Imavision

Imavision, also known as Imavision Distribution, Imavision Productions and Imavision.com, was a Canadian company recognized for the acquisition of entertainment content for DVD distribution on retail and institutional markets in Canada, the United States and French-speaking Europe. It was also an important player in the production field, namely documentary films and television series.

Imavision 21 was founded in 1995 by Pierre Paquet and the late Gabor Kertesz. The company, then located on Côte-Vertu Boulevard in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, specializes in the field of audiovisual distribution, first in VHS and later progressing to the DVD format. More specifically, Imavision acquires documentary, television series, and film rights, edits these on DVD and then insures the distribution of the products. More than a million videocassettes were sold in the first year of operation. In 1998, due to the rapid expansion of the company, Imavision 21 became Imavision Distribution and the offices moved to their present location, on Saint-Jacques Street in Montreal.

Imavision 21 was the first company in North America to promote and distribute classic (i.e. nostalgic) television series from the 1950s on VHS, in particular those from the CBC Television archives. Since then, Imavision has relinquished the outdated VHS and has focused exclusively on the DVD format.

After many important successes in DVD sales, such as Pokémon (most copies sold in pro rata to the world population), The Little House on the Prairie (the classic television series most sold on DVD in North America), Alex Kovalev: My Hockey Tips and Training Methods, Quebec classics Les Belles Histoires des Pays d'en haut and La Petite Vie, and a documentary film about hockey legend Guy Lafleur called Once Upon a Time...Guy Lafleur, Imavision is now among the leading companies in independent French-language DVD distribution in North America. The catalog of its products now contains almost 500 titles.