Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
| Subsidiary | |
| Founded |
Los Angeles, California, United States (1978) |
| Headquarters | Universal City, California, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Home video |
| Owner |
NBCUniversal (Comcast) |
| Parent | Universal Studios |
| Website |
www |
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment[1] (formerly Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, MCA Home Video, MCA Videodisc Inc. , MCA Videocassette Inc. and MCA DiscoVision Inc.) is the home video distribution division of Universal Pictures. The company is owned by NBCUniversal, the entertainment division of Comcast.
History
The company was founded in 1978 as MCA DiscoVision with the Beta and VHS label MCA Videocassette, Inc. in 1980, with the release of films on Beta and VHS, including Jaws, Jaws 2, and 1941. In late 1983, both the Laserdisc sister label MCA Videodisc and the VHS/Beta label MCA Videocassette were consolidated into a single entity, MCA Home Video, alternating with the MCA Videocassette name until December 1983. In 1990, with the 75th anniversary of Universal Studios, it became MCA/Universal Home Video, alternating with the MCA Home Video name from 1990 until 1997. The company later went by various company names, including Universal Studios Home Video (1998–2005), and Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2005–2014).[1]
In 1980, they released two '50s 3-D motion pictures, Creature From the Black Lagoon and It Came From Outer Space, in anaglyphic format on Beta and VHS.
This company was the video distributor for DreamWorks titles until DreamWorks 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 was planned to resume distributing DreamWorks' movies, but this deal fell through. The company was also the video distributor for Summit Entertainment releases until 2014, at which point 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment took over distribution. (Fox currently distributes releases by Summit's parent company Lions Gate Entertainment) Until they formed their video division, Lions Gate Entertainment releases were distributed by UPHE with the exception of Dogma, which was distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
In addition to DVDs, Universal was a major supporter of the HD DVD format until March 2008, when Toshiba discontinued manufacturing of HD DVD players. Since July 22, 2008, Universal released Blu-ray discs; it was the last major Hollywood movie studio to do so. The label's first three Blu-ray releases were The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and The Scorpion King.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is the American home video distributor for Open Road Films, Funimation, Picturehouse, STX Entertainment, Bleecker Street, Pure Flix Entertainment, HiT Entertainment, Aviron Pictures and GKIDS releases and the Canadian home video distributor for Elevation Pictures, Remstar, and Funimation releases.
Internationally
In the Netherlands, Universal distributes most DVDs of films released theatrically by Independent Films, although this is now limited to catalog releases, as more recent films are now released through Warner Home Video.
It also distributes Alliance Atlantis DVD titles in Canada, most of the Republic Pictures theatrical library in the UK, and most of the Carolco Pictures library in Australia, Latin America, and several European countries (along with other StudioCanal properties). In the 1980s until the late 1990s, they also distributed tapes released by Cineplex Odeon in Canada.
Universal previously distributed its films on video internationally through CIC Video (a division of Cinema International Corporation, later United International Pictures) alongside Paramount Pictures. Following Universal's acquisition of PolyGram Video in 1999, PolyGram Video (which had international operations) was folded and merged into Universal.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's international operations are a joint venture with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, a carry-over from the PolyGram days.[2] But more often than not, both Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment operate a joint venture in Australia and New Zealand that licenses anime series & films from the anime library of NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, the Japanese division of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's sister company, Universal Pictures International Entertainment, formerly known as Pioneer LDC from 1981 to 2003, Geneon Entertainment from 2003 to 2008 and Geneon Universal Entertainment from 2008 to 2013, 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 & distribution division in North America called Geneon Entertainment USA, who, like Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, also distributed home video. At the time, NBCUEJ was known as Geneon Entertainment. Geneon Entertainment USA shut down in late 2007, though Universal Pictures Home Entertainment continues to distribute home video in North America.
In October 2014, Universal established global headquarters for its home video division in Los Angeles.[1]
In February 2015, Paramount Home Media Distribution signed 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 and on January 1, 2016 in Japan.[3]
List of direct-to-video films
American Girl
| Release Date | Title |
|---|---|
| July 3, 2012 | An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars |
| July 2, 2013 | An American Girl: Saige Paints the Sky |
| July 22, 2014 | An American Girl: Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight |
| June 23, 2015 | An American Girl: Grace Stirs Up Success |
| June 14, 2016 | An American Girl: Lea to the Rescue |
R.L. Stine
| Release Date | Title |
|---|---|
| September 4, 2007 | The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It |
| September 30, 2008 | Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out? |
| September 2, 2014 | Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? |
| September 29, 2015 | R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls |
Universal 1440 Entertainment
| Release Date | Title |
|---|---|
| January 17, 2012 | The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption |
| October 9, 2012 | Werewolf: The Beast Among Us |
| October 22, 2013 | Dead in Tombstone |
| October 31, 2013 | Curse of Chucky |
| October 28, 2014 | Beethoven's Treasure Tail |
| January 21, 2015 | The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power |
| April 14, 2015 | The Man with the Iron Fists 2 |
| June 23, 2015 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle |
| October 6, 2015 | Tremors 5: Bloodlines |
| February 2, 2016 | The Land Before Time: Journey of the Brave |
| May 17, 2016 | Kindergarten Cop 2 |
Universal Animation Studios
List of video releases
Universal Cinema Classics
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- Arabian Nights (1942)
- Easy Living (1937)
- Going My Way (1944)
- The Heiress (1949)
- The Major and the Minor (1942)
- Midnight (1939)
- No Man of Her Own (1932)
- Scarface (1932)
- She Done Him Wrong (1933)
- So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
- Unconquered (1947)
Universal Legacy Series
- The Deer Hunter (1978)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Dracula (1931)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Imitation of Life (1934, 1959)
- The Mummy (1932)
- Psycho (1960)
- Rear Window (1954)
- The Sting (1973)
- To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
- Vertigo (1958)
- The Wolf Man (1941)
Universal Noir Collection
Universal Vault Series
| Title | Year | DVD release |
|---|---|---|
| 40 Pounds of Trouble | 1962 | November 20, 2009 |
| Against All Flags | 1952 | August 28, 2014 |
| All I Desire | 1953 | July 13, 2015 |
| All My Sons | 1948 | November 21, 2014 |
| The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | 1943 | June 12, 2012 |
| An American Tragedy | 1931 | July 13, 2015 |
| Angel | 1937 | May 27, 2014 |
| Back to God's Country | 1953 | March 25, 2013 |
| The Ballad of Josie | 1967 | March 28, 2011 |
| Bates Motel | 1987 | October 13, 2013 |
| Big Brown Eyes | 1936 | May 27, 2014 |
| The Black Castle | 1952 | August 5, 2014 |
| The Black Cat | 1934 | September 18, 2012 |
| The Black Cat | 1941 | October 16, 2014 |
| Black Friday | 1940 | September 18, 2012 |
| The Black Shield of Falworth | 1954 | November 20, 2009 |
| Blonde Venus | 1932 | March 28, 2011 |
| Blue Collar | 1978 | November 23, 2009 |
| Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | 1938 | January 18, 2011 |
| The Brass Bottle | 1964 | November 18, 2009 |
| The Bride Wore Boots | 1946 | July 13, 2015 |
| The Brink's Job | 1978 | June 27, 2011 |
| Buccaneer's Girl | 1950 | August 28, 2014 |
| Calamity Jane and Sam Bass | 1949 | August 28, 2014 |
| Captive Wild Woman | 1943 | October 16, 2014 |
| The Cat and the Canary | 1939 | June 27, 2011 |
| The Chalk Garden | 1964 | November 20, 2009 |
| The Cheat | 1931 | November 21, 2014 |
| China | 1943 | August 30, 2013 |
| The Choirboys | 1977 | May 27, 2014 |
| The Climax | 1944 | August 4, 2014 |
| Cobra Woman | 1944 | September 1, 2014 |
| Comanche Territory | 1950 | September 1, 2014 |
| The Conqueror | 1956 | October 1, 2014 |
| Cool as Ice | 1991 | July 1, 2014 |
| Counterpoint | 1968 | July 1, 2014 |
| Coupe de Ville | 1990 | August 4, 2014 |
| Crackers | 1984 | July 1, 2014 |
| The Crusaders | 1935 | March 16, 2015 |
| Cult of the Cobra | 1955 | March 16, 2015 |
| The Deadly Mantis | 1957 | March 16, 2015 |
| Death of a Gunfighter | 1969 | September 1, 2014 |
| Death Takes a Holiday | 1934 | October 1, 2014 |
| Desire | 1936 | October 24, 2014 |
| The Devil Is a Woman | 1935 | July 1, 2014 |
| Double Crossbones | 1951 | October 24, 2014 |
| Dragnet | 1954 | November 24, 2009 |
| Eddie Macon's Run | 1983 | July 1, 2014 |
| Every Day's a Holiday | 1937 | August 4, 2014 |
| Fellini's Casanova | 1976 | November 15, 2011 |
| Flame of Araby | 1951 | September 1, 2014 |
| The Flame of New Orleans | 1941 | July 1, 2014 |
| Flesh and Fantasy | 1943 | September 1, 2014 |
| For Love or Money | 1963 | August 4, 2014 |
| For the Defense | 1930 | July 1, 2014 |
| Four Frightened People | 1934 | August 4, 2014 |
| Frenchman's Creek | 1944 | October 24, 2014 |
| Frontier Gal | 1945 | October 24, 2014 |
| Gambit | 1966 | November 24, 2009 |
| Games | 1967 | October 1, 2014 |
| The General Died at Dawn | 1936 | October 24, 2014 |
| Go West, Young Man | 1936 | March 16, 2015 |
| Goin' to Town | 1935 | March 16, 2015 |
| Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain | 1995 | August 4, 2014 |
| The Golden Blade | 1953 | October 24, 2014 |
| Golden Earrings | 1947 | July 1, 2014 |
| The Good Fairy | 1935 | September 1, 2014 |
| A Good Man in Africa | 1994 | August 4, 2014 |
| The Great Impostor | 1961 | October 24, 2014 |
| The Great Man's Lady | 1942 | August 5, 2015 |
| Gun for a Coward | 1957 | August 1, 2014 |
| Gunfight in Abilene | 1967 | July 1, 2014 |
| Gypsy Wildcat | 1944 | October 24, 2014 |
| Hands Across the Table | 1935 | August 1, 2014 |
| Her Jungle Love | 1938 | March 16, 2015 |
| Here Come the Waves | 1944 | September 1, 2014 |
| High, Wide, and Handsome | 1937 | March 16, 2015 |
| Horror Island | 1941 | March 16, 2015 |
| Hot Saturday | 1932 | March 16, 2015 |
| The House of the Seven Gables | 1940 | January 6, 2010 |
| I Met Him in Paris | 1937 | August 4, 2014 |
| I Saw What You Did | 1965 | July 1, 2014 |
| I'm No Angel | 1933 | March 16, 2015 |
| If I Were King | 1938 | September 1, 2014 |
| The Incredible Shrinking Woman | 1981 | July 1, 2014 |
| Internes Can't Take Money | 1937 | August 5, 2015 |
| The Invisible Ray | 1936 | August 4, 2014 |
| The Island | 1980 | July 27, 2011 |
| It Ain't Hay | 1943 | January 18, 2011 |
| It Started with Eve | 1941 | August 4, 2014 |
| Jet Pilot | 1957 | June 12, 2012 |
| Jungle Woman | 1944 | October 16, 2014 |
| The Kid Stays in the Picture | 2002 | September 1, 2014 |
| Killdozer | 1974 | July 1, 2014 |
| Kiss and Make-Up | 1934 | August 4, 2014 |
| Kitten with a Whip | 1964 | September 1, 2014 |
| Kitty | 1945 | August 5, 2015 |
| Klondike Annie | 1936 | October 24, 2014 |
| The Lady Gambles | 1949 | August 5, 2015 |
| Lady Godiva of Coventry | 1955 | August 4, 2014 |
| Lady in a Jam | 1942 | October 1, 2014 |
| The Land Unknown | 1957 | July 1, 2014 |
| The Last Married Couple in America | 1980 | July 1, 2014 |
| The Last Remake of Beau Geste | 1977 | July 1, 2014 |
| Leaving Normal | 1992 | September 1, 2014 |
| The List of Adrian Messenger | 1963 | November 20, 2009 |
| Little Man, What Now? | 1934 | September 1, 2014 |
| The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | 1935 | August 5, 2015 |
| Louisiana Purchase | 1941 | October 24, 2014 |
| Love Before Breakfast | 1936 | October 1, 2014 |
| Love Letters | 1945 | March 16, 2015 |
| Love Me Tonight | 1936 | August 1, 2014 |
| A Lovely Way to Die | 1968 | September 1, 2014 |
| Mad About Mambo | 2000 | July 1, 2014 |
| Madame Sousatzka | 1988 | October 24, 2014 |
| Maid of Salem | 1937 | October 1, 2014 |
| Man in the Shadow | 1957 | September 1, 2014 |
| Man of the World | 1931 | July 1, 2014 |
| Man-Made Monster | 1941 | March 16, 2015 |
| Mass Appeal | 1984 | September 1, 2014 |
| McHale's Navy | 1964 | January 17, 2011 |
| Men with Wings | 1939 | March 16, 2015 |
| Merrily We Go to Hell | 1932 | March 16, 2015 |
| Mississippi | 1935 | October 1, 2014 |
| The Mississippi Gambler | 1953 | July 1, 2014 |
| The Mole People | 1956 | March 16, 2015 |
| The Monolith Monsters | 1957 | March 16, 2015 |
| The Monster and the Girl | 1941 | August 1, 2014 |
| The Moon's Our Home | 1936 | March 16, 2015 |
| Morocco | 1930 | March 28, 2011 |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | 1934 | August 4, 2014 |
| Murders in the Rue Morgue | 1932 | August 4, 2014 |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood | 1935 | March 16, 2015 |
| The Mystery of Marie Roget | 1942 | March 16, 2015 |
| Next Time We Love | 1936 | September 1, 2014 |
| Night After Night | 1932 | March 16, 2015 |
| Night Key | 1937 | October 1, 2014 |
| Night Monster | 1942 | March 16, 2015 |
| No Room for the Groom | 1952 | August 4, 2014 |
| No Time for Love | 1943 | October 1, 2014 |
| Now and Forever | 1934 | August 1, 2014 |
| One Desire | 1955 | July 1, 2014 |
| The Other Side of the Mountain | 1975 | April 25, 2011 |
| The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 | 1978 | July 1, 2014 |
| Out on a Limb | 1992 | August 4, 2014 |
| The Perfect Furlough | 1958 | August 4, 2014 |
| Pete 'n' Tillie | 1972 | March 28, 2011 |
| Peter Ibbetson | 1935 | August 5, 2015 |
| The Phantom of the Opera | 1962 | September 1, 2014 |
| Pittsburgh | 1942 | July 1, 2014 |
| Positive I.D. | 1986 | September 1, 2014 |
| The Princess Comes Across | 1936 | August 1, 2014 |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | 1979 | October 1, 2014 |
| The Private War of Major Benson | 1955 | August 5, 2015 |
| The Public Eye | 1992 | August 4, 2014 |
| Pure Luck | 1991 | November 20, 2009 |
| Quantez | 1957 | July 1, 2014 |
| The Questor Tapes | 1974 | August 4, 2014 |
| Raid on Rommel | 1971 | August 4, 2014 |
| The Raven | 1935 | August 4, 2014 |
| The Red Pony | 1973 | July 1, 2014 |
| The Restless Years | 1958 | March 16, 2015 |
| Resurrection | 1980 | November 20, 2009 |
| River Lady | 1948 | October 24, 2014 |
| Rock & Read | 1989 | July 1, 2014 |
| Romanoff and Juliet | 1961 | October 24, 2014 |
| Rough Night in Jericho | 1967 | September 1, 2014 |
| Ruggles of Red Gap | 1935 | September 1, 2014 |
| Scott Joplin | 1977 | September 1, 2014 |
| Secret of the Blue Room | 1933 | March 16, 2015 |
| The Secret War of Harry Frigg | 1968 | September 1, 2014 |
| The Seduction of Joe Tynan | 1979 | August 4, 2014 |
| Seminole | 1953 | July 1, 2014 |
| September 30, 1955 | 1977 | September 1, 2014 |
| Seven Sinners | 1940 | July 1, 2014 |
| The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | 1976 | June 27, 2011 |
| The Shepherd of the Hills | 1941 | October 1, 2014 |
| Shoot Out | 1971 | August 4, 2014 |
| Shout | 1991 | September 1, 2014 |
| Showdown | 1973 | July 1, 2014 |
| Skylark | 1941 | October 24, 2014 |
| The Smiling Lieutenant | 1931 | March 16, 2015 |
| Sometimes a Great Notion | 1971 | July 15, 2011 |
| Son of Ali Baba | 1952 | March 16, 2015 |
| Spawn of the North | 1938 | December 22, 2009 |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | 1942 | October 24, 2014 |
| Stick | 1985 | December 23, 2009 |
| The Strange Door | 1951 | October 1, 2014 |
| Supernatural | 1933 | March 16, 2015 |
| Tarantula | 1955 | June 28, 2011 |
| Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here | 1969 | July 1, 2014 |
| Terror in the Aisles | 1984 | September 1, 2014 |
| Texas Across the River | 1966 | October 1, 2014 |
| Texas Rangers Ride Again | 1940 | September 1, 2014 |
| There's Always Tomorrow | 1956 | August 5, 2015 |
| They Might Be Giants | 1971 | March 16, 2015 |
| Thick as Thieves | 1998 | July 1, 2014 |
| The Thing That Couldn't Die | 1958 | August 4, 2014 |
| Thirty Day Princess | 1934 | October 1, 2014 |
| This Day and Age | 1933 | October 1, 2014 |
| Three-Cornered Moon | 1933 | August 4, 2014 |
| Thunder Bay | 1953 | September 1, 2014 |
| Tillie and Gus | 1933 | August 1, 2014 |
| Tobruk | 1967 | July 1, 2014 |
| Tomahawk | 1951 | October 1, 2014 |
| Torch Singer | 1933 | August 4, 2014 |
| Tower of London | 1939 | August 1, 2014 |
| True Confession | 1937 | August 4, 2014 |
| The Truth About Spring | 1965 | October 24, 2014 |
| Ulzana's Raid | 1972 | July 1, 2014 |
| Union Pacific | 1939 | March 16, 2015 |
| Up in Central Park | 1948 | August 4, 2014 |
| Variety Girl | 1947 | September 1, 2014 |
| The Virginian | 1946 | October 1, 2014 |
| Waikiki Wedding | 1937 | July 1, 2014 |
| The War Lord | 1965 | November 21, 2014 |
| Wedding Present | 1936 | August 4, 2014 |
| Welcome Stranger | 1947 | November 15, 2011 |
| We're Not Dressing | 1934 | September 1, 2014 |
| White Woman | 1933 | March 16, 2015 |
| The Wild Life | 1984 | July 1, 2014 |
| Wings in the Dark | 1944 | August 4, 2014 |
| Yankee Buccaneer | 1953 | October 24, 2014 |
| You Gotta Stay Happy | 1948 | October 1, 2014 |
| You Never Can Tell | 1951 | October 1, 2014 |
Turner Classic Movies Presented by Universal
HiT Entertainment
- Barney & Friends
- Bob the Builder
- Fireman Sam
- Pingu
- Thomas & Friends
- Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps
- Kipper the Dog
Funimation
- Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero
- Fairy Tail
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise
- One Piece
- Dance in the Vampire Bund[4]
Nine Network
- Hi-5 (2004-2005)
ABC Music
Notes and references
External links
- Official website
- Universal TV DVD
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment at the Internet Movie Database