CIC Video
Parent Cinema International Corporation (1980–1981) | United International Pictures (1981–1999) | |
Divisions | CIC-Taft Home Video |
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CIC Video was a home video distributor, established in 1980, owned by Cinema International Corporation (the forerunner of United International Pictures), and operated in some countries (such as United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Japan, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, South Korea, Turkey, Argentina, Colombia, Philippines, Chile and Venezuela) by local operators. Outside North America, it distributed films by Universal Pictures (now owned by NBCUniversal/Comcast) and Paramount Pictures (now owned by Paramount Global, which is owned by National Amusements), CIC's partners. DreamWorks films were added to the company output in 1998, as the fledgling studio had a worldwide video distribution deal with Universal.
History
When the distributor appointed Karl Oliver from Brooke Bond Batchelors to be its sales and marketing director in 1991, they wanted him to introduce "classic
In 1999, CIC Video was dissolved when Universal pulled out in favour of its then-newly purchased
CIC Video was operated in
CIC Video was operated in Sweden by Esselte Video.
References
- ^ Toor, Mat (18 November 1993). "Head marketer quits CIC Video". Marketing: 6. Retrieved 6 April 2018 – via General OneFile.
- ^ Clark-Meads, Jeff (1 August 1992). "CIC Video refocuses after Chief's death". Billboard. Vol. 104, no. 31. p. 103. Retrieved 6 April 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Paramount to retain CIC Video operations". Screen Digest. 1 March 1999. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ Groves, Don (24 January 2000). "CIC Video builds new identity after split". Variety. Vol. 377, no. 10. p. 24. Retrieved 6 April 2018 – via General OneFile.