List of Tamagotchi! distributors

This is a list of Tamagotchi animated media distributors (both licensed and unlicensed).
== Licensed Distributors ==
Name 	Area Served and time period 	Description & Tamagotchi History 	Founding Year
CBS Corporation	North America (1997-1999) 	The CBS corporation was the first studio to license Tamagotchi to North America via the VHS release of Tamagotchi Video Adventures. Despite doing so, CBS only distributed it for a short period before their merger with Viacom in 1999. Tamagotchi Video Adventures was released onto Laserdisc in 1998 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment under the CBS/Fox Video name. 	1927
Viacom 	North America (1999-2009)France (Happiest Story in the Universe! only)	Viacom owned the rights to Tamagotchi since the merger with CBS since 1999. Following the companies separating in 2006, Tamagotchi media was retained by the new version of Viacom, and was seen on Viacom networks (especially Nicktoons). in 2010, following the release of Tamagotchi the Movie, they sold the rights to Cartoon Network after a fierce battle and a major dispute with Cookie Jar. They were originally going to dub Let's Go! Tamagotchi, but gave the NA rights to PBS station WHUT due to the dispute.	1971
WHUT-TV 	North America (Let's Go! only) 	A secondary PBS affiliate located in Washington DC. WHUT 32 only distributed the Let's Go Tamagotchi series as an emergency licenser following a dispute between Bandai, Cookie Jar, and Viacom. 	1980
Cartoon Network	Worldwide (2010-present) 	Founded in 1992, Cartoon Network is the most well-known distributor of Tamagotchi programs. First dubbing in 2010 after acquiring the rights from Viacom (and WHUT), the network has become a juggernaut when it comes to Tamagotchi programming. 	1992
Viz Media 	Worldwide (1998-present) 	Originally known as Viz Video, Viz Media has actively been distributing the series through DVDs and Blu-Rays by Warner Home Video (Paramount Home Media Distribution prior to 2010 and PBS Video for Let's Go). The company is most known for their 1998 logo seen on early Tamagotchi releases by Paramount. 	1986
===Unlicensed Distributors===
Name 	Area Served and time period	Description & Tamagotchi History 	Founding Year
Cookie Jar Entertainment	North America (2009 only) 	Founded in 1976 as the CINAR corporation, Cookie Jar is infamous for creating an unlicensed dub of the series. This has lead them to get sued by not just Bandai but also Viacom due to the company having the rights to the series at the time. As of 2022, their dub is extremely hard to come by and is often considered lost media. In 2012, they were absorbed into DHX Media (now WildBrain).	1976
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