MGM Home Entertainment

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MGM Home Entertainment is the home video and DVD distribution arm of MGM.

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The home video division of MGM started in 1973 as MGM Home Video, releasing all the movies and TV shows by MGM. In 1979, MGM joined forces with CBS Video Enterprises, the home video division of the CBS television network, and established MGM/CBS Home Video. This partnership lasted until 1982 when CBS decided to join with 20th Century Fox.

In 1981, MGM merged with United Artists to become MGM/UA. After that, United Artists Home Video (UA's home video division) was folded into MGM/CBS Home Video, which was renamed MGM/UA Home Video after CBS pulled out of the partnership the following year. In 1987, after MGM's pre-1986 library (also including the pre-1948 Warner Bros. library and most US rights to the RKO Pictures library), was acquired by Turner Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Video signed a deal with Turner to continue distributing the pre-1986 MGM and the pre-1948 Warner Bros. libraries for video release. In 1997, MGM/UA began releasing its titles on DVD, just like every other major studio. From 1997 to 1999, MGM Home Entertainment managed to release over 30 titles from the Turner catalog on DVD before the Turner library was transferred to Warner.

In 1997, MGM acquired Orion Pictures, which ended the deal in 1998. As a result, Orion Home Video (Orion's home video division) was folded into MGM/UA Home Video. The company was renamed MGM/UA Home Entertainment in 1999. In 2000, it was renamed to MGM Home Entertainment.

In 2005, following MGM's acquisition by the Sony-led consortium, the company was under the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment label but not using the MGM Home Entertainment name on any releases, which has distributed the MGM library, though under the MGM label. In 2006, MGM ended their distribution agreement with Sony. MGM announced that they would be signing a new distribution deal with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment for worldwide release, except for DVD releases of MGM/UA/Columbia TriStar co-releases, which will continue to be distributed by SPHE. Sony, however, still owns 20% of MGM.

Through 20th Century Fox, MGM Home Entertainment releases titles from MGM (post-1986), United Artists, Orion Pictures, (which itself includes the Filmways and American International Pictures libraries), pre-1996 Samuel Goldwyn film library, the Motion Picture Corporation of America catalog, some titles by IFC Films, the pre-1996 PolyGram Filmed Entertainment library, most of the Cannon library, many by Embassy Pictures, the pre-1994 Castle Rock library and Nelson Entertainment, among other companies. Ironically, Fox had released some post-1986 United Artists films on videocassette during the CBS/Fox Video days.

Soul Cinema is a line of blaxploitation films on video released by MGM. The line launched in fall 2004. Titles include:

Soul Cinema was also a Pay-Per-View option for Comcast back in 2004.

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