CBS Home Entertainment facts for kids
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Formerly
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CBS Video Enterprises, Inc. (1980–1982) CBS Video (1980–2006) MGM/CBS Home Video (1980–1982) CBS/Fox Video (1982–2000) |
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| Industry | Home entertainment |
| Founded | January 1980 |
| Founder | Cy Leslie |
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| Parent | Paramount Home Entertainment |
CBS Home Entertainment is a company that releases movies and TV shows from the CBS Entertainment Group for you to watch at home. You might see their releases branded as CBS DVD or CBS Blu-ray. This company is a part of Paramount Home Entertainment. It helps bring content from the CBS library, including shows from CBS Studios and CBS News, to home media like DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
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The Story of CBS Home Entertainment
How it All Started
CBS, a big media company, started its own home video part in January 1980. They called it CBS Video Enterprises (CVE). A person named Cy Leslie was in charge of this new group.
Working with MGM
In 1980, CBS Video Enterprises teamed up with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). They created a joint company called MGM/CBS Home Video. This new company was set up to release MGM movies on home video tapes. This was similar to what other companies like Paramount Home Video were already doing.
Besides MGM movies, MGM/CBS also released content from CBS News, CBS Records, the CBS television network, and other CBS productions. By 1981, they were releasing videos on different formats, including VHS, Betamax, and RCA's CED system. In 1982, CBS decided to leave the partnership with MGM. The MGM/CBS company then became MGM/UA Home Video.
Joining Forces with Fox
Soon after leaving MGM, CBS bought a part of 20th Century Fox's home video business. This led to the creation of CBS/Fox Video. This new company re-released many CBS shows and movies. They also put out films from the 20th Century Fox collection.
CBS/Fox Video also created two special labels: Key Video and Playhouse Video. These labels focused on different types of content.
In 1990, the CBS/Fox partnership changed. Key Video and Playhouse Video stopped operating. A new label called Fox Video was created for mainstream movies from 20th Century Fox. CBS continued to release its own shows and movies under the Fox Video label until 1998. The CBS/Fox label was also used for BBC Video in the United States until 2000. After that, BBC partnered with Warner Home Video. In 2001, CBS/Fox Video became part of 20th Century Home Entertainment.
Becoming Part of Paramount
In 2000, Viacom bought CBS. Because of this, Paramount Home Entertainment, which was a part of Viacom, started distributing CBS videos and DVDs. Even though CBS and Viacom split up again in 2005, they were still owned by the same parent company.
In 2007, CBS Corporation created CBS Home Entertainment as its new official home video company. Later, in 2019, CBS and Viacom merged again. They formed a new big company called ViacomCBS, which is now known as Paramount Global. Even with these changes, Paramount still uses the CBS Home Entertainment brand to release CBS content today.
Some movies from CBS Films have been released by other companies. From 2010, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released them. Five years later, Lionsgate Home Entertainment took over this job. Also, many CBS programs that are not as popular are released on special DVDs made only when ordered, or by companies like Visual Entertainment Inc..
