Lions Gate Home Entertainment
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| Division | |
| Industry | Home video |
| Predecessor |
Vidmark Entertainment Trimark Home Video Artisan Entertainment |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Services | Film distribution |
| Parent | Lionsgate |
| Divisions | Family Home Entertainment (2004–2005) Vestron Video (2016–present) |
| Subsidiaries |
Anchor Bay Entertainment (2016–present) Manga Entertainment (2016–present) |
| Website | www |
Lionsgate Home Entertainment (formerly Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment and Lions Gate Home Entertainment) is the home video distribution arm of Lionsgate.
Before LGHE was formed, the company's video releases were distributed by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Lionsgate Films decided to create two home video labels: Avalanche Home Entertainment, which released smaller Canadian B-movies on video and DVD; and Sterling Home Entertainment (a joint venture with Scanbox International, a Danish film company), which released American low-budget movies on video and DVD in the late 1990s. In June 2000, Lionsgate purchased Trimark Pictures and its in-house home video unit. These three companies: Avalanche, Sterling, and Trimark Home Video were merged into Lions Gate Home Entertainment in 2001. In 2003, Lionsgate acquired Artisan Entertainment, thus expanding Lionsgate's home video library.
Its library of more than 8,000 films owes some of its size to output deals with other studios. Mainly concerned with the distribution of the Lions Gate film library, it also distributes Mattel's Barbie-branded videos, as well as Clifford the Big Red Dog videos from Scholastic, Stickin' Around videos from Nelvana, and MGA Entertainment,. Lionsgate Home Entertainment also previously distributed videos from HIT Entertainment and Jim Henson Home Entertainment until 2012 and 2014 respectively when the respected studios made new deals with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment.
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