Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc., formerly known as
Warner Home Video and
WCI Home Video and sometimes credited as
Warner Home Entertainment, is the American
home video distribution division of
Warner Bros. Discovery. It was founded in 1978 as
WCI Home Video (as a division of
Warner Communications, Inc.). It is responsible for distributing the film and television library of
Warner Bros. Discovery and other companies on various home media formats, such as
DVD,
Blu-ray,
Ultra HD Blu-ray, digital, and streaming platforms. The company launched in the United States with twenty films on
Betamax and
VHS videocassettes in late 1979. The company later expanded its line to include additional titles throughout 1979 and 1980. Some of the companies that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment distributes include
Warner Bros. (
Warner Bros. Pictures,
Warner Bros. Pictures Animation,
Warner Bros. Television Studios,
Warner Bros. Animation),
New Line Cinema,
DC Entertainment,
DC Studios,
Viz Media,
HBO (
HBO Max,
Cinemax and
Time-Life Films),
CNN,
Cartoon Network (
Cartoon Network Studios,
Williams Street),
Adult Swim,
TBS,
TNT,
TruTV,
Turner Classic Movies,
Rooster Teeth (until its closure in May 2024 and purchase by co-founder
Burnie Burns's company Box Canyon Productions in February 2025),
Discovery Channel,
Animal Planet,
TLC,
HGTV, and
Food Network, among others. Their releases are currently distributed in the United States and Canada by
Studio Distribution Services, a joint venture between Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment and
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, with select titles distributed through its
Manufacture-on-demand (MOD) solutions by Allied Vaughn.
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