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- It was named Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment from April 2001 until a name change to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in November 2004.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment was established in June 1978 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, and released 20 titles in November 1979. [4] Its first 20 titles were licensed and distributed by Time-Life Video, a unit of Time-Life Films, but the relationship didn't last long, and Columbia formed its own distribution arm. [5]
- Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment. 1979. Release Date. Studio. Title. Cover. Format. Cat# November. Columbia Pictures. The Anderson Tapes. VHS/Betamax. 10000. Born Free.
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. 1983. Release Date. Studio. Title. Cover. Format. Cat# April 8. Sanrio. Ringing Bell. VHS. May 12. The Fantastic Adventures of Unico.
- Columbia TriStar Home Video. 1992. Release Date. Studio. Title. Cover. Format. Cat# January 8. TriStar Pictures. Another You. VHS. February 19. Bingo.
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. 2001. Release Date. Studio. Title. Cover. Format. Cat# April 3. Columbia Pictures. Anatomy. VHS/DVD. Circus. True Believer.
- Background
- History
- Australian Subsidiary
- Sub-Labels
- Sphe and MGM
SPHE is responsible for the distribution of the Sony Pictures library for home entertainment, mainly releases from the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group (Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, and Screen Gems) as well as releases from Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Triumph Films, Destination Films, Stage 6 Films, an...
It was established in June 1978 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, and in November 1979 released its first 20 titles: 1. The Anderson Tapes 2. Born Free 3. Born Yesterday 4. Breakout 5. Bye Bye Birdie 6. The Deep 7. Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River 8. Fun with Dick and Jane 9. The Harder They Fall 10. Harry and Walter Go to New York 11...
The Australian operations was a joint venture between RCA/Columbia Pictures Video and local cinema company Hoyts. It was known as RCA-Columbia Pictures-Hoyts Video, and released many local films (mainly those distributed by Hoyts, as well as Cannon Films) in addition to Columbia Pictures titles. Prior to this, some releases were handled through CEL...
During this time, the company also has and had some sub-labels, including: 1. Magic Window - Children's titles (including He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and The Real Ghostbusters, as well as classic Columbia/UPA cartoons). 2. RCA-Columbia Pictures International Video- International films (some of these were released by CEL in Australia). 3....
In 2005, when Sony and four partners acquired MGM from Kirk Kerkorian, SPHE held the domestic home entertainment rights to MGM's 4,000 film and 10,400 TV episode library, although those releases are still being distributed under the MGM DVD label. On May 31, 2006, MGM ended distribution deal with SPHE and transferred most of its output to 20th Cent...
- (3rd logo placeholder) (December 1991-September 9, 1992, 1993 in certain countries) Visuals: On a black background, a white rectangle outline is seen split into 2 sections.
- (3rd logo placeholder) (August 26, 1992-1995) Black box variant. Inverted Variant. Visuals: On a white background, two boxes are seen, outlined with a black border.
- (May 19, 1993-March 27, 2001) Widescreen version. Visuals: The logo begins by cutting to a scene full of golden clouds forming, tossing about on a blue cloudy background.
- (1995-June 11, 1996) Visuals: It's almost the same as the 1995 Columbia TriStar Television Distribution logo, except "HOME VIDEO" replaces "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" and the Sony byline is intact.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (abbreviated as SPHE) is the home video distribution division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It was established in June 1978 as Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment, and released 20 titles in November 1979.
It was first established in November 1979 by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. as "Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment", to distribute films from Columbia Pictures on VHS, Beta, Laserdisc, and Super 8mm, with Warner Bros. titles being released by them in the latter format.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the home entertainment distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, part of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a subsidiary of Japanese giant Sony Group Corporation. The name change was made official on November 18, 2004.
