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{{Short description|Home video distribution arm of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment LLC
| logo =
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
| founded = 1978
| hq_location_city = [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], [[California]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States|US]]
| industry = [[Home video]]
| trade_name = MGM Home Entertainment
| former_names = {{Plainlist|
* MGM Home Video, Inc. (1978–1980)
* MGM/CBS Home Video, Inc. (1980–1982)
* MGM/UA Home Video, Inc. (1982–1998)
}}
| brands = MGM DVD
| products = {{Plainlist|
* [[DVD]]
* [[Blu-ray]]
* [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]]
}}
| owner = [[MGM Holdings]]<br />([[Amazon (company)|Amazon]])
| parent = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
}}

'''Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment LLC'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment LLC: Private Company Information|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=8032126|website=Bloomberg Business|access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref> ([[Trade name|d/b/a]] '''MGM Home Entertainment''' and formerly known as '''MGM Home Video''', '''MGM/CBS Home Video''' and '''MGM/UA Home Video''') is the [[home video]] division of the American media company [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].

== History ==
=== 1978–1982 ===
{{Infobox company
| name = MGM/CBS Home Video
| logo = MGM-CBS logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_caption = The MGM/CBS wordmark used from 1978 to 1982, when it was renamed as MGM/UA Home Video.
| former_names = MGM Home Video (1978-1980)
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
| industry = [[Home video]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1978}} (as MGM Home Video)
| defunct = {{End date and age|1982}}
| fate = Renamed as MGM/UA Home Video
| successor = MGM/UA Home Video
}}
In 1978, the company was established as '''MGM Home Video''', releasing MGM films and TV shows. In 1980, MGM joined forces with [[CBS Home Entertainment|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCQEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22MGM+CBS%22+Billboard&pg=PT58|title=(advertisement)|work=Billboard|date=22 November 1980|via=Google Books}}</ref>

The initial printings of all 24 films were packaged in brown leather clamshell cases with gold lettering; they were presented to CBS executives. Later printings of these films, as well as all printings of later releases by MGM/CBS, were packaged in oversized gray book-style boxes with either the MGM Abstract Lion print logo or CBS Video print logo in the upper right hand corner of the packaging. MGM/CBS also issued some early tapes of [[Lorimar]] product; those releases would instead bear the Lorimar print logo where the MGM or CBS Video print logo would normally be.

In 1981, MGM/CBS and [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company|Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment]] co-marketed five titles, mainly independent titles, with CBS Video Enterprises having distribution of its titles.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1981-06-06|title=Goldwyn Indie Video Label|page=6|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1981/1981-06-06-Billboard-Page-0006.pdf|access-date=2022-01-07}}</ref>

=== 1982–1998 ===
{{Infobox company
| name = MGM/UA Home Video
| logo = MGM-UA Home Video logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
| industry = [[Home video]]
| trade_name = MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group, inc.
| products = [[VHS]]<br>[[DVD]]
| predecessor = [[MGM/CBS Home Video]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1982}}
| defunct = {{End date and age|1998}}
| fate = Renamed as MGM Home Enterainment
| successor = MGM Home Enterainment
| hq_location_city = [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], [[California]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States|US]]
| parent = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
}}
{{Infobox company
| name = MGM/UA Family Entertainment
| logo = MGM-UA Family Entertainment logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type = [[Label]]
| industry = [[Home video]]
| products = [[Home video|Home video releases]]
| founded = 1994
| defunct = 2003
| fate = Renamed as MGM Kids and folded into MGM Home Entertainment
| successor = MGM Kids
| parent = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
}}
In 1982, a year after MGM bought and merged with the near-bankrupt [[United Artists]] from [[Transamerica Corporation|Transamerica]], CBS dropped out of the video partnership with MGM and moved to [[20th Century Fox]] to create [[CBS/Fox Video]]. MGM's video division became known as '''MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group, Inc.''', more commonly known as '''MGM/UA Home Video'''. MGM/UA continued to license pre-1981 UA and [[Associated Artists Productions|pre-1950]] [[Warner Bros.|WB]] films (as well as some post-1981 titles) to CBS/Fox (due to an agreement UA had with Fox years earlier dating back to when CBS/Fox Home Video was called [[Magnetic Video]]). In 1982, the company had entered into an agreement with [[The Cannon Group, Inc.|The Cannon Group]] to release titles from the mini-major film studio all the way to 1985 in order to help out the strongest library slate, the deal was reupped on April 5, 1983, continuing until 1985.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1983-04-06|title=Cannon Hands Pics to MGM/UA for Domestic Homevid|page=3|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> In 1983, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group paid $60,000,000 for 40-year rights and a 10-year option for all future films as well as its library, and having an option to move to non-feature film production.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1983-05-18|title=Marketing Of Library Titles, Supply Bottlenecks Crucial To MGM/UA Home Ent.'s Plan|page=33|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> In 1985, it entered into an agreement with [[Entertainment One|Rene Malo Video]] to handle Canadian distribution of various MGM/UA product.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1985-08-21|title=Rene Malo To Handle MGM/UA Pix in Canada|page=41|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

In 1986, MGM's pre-May 1986 library (also including the pre-1950 [[Warner Bros.]] library, ''[[Bugs Bunny: Superstar]]'', the [[Fleischer Studios]]/[[Famous Studios]] ''[[Popeye the Sailor (film series)|Popeye]]'' cartoons, and most US rights to the [[RKO Pictures]] library), was acquired by [[Ted Turner]] and his company [[Turner Entertainment|Turner Entertainment Co.]] After the library was acquired, MGM/UA signed a deal with Turner to continue distributing the pre-May 1986 MGM and to begin distributing the pre-1950 Warner Bros. libraries for video release (the rest of the library went to [[Turner Entertainment#Home video|Turner Home Entertainment]]).

That year, it inked an agreement with [[Roger Corman]] and his film studio Concorde Pictures that enabled MGM/UA worldwide access to motion pictures that was produced by his Concorde film studio for $30 million for foreign release of Concorde's upcoming titles, plus $40 million in cash paid by Corman for domestic home video and pay television agreement with the company, making it for the first time, the company made a partnership with a major studio, and Concorde first sold theatrical rights, in 1987, to various different companies.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1986-10-29|title=Concorde Inks With MGM/UA Homevid|page=5|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

In October 1990, after [[Pathé]] bought MGM, MGM/UA Home Video struck a deal with [[Warner Home Video]] to have them distribute MGM/UA titles exclusively on home video.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716231858/http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/robertharris/harris102504.html Robert Harris interview with George Feltenstein] ''TheDigitalBits.com'' (October 28, 2004)</ref> MGM/UA began distributing the UA library after its contract with CBS/Fox ended. In 1994, MGM/UA Home Video launched the '''MGM/UA Family Entertainment''' label for family-friendly releases. In 1996, Warner made an exclusive deal with [[Image Entertainment]] to distribute MGM/UA titles on [[LaserDisc]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/IMAGE+ENTERTAINMENT+ACQUIRES+EXCLUSIVE+RIGHTS+TO+PACKAGE+OF+MGM%252FUA...-a017981437|title=IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO PACKAGE OF MGM/UA TITLES FOR LASERDISC - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|access-date=2016-09-09}}</ref> They also acquired a majority of the [[The Cannon Group, Inc.|Cannon Films]] library (certain rights for other media and select films during the Thorn EMI merger now lie with other entities with few exceptions, and the post-1991 films, as they are owned by Warner Bros. as well as other Cannon titles distributed by that company, as well as television and digital rights are now owned by [[Paramount Media Networks]] under [[Paramount Television Studios]] (formerly [[CBS Television Distribution]]), successor to parent company [[Viacom (2005–2019)|Viacom]]'s syndication unit.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Viacom and Cannon Ink Cable Deal|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-04-02-ca-2569-story.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=April 2, 1986|access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref>) after Pathé acquired the company.

In 1997, MGM/UA, along with the other studios that were distributed by Warner Home Video, began releasing its titles on [[DVD]]. Some of the films MGM released on DVD were from the Turner catalog, which they were still allowed to keep after Turner merged into [[WarnerMedia|Time Warner]] some time before because of their distribution deal. That same year, MGM acquired [[Orion Pictures]]. As a result, '''Orion Home Video''' (Orion's home video division) was absorbed by MGM/UA, and was retained as an in-name-only division until the acquisition deal was finalized in 1998. That year, the company was renamed '''MGM Home Entertainment.'''

=== 1998–2005 ===
{{Infobox company
| name = MGM Kids
| logo = MGM Kids logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type = [[Label]]
| industry = [[Home video]]
| predecessor = MGM/UA Family Entertainment
| products = [[VHS]]<br>[[DVD]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2003}}<br>{{Start date and age|2009}} (relaunch)
| defunct = {{End date and age|2008}} (original)
| fate = Folded into MGM Home Entertainment
| successor = MGM Home Entertainment
}}
After the Orion merger, MGM kept Orion intact as a corporation, mostly to avoid its video distribution agreement with Warner Home Video, and began distributing Orion Pictures films under the Orion Home Video label. MGM acquired the 2/3 of pre-1996 [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] library from [[Seagram]] in 1999 for $250 million, increasing their library holdings to 4,000. The PolyGram libraries (which included the [[Trans World Entertainment (film company)|Epic film library]]) were purchased by its Orion Pictures subsidiary so as to avoid its 1990 video distribution agreement with Warner.<ref>{{cite news|last=Eller|first=Claudia|date=October 23, 1998|title=MGM Agrees to Acquire PolyGram Movie Library|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1998/oct/23/business/fi-35357|access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref> In March 1999, MGM bought out its distribution contract with Warner Bros. for $225 million, effectively ending the distribution problem; the initial deal was to have expired in 2003, but instead it would end in February 2000. As a result of the deal, MGM gave up the home video rights to the MGM/UA films owned by Turner to [[Warner Home Video]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/MGM+REGAINS+VIDEO+RIGHTS%253B+$225+MILLION+DEAL+TO+HELP+SELL+DVDS.-a083605917|title=MGM REGAINS VIDEO RIGHTS; $225 MILLION DEAL TO HELP SELL DVDS. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|access-date=2016-09-09}}</ref> Upon the expiration of the Warner deal, MGM sold overseas video rights to [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/MGM+and+Fox+Form+International+Distribution+and+Strategic+Alliance.-a054937422|title=MGM and Fox Form International Distribution and Strategic Alliance. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|access-date=2016-09-14}}</ref>

In 2001, MGM and [[Amazon.com]] launched the "MGM Movie Vault" to distribute VHS copies of selected films, either previously unreleased on video or long out-of-print, exclusively through Amazon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Amazon.com+and+MGM+Home+Entertainment+Partner+to+Raise+the+Curtain+On...-a070701621|title=Amazon.com and MGM Home Entertainment Partner to Raise the Curtain On MGM's Legendary Film Vault. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref>

On March 3, 2003, MGM Home Entertainment launched the '''MGM Kids''' sub-label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/home-entertainment/mgm-purrs-with-kidvid-label/|title=MGM Purrs with Kidvid Label|date=10 July 2003}}</ref>

In May 2003, MGM reinstated full distribution rights to their products in regions like Australia, France, Germany and the United Kingdom, although Fox would continue to distribute for MGM in a majority of developing regions.<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2003-05-27/mgm-home-entertainment-reclaims-full-distribution-operations MGM Home Entertainment Reclaims Full Distribution Operations] Bloomberg.</ref>

=== 2005–2019 ===
In 2005, following MGM's acquisition by the [[Sony]]-led consortium, MGM released its newest content through [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] under the standard MGM label.

In 2006, after MGM ended its distribution agreement with Sony, the company announced that it would sign a new distribution deal with [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]. Originally, DVD releases of MGM/UA and [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] [[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]] co-releases continued to be distributed by SPHE, since Sony then still owned 20% of MGM, whereas Fox has no controlling interest; however, Fox has since released DVD editions of films based on MGM IPs.

In 2010, parent company [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] emerged from bankruptcy. As of 2011 until 2018, MGM no longer releases or markets its own movies. Instead, MGM shared distribution with other studios that handle all distribution and marketing for MGM's projects.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fritz|first=Ben|title=MGM film studio remade with a low-profile and a focused strategy|date=13 December 2011|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2011-dec-13-la-fi-ct-mgm-20111213-story.html|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> Since then, only a handful of MGM's most recent movies, such as ''[[Skyfall]]'', ''[[Red Dawn (2012 film)|Red Dawn]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|last=White|first=Michael|title=MGM Studio Says Earnings Soar on Films 'Skyfall,' 'Hobbit'|date=16 May 2013|magazine=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-05-16/mgm-studio-says-earnings-soar-on-film-hits-skyfall-hobbit-|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> ''[[Carrie (2013 film)|Carrie]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dickson|first=Evan|title=The 'Carrie' Blu-ray Will Have A New Ending (Hopefully Better Than The Theatrical One)|date=3 December 2013|publisher=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3267285/the-carrie-blu-ray-will-have-a-new-ending-hopefully-better-than-the-theatrical-one/|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> ''[[RoboCop (2014 film)|RoboCop]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment present ROBOCOP, arriving on Digital HD May 20 and on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD June 3|date=1 May 2014|url=https://don411.com/metro-goldwyn-mayer-studios-mgm-and-twentieth-century-fox-home-entertainment-present-robocop-arriving-on-digital-hd-may-20-and-on-blu-ray-dvd-and-vod-june-3/#.YHushZ9xfIV|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> ''[[If I Stay (film)|If I Stay]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Palmer|first=Jason|title=Win If I Stay on DVD|date=2 February 2015|url=https://entertainment-focus.com/2015/02/02/win-stay-dvd/|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> ''[[Poltergeist (2015 film)|Poltergeist]]'' (which [[Fox 2000 Pictures]] co-produced) and ''[[Spectre (2015 film)|Spectre]]'' have all been released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] by its home video output and [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]. Others, such as ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit trilogy]]'', ''[[Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters]]'', ''[[G.I. Joe: Retaliation]]'', ''[[Hercules (2014 film)|Hercules]]'', ''[[Hot Tub Time Machine 2]]'', ''[[Tomb Raider (film)|Tomb Raider]]'', ''[[Creed (film)|Creed]]'' and ''[[Creed II]]'', ''[[21 Jump Street (film)|21]]'' and ''[[22 Jump Street]]'', ''[[Ben-Hur (2016 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', ''[[Sherlock Gnomes]]'' and ''[[The Magnificent Seven (2016 film)|The Magnificent Seven]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Block|first=Alan Ben|title=MGM Quarterly Results Best Expectations After 'Skyfall,' 'Hobbit'|date=16 May 2013|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mgm-quarterly-results-best-expectations-524094|access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> have been released by the home video output of the co-distributor—in these cases, [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] (which MGM's catalog is currently handled by), [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] and [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] respectively.

In 2011, MGM launched the "MGM Limited Edition Collection", a manufactured-on-demand (MOD) DVD service that issues unreleased and out-of-print titles from the MGM-owned library.<ref>{{cite web|title=MGM on MOD: The MGM Limited Edition Collection |url=http://social.entertainment.msn.com/movies/blogs/videodrone-blogpost.aspx?post=93fbd064-3428-4033-9831-964260f9dfeb |access-date=18 April 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319010958/http://social.entertainment.msn.com/movies/blogs/videodrone-blogpost.aspx?post=93fbd064-3428-4033-9831-964260f9dfeb |archive-date=19 March 2012 }}</ref> Its releases are sold through the [[Warner Archive Collection]].<ref name="Warner Archive">{{cite news|title=MOD Movies for Intrepid Cineastes|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303425504577351841287690920|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=26 December 2012}}</ref>

On April 14, 2011, Fox's deal distributing the MGM library was extended through 2016.<ref name="Deadline 2011-4-14">[https://www.deadline.com/2011/04/mgm-re-ups-dvd-deal-with-fox-through-2016/ MGM Re-Ups DVD Deal With Fox Through 2016] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111225622/http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/mgm-re-ups-dvd-deal-with-fox-through-2016/ |date=2014-01-11 }}, deadline.com</ref> On June 27, 2016, Fox's distribution deal with MGM was renewed until June 30, 2020.<ref name="Deadline 2016-6-27">[https://deadline.com/2016/06/mgm-fox-home-entertainment-deal-james-bond-rocky-1201780139/ MGM & 20th Century Fox Renew Home Entertainment Deal], deadline.com</ref>

=== 2019–present ===
With the [[Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney|acquisition of Fox's parent company 21st Century Fox]] by [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] on March 20, 2019, MGM announced in their 2019 report that it would not renew its deal with Fox after the current agreement expired on June 30, 2020, and would search for a new distributor afterwards.<ref>https://d20qidnmpnrwiu.cloudfront.net/cdn/ff/2EkRrs42qi5_owbYV38OTEhAVmft8wf4qe0Gy3rzkcU/1585084775/public/2020-03/YE%202019%20Financial%20Report.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> In the studio's 2020 financial report, MGM named [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] as their new home media distributor.<ref>https://d20qidnmpnrwiu.cloudfront.net/cdn/ff/6JmGPNAv-9qNX5xAK5uYFF12m62glYVtdG_7rG6V9yg/1597354452/public/2020-08/Q2%202020%20Financial%20Report.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

On May 26, 2021, it was officially announced that MGM will be acquired by [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] for $8.45 billion, subject to regulatory approvals and other routine closing conditions; with the studio continuing to operate as a label under the new parent company, but leaving the future of the physical home video releases of its title other than its current distribution deal with Studio Distribution Services in question.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |title=Amazon Said to Make $9 Billion Offer for MGM
|url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/amazon-mgm-acquisition-talks-9-billion-1234975168/ |access-date=May 17, 2021 |work=Variety |date=May 17, 2021|language=en}}</ref> The merger was finalized on March 17, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maas |first=Jennifer |date=2022-03-17 |title=Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion Acquisition of MGM |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/amazon-mgm-merger-close-1235207852/ |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Catalog and distribution deals ==
Currently in the United States and Canada, MGM's catalog is distributed by Studio Distribution Services, LLC., a joint venture between [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] and [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] that was first announced on January 14, 2020, later revealing the name on April 23, 2021,<ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=Universal & Warner Bros. Form Home Entertainment Joint Venture |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/universal-warner-bros-form-home-entertainment-joint-venture-1202831261/ |website=Deadline |access-date=15 January 2020 |language=en |date=15 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Hunt|first=Bill|date=April 23, 2021|title=BILL'S ON THE LATEST HOME THEATER UNITED PODCAST, PLUS AN APPLE DIGITAL PURCHASE LAWSUIT & WARNER AND UNIVERSAL COMBINE THEIR PHYSICAL MEDIA OPERATIONS|url=https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/042321-1400|url-status=live|access-date=May 6, 2021|website=thedigitalbits.com}}</ref> and marketed by Warner, with Warner also handling distribution internationally. Warner already owns and distributes MGM's pre-May 1986 library through their ownership of [[Turner Entertainment Co.]], but the former began a distribution deal with the latter for its remaining catalog titles and select UAR releases when the latter left [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] – a prior distribution deal that began in 2006 – on June 30, 2020, and Universal already began distributing some of UAR's other releases beginning with ''[[Operation Finale]]'' on December 4, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=24062|title=Operation Finale Blu-ray|via=www.blu-ray.com}}</ref> MGM also licenses out some of its film and television library to [[Kino International (company)|Kino Lorber]], [[The Criterion Collection]], and [[Shout! Factory]].

Many of [[Orion Pictures]]' films since its revival have been released through various third-party companies. The remake of ''[[The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014 film)|The Town That Dreaded Sundown]]'' was released by [[Image Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gingold|first=Michael|title=DVD/Blu-ray dates/info/covers: "SPRING," Artsploitation overseas horrors, "TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN," etc.|date=16 April 2015|magazine=[[Fangoria]]|url=https://www.fangoria.com/new/dvdblu-ray-datescovers-spring-artsploitation-overseas-horrors-town-that-dreaded-sundown-etc/|access-date=16 May 2015}}</ref> However, 20th Century, then Warner Bros., and currently SDS, LLC. would handle home video distribution of Orion's movies released through UAR.

=== Current distribution deals ===
* Studio Distribution Services, LLC. (2021–present; US and Canada only)
** [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] (2018–present for MGM films released through United Artists Releasing)
** [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] (1990–1999; 2020–present for the MGM library, including its post-April 1986 & the pre-UAR films; the studio's pre-May 1986 library remained with Warner Bros. through Turner Entertainment Co.)

=== Past distribution deals ===
* [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] (2005–06)
* [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] (2006–20)

== References ==
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