- 3rd Sector Entertainment
- 10th Ave. Video
- 4 Play Video
- Academy Entertainment
- Action International Pictures
- Active Home Video
- AdultX
- AIX Media Group
- Allied Artists Video
- Alpha Video Classics
- American Home Video
- Amvest Video
- Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks Video
- Arman Julian Productions
- Astronics Tele-Cine Ltd.
- Axon Video
- Barr Entertainment
- BC Video
- Best Film & Video Corp.
- Big Top Video
- Bingo Video, Inc.
- Blue Underground
- Brentwood Communications
- Bullfrog Films
- BWE Video
- Caballero Home Video
- Caesar's Video
- Cal Vista Video (Some countries)
- Camp Video
- Children's Learning Video
- ChoiceMark Corp.
- Cinema Home Video
- Cinescope Enterprises/Panorama International
- Classic Family Entertainment
- Cobra Media
- Coliseum Video
- Crown Movie Classics
- Diamond Entertainment Corporation
- DIC Home Entertainment
- Digiview Entertainment
- Disc Plaza Entertainment
- Dollar Entertainment
- Dreamland Home Video
- E Realbiz
- Edde Entertainment
- Elite Entertainment
- Ergo Home Video
- Essex Video
- Evil Angel Video
- Fat Dog Productions
- Films Incorporated
- Film Threat Video
- First Look Home Entertainment
- First Run Video
- Fotomat Video
- Front Row Entertainment, Inc.
- Genesis Home Video
- Golden Dragon Cambodian Video (Some countries)
- Gospel Films Video
- Gourmet Video Collection
- GRB Studios
- Guthy-Renker
- Happy Face Home Video
- Harmony Vision
- Hart Sharp Video
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- International Creative Exchange
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- LatinAmerica Films & Video
- Lumivision
- MPI Home Video
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- Maier Communications, Inc.
- Malibu Video
- Mark V International
- Master Arts Video
- Metropolis DVD
- Minolta Audio-Visual (Some countries)
- Monarch Home Video
- Morgan Creek DVD
- Morris Video
- Muther Video
- National Geographic Video
- New Horizons Home Video
- New Star Entertainment
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- NFL Films Video Library
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- Omega Entertainment
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- Palisades Home Video
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- Parents Approved Video
- Passion Productions
- Passport International Productions, Inc.
- PC Treasures
- Penthouse Video
- Pentrex
- Pioneer Special Interests
- Planet Video
- Playboy Home Video
- Player Home Entertainment
- PorchLight Home Entertainment
- Premiere Video
- Prism Entertainment
- Producers' Video Inc.
- Production Partners Inc.
- Promark Television
- Quality Video, Inc.
- Quality X Video
- Questar Home Video
- RCA SelectaVision
- RNJ Corporation
- Raedon Home Video
- Rainbow Home Video
- Reader's Digest Home Entertainment (Some countries)
- Right Stuf Inc.
- Scotia International
- Severin Films
- Shapiro Glickenhaus Home Video (Some countries)
- Shokus Video
- SISU Home Entertainment
- Slingshot Entertainment
- Soft Touch Video
- Something Weird Video
- SouthGate Entertainment
- Standard Video
- Starling Films
- Sterling Entertainment Group
- Sunset Digital Studios
- Super Video Inc.
- TGA Video
- TGG Direct
- Tidewater Productions
- Transit Gloria Mundi
- Travelview International
- Troma Team Video
- Twin Tower Entertainment
- United Learning
- UVI Video Productions
- Valentine Video
- Valley of the Sun Video
- VCI Entertainment
- VCX
- Velocity Home Entertainment
- Ventura Distribution
- Victor King Video
- VIDCO - The Video Company
- Video-X-Pix
- Video City Productions
- Video Gems
- Video Outlaw
- VideoTours
- View Video
- Vina Distributor
- Vintage Home Entertainment
- Virgin Video (Some countries)
- Vivid Entertainment
- Voyage Productions
- Wellspring Media
- WesternWorld Video
- Westlake Entertainment
- Wizard Video
- Woodhaven Entertainment
- York Entertainment
MGM/CBS Home Video
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Background
MGM/CBS Home Video was founded in 1973[citation needed] (some sources claim 1979) originally known as MGM Home Video by releasing its film and television libraries on video.
In 1979, MGM joined forces with CBS Video Enterprises, the home video division of the CBS Television Network, and established "MGM/CBS Home Video", which released its first VHS batch (consisting of 16 MGM titles and 8 CBS Video titles) in October 1980.
MGM/CBS Home Video was later renamed to MGM/UA Home Video in 1982 after CBS ended its venture with MGM since MGM acquired United Artists a year earlier, forcing CBS to align with 20th Century-Fox Video to form CBS/Fox Video.
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1st Logo (October 1980-April 6, 1981) | 2nd Logo (June 1981-June 1982, November 1981-August 1982 (UK)) |
1st Logo (October 1980-April 6, 1981)
Visuals: On a black background, the words "MGM" and "CBS" in a white Helvetica font fly in from the top and bottom of the screen, with green lines on the top and bottom of each letter respectively. It then fades to another set of green lines shaped like walls, which zoom back to bring another copy of the words, and then "AN" and "HOME VIDEO PRESENTATION" zoom into their respective places. A forward slash appears in-between "MGM" and "CBS" on the last note of the music.
Closing Variant: See CBS Home Entertainment for description.
Technique: Basic computer effects.
Audio: A synth tune which sounds like the opening of a news program.
Availability:
- Seen on the initial batch of twenty-four VHS and Betamax releases, including The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ben-Hur, An American in Paris, Network, Jailhouse Rock, Coma, The Street Fighter, and the Bolshoi Ballet productions of The Nutcracker and Giselle.
- It is also preserved on the very first CED releases from CBS, as well as a few other VHS releases.
2nd Logo (June 1981-June 1982, November 1981-August 1982 (UK))
Visuals: On a black background, a chrome silver forward slash mark slides down from the top of the screen, flashing twice as it does. Afterward, "MGM" and "CBS", in the same font as before but also in a chrome finish, zoom out toward the slash at the same time, "CBS" from the right and "MGM" from the left, and then they settle at the top as they shine. After that, "HOME VIDEO" zooming out, and the "MGM/CBS" text shines once more.
Closing Variant: See CBS Home Entertainment for description.
Technique: Motion-controlled animation.
Audio: A short, orchestrated, majestic trumpet fanfare with the end sounding similar to the theme to PBS Newshour.
Availability: Seen on most MGM/CBS releases after the first batch of twenty-four Betamax and VHS releases and on UK pre-cert releases from the company.
- Notable titles to include this logo are Return of the Street Fighter, Westworld, and Clash of the Titans, as well as titles such as Gigi, The Philadelphia Story, Adam's Rib, My Fair Lady, South Pacific, Cruising, and Victory.
- However, early MGM/UA releases with the MGM/CBS Polaroid seal or tape labels would still use the MGM/UA Home Video logo, and some later MGM/CBS releases, such as some prints of Viva Las Vegas and Westworld, go straight to the MGM logo used by the film.
- Some Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment releases would also feature this logo at the end (this practice would continue when the Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment library shifted to CBS/Fox Video, although on the original VHS/Betamax release of Guys and Dolls, this logo is shown at the beginning before the first SGHE logo).
- Surprisingly, this is also retained on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn even after Warner took over distribution of the Turner library.
- It is also preserved at the start of the 1981 UK pre-cert VHS release of Tom and Jerry: Cartoon Festival, among others.
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