entertainment releases as a result of Lionsgate acquiring that company.

Lionsgate Home Entertainment titles are currently distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,[4] Summit Entertainment releases were distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment until 2013.

On August 4, 2008, Lionsgate announced that it had completed a deal with ABC Studios to acquire the distribution rights to several shows including According to Jim, Reaper, Hope & Faith, 8 Simple Rules and Boy Meets World.[5]

Until 2012, Lions Gate also distributed most of the theatrical properties held by Republic Pictures on DVD under license from Paramount Pictures. The deal also expanded to include some non-marquee films originally released by Paramount themselves. Recently, with the folding of Republic, Lionsgate's function was transferred to Olive Films.

On February 11, 2011, Lionsgate, in conjunction with StudioCanal, made a deal with Miramax Films to distribute over 550 titles from the Miramax film library worldwide.[6][7]

TV series

Lionsgate Television

ABC Studios

E!

HiT Entertainment

Universal Television

Other series

Past names

References

  1. ↑ http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=8508
  2. ↑ Arnold, Thomas K. (March 25, 2008). "Lionsgate joins the HIT parade". The Hollywood Reporter.
  3. ↑ http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=14009&page=108
  4. ↑ Lionsgate Calms Investors With Talk About Charlie Sheen, ‘Hunger Games’ And ‘Twilight’
  5. ↑ http://homemediamagazine.com/news/lionsgate-distribute-select-disney-shows-13270
  6. ↑ http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9LALCDG3.htm
  7. ↑ "Lionsgate, Studiocanal and Miramax Enter Into Home Entertainment Distribution Agreements". Yahoo! Finance. February 11, 2011.

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