Formerly called
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MGM Home Video (1975–1980) MGM/CBS Home Video (1980–1982) MGM/UA Home Video (1982–1998) |
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Home video company | |
Industry | Home video and DVD arm of MGM |
Founded | 1975 | (as MGM Home Video)
Headquarters | USA |
Products |
DVD Blu-ray |
Owner | MGM Holdings, Inc. |
Parent | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment LLC is the home video arm of the American media company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The home video division of MGM started in 1975 as MGM Home Video, releasing all the movies and TV shows by MGM. In 1980, MGM joined forces with CBS Video Enterprises, the home video division of the CBS television network, and established MGM/CBS Home Video. In October of that year, they released their first batch of Betamax and VHS tapes: The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Doctor Zhivago, Ben-Hur, That's Entertainment!, Network, Coma, The Dirty Dozen, An American in Paris, The Sunshine Boys, Blowup, Meet Me in St. Louis, A Night at the Opera, Adam's Rib, Jailhouse Rock, Tom and Jerry, The Boys in the Band, Rude Boy, Rio Lobo, The Street Fighter, Electric Light Orchestra in Concert, James Taylor In Concert, The Nutcracker, and Giselle.