CBS Home Entertainment
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| Formerly | CBS Video Enterprises, Inc. (1980–1982) CBS Video (1980–2006) MGM/CBS Home Video(1980–1982) CBS/Fox Video(1982–2000) |
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| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Home entertainment |
| Founded | January 1980 |
| Founder | Cy Leslie |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Parent | Paramount Home Entertainment |
| Website | CBS Home Entertainment website |
CBS Home Entertainment(formerlyCBS Video Enterprises, Inc.,MGM/CBS Home Video,CBS/Fox VideoandCBS Video,currently branded asCBS DVDfor DVD releases andCBS Blu-rayforBlu-rayreleases) distributes films and television shows produced by theCBS Entertainment Groupand is a division label ofParamount Home Entertainmentthat releases content from the CBS library (CBS Studios,CBS Media Ventures,CBS News,and their predecessor companies) on home media.
History
[edit]CBS,Inc. established a home video arm, CBS Video Enterprises (CVE), in January 1980 withCy Leslieas chairman.
In 1980, CVE formed a joint venture withMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer(MGM), calledMGM/CBS Home Videowhich licensed the film library of MGM for release on home videocassette, following the early leads ofParamount Home Videoand20th Century Fox'sMagnetic Videodivision. In addition to the MGM film library, the company released output fromCBS News,CBS Records,theCBStelevision network,CBS Theatrical Films,and the motion picture division ofLorimar.
By 1981,MGM/CBShad expanded fromVHSandBetamaxtoRCA'sCEDsystem as well. Also that year, CBS Video Enterprises handled distribution of its five titles bySamuel Goldwyn Home Entertainmentin conjunction with MGM/CBS.[1]In 1982,CBSwithdrew from the MGM joint venture. The MGM/CBS company reorganized intoMGM/UA Home Video.
A short time later, CBS purchased a stake in 20th Century Fox's home video operation, and formedCBS/Fox Video.The new company reissued many of CBS' properties issued under the CBS/Fox label, in addition to films under the 20th Century Fox banner. Two specialty labels,Key Video,andPlayhouse Video,were also created.
The CBS/Fox joint venture was reorganized in 1990, with Key Video and Playhouse Video ceasing operations, and Fox Video was created to release the mainstream output of 20th Century Fox.CBScontinued to issue their product and programming under the Fox Video label until 1998, and utilized the CBS/Fox label forBBC Videoin the United States until these rights expired on June 30, 2000 and wasn't renewed. On June 28, 2000, BBC Worldwide Americas announced a new partnership withWarner Home Videothat would begin effectively on July 1, 2000, excluding the release ofWalking with Dinosaurs,which was instead transferred over from CBS/Fox to Warner on September 1, 2000.[2]In 2001, CBS/Fox Video was folded into 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (now called20th Century Home Entertainment,part ofWalt Disney Studios Home Entertainment,since 2020).
After CBS was acquired byViacomin 2000, Viacom subsidiaryParamount Home Entertainmentbecame CBS Video/DVD's distributor. Both companies were split again on December 31, 2005, but they were still controlled byNational Amusements.CBS CorporationformedCBS Home Entertainmentas a new home entertainment arm in 2007.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainmentwon the right to release material from the newly formed incarnation ofCBS Filmsbeginning in 2010, under license from CBS Home Entertainment; five years later,Lionsgate Home Entertainmentsucceeded Sony Pictures Home Entertainment as CBS Films' home media distributor.
Most less-demanded CBS programs are either released on manufactured-on-demand DVDs by CBS itself or licensed toVisual Entertainment Inc.
CBS andViacomre-mergedon December 4, 2019, forming ViacomCBS (nowParamount Global).
References
[edit]- ^"Goldwyn Indie Video Label"(PDF).Billboard.1981-06-06. p. 6.Retrieved2022-01-07.
- ^"BBC Worldwide Americas And Warner Home Video Announce Distribution Deal"(Press release). Burbank, CA and New York, NY: BBC Worldwide Americas and Warner Home Video. 28 Jun 2000.