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69-525: It was released by Shout! Factory on Region 1 DVD on September 6, 2022, as part of Shout! Factory’s new partnership with Hasbro . It originally was teased to be released in 2019. This is the second Super Sentai series to be officially released in North America that does not have a Power Rangers counterpart. The first one released was Chōjin Sentai Jetman , which was the series that came out

138-466: A 20th Anniversary set and have continued to put out box sets of episodes never before released on DVD. In 2009, Shout! reached another milestone when it struck a deal with toy and board game company Hasbro , releasing the original Transformers and G.I. Joe animated-series box sets. That same year, it released the first My Little Pony DVD, My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Collection . Shout! continued to release several Hasbro properties, including

207-550: A Blu-Ray release of Pee-Wee's Playhouse and The Jeffersons . On May 8, 2014, Shout! announced their acquisition of the rights to WKRP in Cincinnati , with the intention of restoring all four seasons of the show "complete" (i.e. complete as legally possible) with their original musical scores. The 2014 release was a monumental event for fans of the show since the original DVD release in 2007 had been mired in squabbles regarding music rights. That same year, Shout! became

276-823: A carryover from the PolyGram Video days, but UPHE operates a joint venture in Australia , New Zealand and Scandinavia with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment called Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The venture distributes UPHE and SPHE titles on home media in those countries and also licensed anime series and films from the anime library of NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan , the Japanese division of UPHE's sister company, Universal Pictures International Entertainment, formerly known as Pioneer LDC from 1981 to 2003, Geneon Entertainment from 2003 to 2009 and Geneon Universal Entertainment from 2009 to very late 2013,

345-706: A company named Studio Distribution Services, LLC. Internationally, Universal will distribute Warner Bros.' titles in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan; while Warner will distribute Universal's titles in the United Kingdom, Italy and Benelux. On April 7, 2020, the European Commission approved the merger. Since June 1, 2021, SDS' logo took the UPHE logo's place on the back covers of the home releases; while there have been several exceptions that had

414-579: A deal with Sesame Workshop to distribute the Sesame Street home video library, taking over from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment . In February 2021, Shout! Factory made a deal with animation studio Laika to release their films on home entertainment in the US. This deal includes Laika's first four films, originally released by Focus Features , as well as brand new bonus material and packaging for each release. In February 2022, Shout! Factory acquired

483-613: A distribution agreement with Universal, whereby the latter will distribute the former's titles overseas, particularly the territories where Paramount holds an office. The deal began on July 1, 2015, in the United Kingdom . Universal continued to distribute Paramount's DVDs and Blu-rays out of the United States and Canada until 2020. With the distributor change for Universal's titles in the UK, Paramount Home Entertainment signed

552-464: A distribution deal formed by the two companies. Retropolis Entertainment was founded in April 2002 by Bob Emmer, Garson Foos, and Richard Foos, three principals from Rhino Records , as the company was negotiating with the five majors for distribution. After selling Rhino to Warner Bros. , the three set out to launch a new retro pop culture label. The company's first product was Red, White & Rock ,

621-466: A garden of Sidon Flowers which they brought from planet Sidon. The Silver Imperial Unit Zone ( 銀帝軍ゾーン , Ginteigun Zōn ) is an alien army plotting to rule the entire Milky Way, it flies across universe attacking worlds with its Galactic Warriors. Earth will be its 1,000th destroyed planet, at which point Meadow will gain eternal life. They operate from their ship Vulgyre and can send smaller battleships called Vulgols ( バルゴール , Barugōru ) . They use

690-470: A horror label called Scream Factory, specializing in classic and cult horror films on discs such as Halloween II , Halloween III: Season of the Witch , They Live , The Howling , Lifeforce , Deadly Eyes , and others. The horror titles, both new and old, were licensed from major studios such as MGM , Fox , and Universal . In mid-June 2012, Shout! and Fred Seibert acquired Video Time Machine,

759-491: A horror sub-label called Scream Factory, specializing in classic and cult horror films such as Halloween II , Halloween III: Season of the Witch , They Live , The Howling , Lifeforce , The Return of the Living Dead , and others being released to DVD and Blu-ray. In July 2020, Shout! Factory announced to have struck a multi-year deal with Alliance Entertainment and Mill Creek Entertainment that granted them

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828-505: A joint release with PBS station WQED-TV that was produced with Warner Strategic Marketing . In August 2002, Retropolis acquired Biograph Records . Other early releases included blues and jazz CDs from the Biograph label, a Fats Domino CD and DVD, and several documentaries ( Superstar: The Life And Times of Andy Warhol , What Happened To Kerouac? ). Retropolis was renamed Shout! Factory in April 2003. At that time, Shout had signed

897-491: A minority stake in the company was taken by Cinedigm , while extending their home entertainment platform distribution agreement. Cinedigm and Shout would then relaunch the Factory's streaming service and cross market each other streaming services. On November 10, 2015, Shout! announced that it had acquired the rights to Mystery Science Theater 3000 from Best Brains Inc. and launched a "Bring Back MST3K" Kickstarter with

966-534: A multi-year deal with Columbia-TriStar Home Video to allow the latter to distribute Universal DVDs outside North America, although a few years later, Universal started self-distributing all of its DVDs internationally. For a short time, Universal also distributing titles from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment on VHS between 2002 and 2003. In the Netherlands , UPHE used to distribute most DVDs of films released theatrically by Independent Films , although this

1035-628: A new UK home entertainment distribution deal with StudioCanal UK and Lionsgate UK 's Elevation Sales on July 14, 2020, that began in January 2021. Along with the announcement of the Universal/Warner Bros. NA physical home media joint-venture, Universal announced that they would begin distributing Warner Bros. titles in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan in the third quarter of 2020 through home video, while Warner Bros. announced that they would begin distributing Universal titles in

1104-492: A press and distribution agreement with Sony Music Entertainment . In 2004, Shout! released Freaks and Geeks on DVD, the first television series released on DVD for the company. With 18 episodes, it became one of the most expensive DVDs to produce, costing over a million dollars in music licensing. That same year, they released William Shatner's album Has Been and SCTV box sets. In 2004, Shout! Factory released an expanded two-disc version of Jim Croce 's first record,

1173-564: A select number of its titles in Australia and New Zealand through Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia. In September 2018, Funimation transferred distribution to Madman Entertainment , with Madman handling distribution and classification within the region. On October 3, 2014, Universal established global headquarters for its home video division in Los Angeles. At the start of 2015, Paramount Home Entertainment signed

1242-601: A year and genre media-based iOS app, from Original Victories Inc. In July 2013, Shout! Factory acquired the U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to the ITC Entertainment library as part of a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment . In 2014, the success Shout! was having with complete-series box sets of such series as All in the Family , Route 66 , and Barney Miller extended to such properties as The Bob Newhart Show , Hill Street Blues , and

1311-464: Is an American home video and music distributor founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment . Its video releases, issued in DVD or Blu-ray format, include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy specials. Considered a boutique Blu-ray label , Shout! Studios, in addition to its mainline home video releases, also releases films under

1380-496: Is an illusion used by Vulgyre, their base which is also a gigantic lifeform monster to manipulate them in order to be a "god"). As they begin the attack, three vehicles appear and counter the offensive. Five warriors descend from the vehicles and confront Zone. The Hoshikawa siblings have been developing the Fiveman technology and training hard upon the possibility of Zone invading Earth. Now the five siblings are ready to battle with

1449-617: Is in the Boom! Studios Power Rangers Year Two Deluxe Edition . In the story, the team is composed of Ace (Red Ranger), Star (Pink Ranger), Gent (Black Ranger), Pyre (Yellow Ranger), Brute (Blue Ranger) with a Green Ranger named Trek being added to the team. They are also aliens from the planet Xybria. Trek betrays the team and murders them. He would later become Psycho Green the first Psycho Ranger. Shout! Factory Shout! Factory, LLC , doing business as Shout! Studios (formerly doing business as Shout! Factory , its current legal name)

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1518-700: Is now limited to catalog releases, as more recent films are now released through Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and later on, Belga Home Video. In South Africa , UPHE distributes films on DVD and VHS through CIC Video in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1999, the company was moved to Ster-Kinekor Home Entertainment until 2007 after CIC Video was dissolved in the same year. In 2008, it was moved later to Nu Metro Home Entertainment on DVDs until 2013, when Next Entertainment took over until 2019. UPHE also formerly distributed StudioCanal titles on home media in France (until 2024 when distribution moved to ESC Distribution), most of

1587-778: Is owned by Comcast . Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distributor for all of the Universal Pictures film library, the Focus Features film library, most of the 1929–1949 Paramount film library held by EMKA, Ltd. , and shows from the NBCUniversal Syndication Studios library ( NBC , E! , Syfy , USA Network , Universal Kids , and Oxygen ). The division also currently has distribution deals with The Film Arcade , Aviron Pictures , STX Entertainment (save for films from EuropaCorp Films USA , which Lionsgate holds

1656-399: Is the direct-to-video entertainment label of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment created in 2005. The entity is a successor to MCA Family Entertainment. It is unknown whenever the label uses an on-screen logo as it uses the standard Universal Pictures logo in use since 2012. It was originally known as Universal Studios Family Productions, and Universal Cartoon Studios was a subsidiary of

1725-614: The Beetleborgs , Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation , Power Rangers and VR Troopers catalogs. It also started releasing titles by Marvel ( Super Hero Squad Show , Marvel Knights ). In the same month, the company acquired Oregon-based home entertainment company Timeless Media Group , adding more programs to its expanding catalog, such as The Red Skelton Show , Peter Gunn , The Gene Autry Show , The Virginian , Wagon Train , Laramie , and The Roy Rogers Show , among others. In June 2012, Shout! Factory announced

1794-569: The Facets album . In 2004, Shout! purchased the rights to the animated series Home Movies and released each season set, and ultimately a complete series box. Other notable releases included a pair of The Electric Company multidisc sets, the re-envisioned Herb Alpert 's Whipped Cream & Other Delights Rewhipped , a series of Elvira's Movie Macabre DVDs and the first of what would be three cover CDs with Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs , called Under The Covers Vol. 1 ; Sweet himself

1863-534: The Laserdisc sister label MCA Videodisc and the MCA Videocassette label were consolidated into a single entity, MCA Home Video, alternating with the MCA Videocassette, Inc. name until December 1983. In the mid-1980s, MCA Home Video began to license catalog titles to smaller, independent video firms with a focus on sell-through product. The first was in 1986 with Kartes Video Communications . The deal

1932-509: The New Horizons film library from its founder Roger Corman ; Shout! will distribute this catalogue in North America, Europe, Russia and Australia. Shout! also expanded its U.S. and Canadian distribution deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment to cover over 135 films and TV series from ITV's library, with the exception of select titles that FilmRise distributed for streaming media, including Hell's Kitchen . In August, Shout! struck

2001-1284: The Republic Pictures library in the UK and most of the Carolco Pictures library in Australia, Latin America, and several European countries (along with other StudioCanal properties) until StudioCanal's global distribution deal with Universal expired in January 2022. In the 1980s until the late 1990s, they also distributed tapes released by Cineplex Odeon in Canada. In the UK , UPHE previously distributed its films on video internationally through CIC Video (a division of Cinema International Corporation , later United International Pictures ) alongside Paramount Pictures . In Japan, releases from both Universal and Paramount appeared on CIC-Victor Video, Ltd. (a joint venture between CIC Video and JVC ) for VHS and on Pioneer LDC, Inc. for Laserdisc. Following Universal's then-parent Seagram 's acquisition of PolyGram in 1998, UPHE pulled out of CIC in 1999 and began distributing its films through PolyGram Video (which had international operations) which

2070-718: The 75th anniversary of Universal Studios, it became MCA/Universal Home Video and used that name alternating with the MCA Home Video name from 1990 until 1997. On December 9, 1996, the company was renamed as Universal Studios Home Video when MCA was reincorporated as Universal Studios, which would then later be merged into Vivendi Universal Entertainment in 2000. Universal's first titles on the DVD format, in 1997, were licensed to Image Entertainment for distribution. These early, bare-bones editions quickly fell out-of-print when Universal started making their own DVDs. In 2004, due to

2139-656: The Actors Studio hitting shelves. Meanwhile, they also started releasing Mickey Hart 's catalogs. In March 2008, Shout! bought the Hightone Records catalog and added artists Tom Russell , Joe Ely , and Rosie Flores to its brand. At the same time, the company was ramping up its place as a children's animation destination and continuing with a TV on DVD schedule. It took over the Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVD series and released

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2208-610: The Galactic currency Dolyen (combination of dollar and Yen) which is said to be equal to 100 Japanese yens. Despite never being directly adapted for a Power Rangers counterpart series, Five Yellow's suit was still adapted into the Power Rangers Megaforce episode "The Wrath" as the Yellow Supersonic Ranger. The entire Fiveman team appeared later in a comic story Power Rangers Supersonic which

2277-579: The U.S. were The Mummy , its sequel The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King . Since August 9, 2016, UPHE has released Ultra HD Blu-rays . In 2015, Funimation (now known as Crunchyroll, LLC ), formed a multi-year home video distribution deal with UPHE. Two years later, Sony Pictures Television acquired a 95% stake in Funimation, which resulted in Sony Pictures Home Entertainment taking over distribution after

2346-470: The UPHE deal expired. Starting on June 5, 2018, because NBCUniversal acquired DreamWorks Animation in 2016, Universal began re-releasing all of DWA's film library on home video after their deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment ended. On January 14, 2020, Universal and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced that they would partner on a 10-year multinational joint-venture. In North America, their physical distribution operations were merged into

2415-908: The UPHE logo in place, mainly manufactured on demand titles, including 4K (including steelbooks) and Blu-ray releases. It is unknown whenever SDS uses an on-screen logo, as Universal releases by SDS use the 2012–present Universal Pictures logo. On June 24, 2024, it was reported that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment had entered into a distribution deal with SDS to handle distribution of titles from Sony Pictures ( Columbia Pictures , TriStar Pictures , Screen Gems , Crunchyroll, LLC , etc.) as well as those from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment ( Walt Disney Pictures , Marvel Studios , Lucasfilm Ltd. , 20th Century Studios , etc.), Lionsgate Home Entertainment ( Lionsgate Films , Summit Entertainment , eOne Films , Roadside Attractions , etc.) and The Criterion Collection through retailers such as Walmart . On February 28, 1999, Universal signed

2484-685: The US distribution rights to the TV series ALF , including its animated prequel series and its spin-off ALF Tales from Alien Productions and Lionsgate . On August 9, 2022, Shout! Factory signed a worldwide distribution deal with The Jim Henson Company to bring thirteen of Henson's programs and specials to home entertainment and streaming platforms in all territories, including Farscape and The Storyteller . A similar worldwide distribution agreement with Henson went into effect on January 1, 2024 for streaming, video on demand, broadcast, digital download, packaged media and certain non-theatrical rights for

2553-405: The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Spain, Germany and the United States; until 2024, after which Lionsgate Home Entertainment took over). Their releases are currently distributed by Studio Distribution Services , a joint venture between UPHE and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment , with select titles distributed by Allied Vaughn through its Manufacture on demand (MOD) solutions. The company

2622-747: The United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in the first quarter of 2021 through home video. In 2020, SF Studios had signed a distribution deal with Universal to handle titles across the Nordic region. In early 2024, Plaion Pictures (who currently distributes Paramount releases in Italy and Sony Pictures releases in Germany) had signed a distribution deal with Universal to handle titles in Italy, which caused Universal's deal with Warner Bros. to expire there. Universal 1440 Entertainment

2691-956: The Were-Rabbit ), Shaun the Sheep and Timmy Time . Eight days later, the company announced its rebranding to Shout! Studios to match with its film distribution division. On May 2, 2024, Shout! Studios took over the US distribution rights to Tatsunoko Production 's 1967 anime Speed Racer from Crunchyroll , which began with the digital release of the original television series of the same name and its Japanese-language version on June 1st of that year. As of 2024 , Shout! Factory has agreements with Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment , Paramount Home Entertainment , Universal Pictures Home Entertainment , MGM , Sony Pictures Home Entertainment , Hasbro Entertainment , GKIDS , Eleven Arts , Sesame Workshop , IFC Films , ITV Studios , Major League Baseball , Motion Picture Corporation of America ,

2760-605: The attack, Doctor Hoshikawa safely went to the Planet P16 Milky Way. Twenty years later, the five are now teachers at the same school, the Newtown Elementary School (Newtown Shougakko). The Galactic Imperial Army Zone led by Empress Meadow and Captain Garoa now prepares to invade Earth as its thousandth target to destroy for immortality of Empress Meadow (it was later revealed that Empress Meadow

2829-552: The broadcast and home media distribution rights for the first three Digimon Adventure tri. films with plans for a dual-language release on DVD and Blu-ray. On May 18, Shout! Factory acquired the North American distribution rights to In This Corner of the World , with a U.S. theatrical release to take place on August 11, 2017, co-released by Funimation Films . In October 2017, it was revealed that Shout! Factory would be

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2898-463: The distributor for GKIDS ' re-releases of Studio Ghibli films formerly owned by Disney in the US (although Disney has the Asian (including Japan/China/Taiwan) distribution rights themselves, thus replacing the titles' original Japanese theatrical distributors such as Toho , Toei and Shochiku ); afterwards, Shout! began distributing other GKIDS films. On November 13, 2017, Shout! Factory announced

2967-454: The distributor of Super Sentai in North America. Beginning the following year, Shout! released Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger under the name "Super Sentai Zyuranger: The Complete Series" with English subtitles. . In October, Shout! acquired Westchester Films, an independent film company whose library includes the films of John Cassavetes , Elia Kazan , and Orson Welles , as well as some early United Artists films that were previously owned by

3036-443: The domestic rights to the entire library of Morgan Creek Productions (with the exception of the original Young Guns , which is still owned by Lionsgate , successor to the film's international distributor, Vestron Pictures ). On January 10, 2017, Shout Factory acquired the worldwide television format and ancillary rights to Starcade with plans to reboot the series. On January 17, Shout! Factory announced their acquisition of

3105-680: The estate of Stephen J. Cannell , The Jim Henson Company , Alien Productions, Library Rights Company (UK), Ltd., the Zelus Film Holding Company (including the Intermedia and Largo Entertainment libraries), Satellite of Love, StudioCanal , Toei Animation , Toei Company , Laika , Aardman Animations and Tatsunoko Production . Releases under these agreements have included the complete Joss Whedon/John Cassaday series of Astonishing X-Men , plus Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers and Iron Man: Extremis on DVD and Blu-ray;

3174-774: The exclusive SVOD and AVOD digital rights to the Ultra series , 1,100 episodes and 20 films acquired by Mill Creek the previous year. Shout! Factory will stream the catalogue in the United States and Canada through their services, Shout! TV and TokuSHOUTsu. In 2012, Shout! Factory acquired Oregon-based home entertainment company Timeless Media Group , adding programs to its ever-expanding catalog: The Red Skelton Show , Peter Gunn , The Gene Autry Show , The Virginian , Wagon Train , Laramie , and The Roy Rogers Show , among others. Shout! Factory also acquired blues/roots label HighTone Records and continued to oversee its back catalog until 2016 when Concord Bicycle Music bought

3243-495: The familiar foes as Fiveman. The eponymous Fiveman is the first Super Sentai group to consist entirely of siblings. The five siblings of the Hoshikawa Family ( 星川家 , Hoshikawa-ke ) (three brothers and two sisters) were separated from their parents during a sudden Zone attack, sent to board a ship along with Arthur G6 to be raised and learn of the Fiveman technology. They pose as teachers at New Town School, planting

3312-803: The films Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal , as well as behind the scenes specials Inside the Labyrinth and The World of the Dark Crystal . Shout! Factory obtained digital distribution and streaming rights to 189 titles from the Halcyon Studios division of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment on March 27, 2023. On July 6, 2023, Shout! Factory announced that it had signed a North American distribution deal with Aardman Animations covering four of Aardman's properties: Morph , Wallace and Gromit (except The Curse of

3381-401: The films' producers. IFC Midnight signed with Scream Factory by February 2015 for home distribution. On February 5, 2015, Shout! Factory launched its flagship TV ad-supported streaming services online and via Roku. Available shows and movies included 16 Werner Herzog films, Roger Corman cult films and TV shows including Father Knows Best and It's Garry Shandling's Show . In June,

3450-501: The formation of Shout! Studios, a production and distribution arm that specializes in content development. The first films to be distributed under the new banner include Humor Me , Big Fish & Begonia (partnering with Funimation Films again for theatrical distribution ) The House of Tomorrow , and Basmati Blues , all slated for a 2018 premiere. In addition to film projects, Shout! Studios will also develop original television productions. In March 2018, Shout! Factory acquired

3519-480: The goal of producing up to 12 new feature-length episodes of the series, with series creator Joel Hodgson serving as executive producer. In January 2016, Concord Bicycle Music bought the Hightone from the company. The same year, Shout! Factory had released The Crush of 1993 under subsidiary brand Scream Factory and Long Way North . The following year, Shout! (via its Westchester Films division) acquired

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3588-442: The label. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment#Studio Distribution Services, LLC Universal Pictures Home Entertainment LLC (formerly Universal Studios Home Entertainment , Universal Studios Home Video , MCA/Universal Home Video , MCA Home Video , MCA Videodisc , and MCA Videocassette, Inc. ) is the home video distribution division of Universal Pictures , an American film studio, owned by NBCUniversal , which

3657-437: The merger of Universal Studios and NBC to form NBCUniversal , Universal started releasing DVDs of shows from the newly established NBCUniversal Television Distribution . Before 2004, NBC shows were distributed on DVD by Lions Gate Home Entertainment and A&E Home Video under the label NBC Home Entertainment (formerly NBC Home Video under Trimark until it was bought by Lions Gate). NBC's home entertainment on-screen logo

3726-635: The original Transformers , G.I. Joe , Jem and My Little Pony cartoons, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic , Power Rangers , VR Troopers , Sesame Street , Super Sentai , Kamen Rider , some Nickelodeon series like Rocko's Modern Life , Hey Arnold! , The Wild Thornberrys , CatDog , Danny Phantom , Hey Dude , The Angry Beavers , Aaahh!!! Real Monsters , The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (under license from Paramount Home Entertainment ), and Gravity Falls (under license from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment ). In mid-2012, Shout! Factory announced

3795-469: The rights to talk show host Dick Cavett 's library and started releasing theme sets focused on rock icons, Ray Charles (including all his visits to the show), John Lennon and Yoko Ono , and others. They also jumped into children's animation with a deal with DIC Entertainment . C.O.P.S. The Animated Series and Heathcliff And the Catillac Cats were the first releases from that deal. On

3864-608: The series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic , until January 1, 2019, when it released its last DVD for that series, Hearts and Hooves . In 2011, Shout! Factory made another landmark deal when they struck a deal with Nickelodeon to release the live action sitcom Hey Dude and the animated Nicktoons Rocko's Modern Life , Aaahh!!! Real Monsters , Hey Arnold! , The Angry Beavers , CatDog , The Wild Thornberrys , The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius , and Danny Phantom . In May 2012, Shout! Factory signed an agreement with Saban Brands to distribute

3933-415: The sports side, they entered into a licensing deal with Major League Baseball , releasing themed and World Series DVDs through 2010 and then again from 2016 till present. By 2007, classic TV on DVD was a major focus, with season sets of Blossom McHale's Navy and Ironside , an authorized collection of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet , and themed and actor-specific editions of Inside

4002-416: The sublabels Scream Factory (for horror film releases), Shout! Select, and Shout! Kids. Shout! Studios owns and operates Westchester Films, Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records , Majordomo Records , and Video Time Machine. Their releases are currently distributed by Studio Distribution Services , a joint venture between Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment , via

4071-404: The video rights to ), Mattel Creations (for the long-running Barbie direct-to-video film series ), 101 Studios, Sovereign Films, Open Road Films , Briarcliff Entertainment , Pinnacle Peak Pictures , Picturehouse , Blumhouse Tilt , Funimation/Crunchyroll, LLC (in the United States and Canada; until 2018, after which Sony Pictures Home Entertainment took over) and Entertainment One (in

4140-511: The year following Fiveman . Jetman was released in the region on September 25, 2018. In 1970, Doctor Hoshikawa was researching how to transform the planet Sedon into a green, lush world, testing it by attempting to grow flowers. On the day the first flower bloomed, the Zone Empire launched an assault on the planet, separating him and his wife from their five children. Arthur G6 took the five children back to Earth and raised them while after

4209-775: The year they switched to their current name. The name of the joint venture is Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia. Before that, though, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan had a marketing and distribution division in North America called Geneon USA, which, like UPHE, also distributed home video. At the time, NBCUEJ was known as Geneon Entertainment. Geneon USA shut down in late 2007, and Universal has licensed all of NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan's catalog to other companies rather than directly distributing them themselves. Starting on March 26, 2022, NBCUEJ (through UPHE) distributes and licenses anime series and films. From 2017 to 2018, Funimation began directly distributing

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4278-532: Was absorbed into the Family Productions unit. The year after, UPHE acquired distribution rights to the Barbie film series after negotiations between Mattel and their previous domestic distributor, Lionsgate Home Entertainment , fell apart (Universal had already been distributing these films internationally). This company was the worldwide video distributor for DreamWorks titles until DreamWorks

4347-599: Was also added as a featured solo artist. Shout! acquired the rights to several other television series like Punky Brewster , The Weird Al Show , and America's Funniest Home Videos . In 2005, Shout! Factory obtained the rights to Herb Alpert's catalog, launching the Herb Alpert Signature Series of CDs. These included The Lonely Bull , South of the Border , Lost Treasures , Whipped Cream & Other Delights and others. They also got

4416-516: Was distributed by Columbia TriStar Home Video . In 2007, it was signed on as home video distributor of releases by Summit Entertainment (ironically, Summit was later bought by Lionsgate). In addition to DVDs, Universal was a major supporter of the HD DVD format until Toshiba discontinued the format. Since July 22, 2008, UPHE released Blu-rays and it was the last major Hollywood movie studio to do so. The first three Blu-ray releases to come out in

4485-557: Was followed with a similar agreement with GoodTimes Home Video in 1987. Also in 1986, the company made agreements with Motown Productions and with children's book publisher Price Stern Sloan . Both deals were intended to expand MCA's non-theatrical product. 1987 was a busy year for MCA Home Video; the company underwent an executive shuffle, signed an exclusive three-year deal with International Video Entertainment for video distribution, and began offering new content from Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus . In 1990, with

4554-538: Was founded in 1980 as MCA Videocassette, Inc. with Gene Giaquinto as president of the division. It released 24 films on Betamax and VHS in May 1980, including Jaws , Animal House and The Deer Hunter as well as classic films such as Dracula , Animal Crackers , and Scarface . Jaws 2 and 1941 were also released that year. Before 1980 Castle Films (known as Universal 8 after 1977) had served as Universal's home film distribution unit. In late 1983, both

4623-687: Was simply the NBC Enterprises syndication logo. In 2005 (by which point the Universal Studios Home Entertainment name was in use), the group was restructured; Universal 1440 Entertainment was formed as an internal production arm, while the London-based Universal Pictures Visual Programming (formerly PolyGram Visual Programming ) unit was folded into Universal Pictures International; Universal Cartoon Studios

4692-411: Was sold to Paramount Pictures ' parent company, Viacom , in 2006, at which point Paramount took over distribution. After Viacom spun off DreamWorks in 2008, Universal Studios Home Entertainment planned to resume distributing DreamWorks' movies, but this deal fell through. Until Lionsgate formed their home video division , their releases were distributed by Universal with the exception of Dogma , which

4761-429: Was then renamed Universal Pictures UK Ltd. In June 2002, Columbia-TriStar Home Entertainment formed a new joint-venture with Universal Pictures UK called UCA (Universal Columbia Alliance), under which Universal would distribute both new and back catalogue Columbia-Tristar titles through retail, though Columbia-Tristar Home Entertainment would continue self-distributing through rental. UPHE's international operations are

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