New Line Home Entertainment
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New Line Home Entertainment (formerly known as New Line Home Video) was the home entertainment distribution arm of the film production studio of the same name, founded in 1990. According to New Line's website, Misery was the first New Line Home Video release.[1]
It was responsible for the distribution of all New Line Cinema theatrical films for release on
The company also distributed some feature films from the specialty studio Picturehouse – formerly a New Line/HBO joint venture – as well as films or non-theatrical programs produced or acquired by New Line Home Entertainment and New Line Television.
In 2008, once its parent company became a unit of
History
In May 1991, New Line purchased the home video and foreign rights to films held by Nelson Entertainment (whose library included films inherited from Embassy Pictures) for $15 million, and thus obtained roughly 600 films.[2] Shortly afterwards, New Line acquired the home video rights to the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise from Media Home Entertainment.[3]
Before New Line formed its own video division, many of the company's films were released on video by various distributors. Initial offerings of New Line product came from
The New Line-Sony partnership stopped in early 1995, when
After 1996, during the Time Warner ownership, New Line distributed their own films through New Line Home Entertainment under
On January 5, 2008, New Line Cinema announced, as did Warner Bros., that it would exclusively support Blu-ray for their films and drop support of HD DVD. The only New Line Home Entertainment HD DVD ever released was Pan's Labyrinth.[6]
New Line pursued a policy of
In 2008, New Line Home Entertainment then folded into Warner Home Video after
See also
References
- ^ "New Line Cinema : About Us". January 3, 2012. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ Jeffrey, Don (May 18, 1991). New Line Obtains Nelson Vid Rights (PDF). New York: BPI Communications. pp. 5, 85. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-05-18.pdf Archived April 8, 2023, at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "VHSplatter: The VHS Index: Media Home Entertainment". June 23, 2013. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ "New Line to Join Ted Turner Empire Today : Film: With more money, the company is likely to add a few big movies to its annual production schedule". Los Angeles Times. January 28, 1994. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ "New Line Details Transition to Blu-ray | High-Def Digest". www.highdefdigest.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- ^ "Blu-ray Region Coding - Blu-ray Forum". forum.blu-ray.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved March 17, 2019.