Paramount Home Entertainment

Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Media Distribution and originally Paramount Home Video) is the home video distribution arm of Paramount Pictures, a division of Paramount Global.
The division oversees Paramount Pictures' home entertainment and transactional digital distribution activities worldwide. The division is responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment content on behalf of Paramount Pictures, Paramount Players, Paramount Animation, Paramount Television Studios, CBS, Showtime, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, BET, Comedy Central, Paramount+, and applicable licensing and servicing of certain pre-2010 DreamWorks Pictures, Miramax, pre-2005 Dimension Films, and DreamWorks Animation films from 2006 to 2012, as well as select IFC Films titles and Saban Films titles. PHE additionally manages global licensing of studio content and transactional distribution across worldwide digital distribution platforms including online, mobile and portable devices and emerging technologies.
== Logo History ==
=== Print Logos ===
File:Paramount Pictures 1995 print logo.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (1995-2002)
File:Paramount DVD 1998 print logo.png|Paramount DVD print logo (1998-2019)
File:Paramount Pictures 1999 print logo.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (1999-2010)
File:Paramount Pictures 2003 print logo.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (2003-2008, primary version)
File:Paramount Home Entertainment 2003 print logo.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (2003-2011, secondary version)
File:Paramount Home Entertainment 2007 print logo.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (2007)
File:Paramount Home Entertainment 2008 print logo.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (2008-2011)
File:Paramount Pictures 2009 print logo V1.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (2009-2020, primary version)
File:Paramount Pictures 2009 print logo V2.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (2009-2020, secondary version)
File:Paramount Home Entertainment 2010 print logo.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (2010-2011, 2019-2020)
File:Paramount Home Media Distribution 2011 print logo.png|Paramount Home Media Distribution print logo (2011-2019)
File:Paramount Pictures 2019 print logo.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (2020-2021, primary variant)
File:Paramount Home Entertainment 2020 print logo.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (2020-2022, secondary variant)
File:Paramount Pictures 2021 print logo.png|Paramount Home Entertainment print logo (2021-2022, primary variant)
=== On-Screen Logos ===
File:Paramount Home Video 1979 logo.png|Paramount Home Video on-screen logo (1979-1980)
File:Paramount Home Video logo 1980.png|Paramount Home Video on-screen logo (1980-1981, 2019)
File:Paramount Home Entertainment 1987 logo V1.png|Paramount Home Entertainment on-screen logo (1987-2012, 75th Anniversary variant)
File:Paramount Home Entertainment 1987 logo V2.png|Paramount Home Entertainment on-screen logo (1987-2012, 1988-1989 Gulf+Western byline variant)
File:Paramount Home Entertainment 1987 logo V3.png|Paramount Home Entertainment on-screen logo (1987-2012, 1989-1990 Paramount Communications gold byline variant)
File:Paramount Home Entertainment 1987 logo V4.png|Paramount Home Entertainment on-screen logo (1987-2012, 1990-1995 Paramount Communications white byline variant)
File:Paramount Home Entertainment 1987 logo V5.png|Paramount Home Entertainment on-screen logo (1987-2012, 1995-2012 Viacom byline variant)
File:Paramount DVD 2003 logo.png|Paramount DVD on-screen logo (2003-2019)
File:Paramount High Definition 2006 logo.png|Paramount High-Definition on-screen logo (2006-2019)
File:Paramount Pictures 2011 logo V1.png|Paramount Home Media Distribution/Paramount Home Entertainment on-screen logo (2016-2020)
File:Paramount Pictures 2011 logo V2.png|Paramount Home Entertainment on-screen logo (2020-2022)
File:Paramount Pictures 2011 logo V3.png|Paramount Home Entertainment on-screen logo (2022-present)
==Company History==
When the video distribution unit was formed, Paramount released its video library through Fotomat. The relationship ended and Paramount soon formed its own video arm in 1980.
In the United Kingdom and other countries, the Paramount Pictures film library were released on VHS by CIC Video alongside Universal Pictures until 1999, when Universal Pictures acquired UK-based PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, and CIC was renamed to Paramount Home Entertainment UK while PolyGram's home video division, PolyGram Video, was renamed to Universal Pictures Home Entertainment UK.
In 2008, PHE launched a direct-to-video label, Paramount Famous Productions (with the "Famous" part of the name a throwback to the days when the company was called Famous Players).
In 1985, Paramount Home Video had inked an agreement with Atlantic Releasing Corporation whereas Atlantic would license the video distribution rights of then-upcoming titles to Paramount, as well as the pay-per-view and syndication markets. In 1986, the company had inked a home video distribution deal with public domain distributor Kartes Video Communications to license out the titles from the Paramount catalog, via a 20-movie distribution agreement. That year, the company had inked an agreement with Oliver Wilson Productions to launch a direct-to-video original comedy series of four shows, which was basically "an experiment" in home video programming.
In 1988, Charles Band, through his Full Moon Entertainment company, had inked a deal with Paramount to release videocassettes of Band's then-upcoming films. In 1989, it struck out a deal with Prism Entertainment to release titles on videocassette via an independent distribution agreement. In 1990, Skouras Pictures had signed an agreement with Paramount Home Video to release videocassettes, and in 1992, subsequently launched Skouras Home Video, with Paramount distributing the titles. In 1992, Miramax Home Video had inked a distribution deal with Paramount in order to release Miramax's then-upcoming films on videocassette, which lasted until Miramax was acquired by Disney.
In 1994, it signed a deal with Capital Cities/ABC via subsidiary Capital Cities/ABC Video Publishing to handle distribution of its content through its labels ABC Video and Summa Video.
From 2004 to 2011, PHMD distributed PBS and PBS Kids programs on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray, taking over from Warner Home Video. On March 23, 2005, it inked a deal with Blue Collar to release a gang of titles through Parallel Entertainment on home video. In 2006, Paramount started marketing titles on Blu-Ray and HD DVD, but it went exclusively to the latter in 2007. In 2008, after HD DVD was discontinued, Paramount returned to releasing Blu-Ray titles.
In 2008, PHMD launched a direct-to-video label, Paramount Famous Productions (with the "Famous" part of the name a throwback to the days when the company was called Famous Players).
In 2011, due to a company restructure, PHE was renamed Paramount Home Media Distribution.
In October 2012, it was announced that PHMD and Warner Home Video had signed a distribution deal, allowing Warner to gain U.S. and Canadian DVD, Blu-Ray, UltraViolet, Flixster, and DVD-manufacturing-on-demand distribution rights to over 600 Paramount titles. The deal came into effect on January 1, 2013. The deal, however, has expired in January 2017 as evidenced by PHMD titles no longer appearing on Warner Home Video's web store. Distribution of the titles included in the Warner deal have since reverted to PHMD.
In 2013, PHMD joint ventured with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment to distribute home media releases in the Nordic region as the two studios were named as Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment. The venture ended in late 2016, when Fox started distributing their own releases and Paramount titles until June 1, 2020, when Buena Vista Home Entertainment started distributing Paramount material until July 2021.
In February 2015, PHMD signed a distribution agreement with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, whereby the latter would distribute the former's titles overseas, particularly the territories where PHMD holds an office. The deal began on July 1, 2015.
On May 27, 2015, IFC Films struck another home video distribution deal with PHMD.
In June 2016, PHMD started releasing Ultra HD Blu-Ray discs, starting with the first two installments of the Star Trek reboot trilogy.
In May 2019, PHMD reverted its name back to Paramount Home Entertainment, which is the name they carried from 1999 to 2011.
After ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global) purchased a 49% stake in Miramax on April 3, 2020, PHE acquired distribution rights to the entire Miramax library, as well as the pre-2005 Dimension Films library.
In July 2020, PHE signed a new UK home entertainment distribution deal with Elevation Sales (a joint venture between StudioCanal UK and Lionsgate UK), as well as signing other home entertainment distribution deals with Koch Media for Italy, Divisa Home Video for Spain, and Dutch FilmWorks for Benelux, all starting in January 2021.
In July 2021, PHE signed a deal with SF Studios, allowing them to distribute their content in the Scandinavian market, after they ended their deal with Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
===HD DVD and Blu-Ray support===
In October 2005, Paramount announced that it would be supporting the HD video format Blu-Ray in addition to rival format HD DVD, becoming the first studio to release on both formats. Its first four HD DVD releases came out in July 2006, and it released four titles on Blu-Ray two months later. In August 2007, Paramount (along with DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation) announced their exclusive support for HD DVD. However, when other studios eventually dropped HD DVD and players for the technology stopped being manufactured, Paramount switched to Blu-Ray. In May 2008, it released three titles on Blu-ray and continues to release its high-definition discs in that format exclusively.
== Home Media Releases ==
=== Distributor ===
#Top Gun: 2-Movie Collection (2022) - 12 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 05/12/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Top Gun: 2-Movie Collection (2022) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 01/11/2022 (Canada / US)
# Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 01/11/2022 (Canada / US)
#Top Gun: 2-Movie Collection (2022) - 12 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 31/10/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - 12 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 31/10/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Rumble (2021) - U - DVD - 24/10/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Orphan: First Kill (2022) - R - DVD / Blu-Ray - 18/10/2022 (US)
#Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 18/10/2022 (US)
#Rumble (2021) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 18/10/2022 (US)
# Baby Shark's Big Show! The Seaweed Sway (2022) - TBA - DVD - 20/09/2022 (Canada / US)
#PAW Patrol: Pups Save Rocket Ryder (2022) - U - DVD - 15/08/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 09/08/2022 (US)
#Sonic the Hedgehog: 2-Movie Collection (2022) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 09/08/2022 (US)
#Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 08/08/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Sonic the Hedgehog: 2-Movie Collection (2022) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 08/08/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#The Lost City (2022) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 26/07/2022 (US)
#The Lost City (2022) - 12 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 25/07/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#FBI: Most Wanted - Season Two (2022) - 15 - DVD - 13/06/2022 (UK)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Fifth & Sixth Seasons (2022) - TBA - DVD - 07/06/2022 (US)
# Baby Shark's Big Show! (2021) - U - DVD - 04/04/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#PAW Patrol: Pups Save the Kitten Catastrophe Crew (2021) - U - DVD - 04/04/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#PAW Patrol: Pups Save Rocket Ryder (2022) - TBA - DVD - 01/03/2022 (US)
#PAW Patrol: Moto Pups (2021) - U - DVD - 14/02/2022 (UK / Ireland)
# Baby Shark's Big Show! Super Shark (2022) - G - DVD - 01/02/2022 (Canada / US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: 3-Movie Collection (2021) - PG - DVD - 08/11/2021 (UK / Ireland)
# Baby Shark's Big Show! (2021) - G - DVD - 21/09/2021 (Canada / US)
#PAW Patrol: Pups Save the Kitten Catastrophe Crew (2021) - TBA - DVD - 21/09/2021 (US)
#My Left Foot (1989) - R - DVD / Blu-Ray - 27/07/2021 (US)
#The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 13/07/2021 (UK / Ireland)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: 3-Movie Collection (2021) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 13/07/2021 (US)
#The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 13/07/2021 (US)
#PAW Patrol: Moto Pups (2021) - TBA - DVD - 01/06/2021 (US)
#FBI: Most Wanted - Season One (2021) - 18 - DVD - 22/03/2021 (UK)
#Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 08/06/2020 (UK / Ireland)
#Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 19/05/2020 (US)
#Blue Story (2019) - 15 - DVD - 20/04/2020 (UK / Ireland)
#Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) - R - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 28/01/2020 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Third & Fourth Seasons (2019) - TBA - DVD - 05/02/2019 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: 2-Movie Collection (2016) - PG - Blu-Ray - 13/02/2018 (US)
#SpongeBob: 2-Movie Set (2016) - U - DVD - 04/07/2016 (UK / Ireland)
#The SpongeBob Movie Collection (2016) - PG - DVD - 07/06/2016 (US)
#The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) - U - DVD / Blu-Ray / Blu-Ray 3D - 03/08/2015 (UK / Ireland)
#The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray / Blu-Ray 3D - 02/06/2015 (US)
#PAW Patrol (2014) - U - DVD - 30/03/2015 (UK / Ireland)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Eighth Season (2013) - TBA - DVD - 30/12/2014 (US)
#PAW Patrol (2014) - TBA - DVD - 13/05/2014 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Eighth Season (2013) - U - DVD - 28/10/2013 (UK)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Eighth Season (2013) - TBA - DVD - 12/03/2013 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season (2003) - TBA - DVD - 13/11/2012 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Second Season (2004) - TBA - DVD - 13/11/2012 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Third Season (2005) - TBA - DVD - 13/11/2012 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Fourth Season (2008) - TBA - DVD - 13/11/2012 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Fifth Season (2009) - TBA - DVD - 13/11/2012 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Sixth Season (2010) - TBA - DVD - 13/11/2012 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Seventh Season (2011) - U - DVD - 17/09/2012 (UK / Ireland)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Seventh Season (2011) - TBA - DVD - 06/12/2011 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 6 - The Complete Collection (2010) - U - DVD - 29/11/2010 (UK / Ireland)
#The Shrek Trilogy (2007) - PG - DVD - 27/04/2010 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5 (2009) - U - DVD - 16/11/2009 (UK / Ireland)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4 (2008) - PG - DVD - 03/11/2008 (UK / Ireland)
#Halloween (2007) - 18 - DVD - 28/04/2008 (UK / Ireland)
#Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) - R - VHS / Laserdisc - 2007 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 3rd Season (2005) - U - DVD - 03/12/2007 (UK / Ireland)
#The Shrek Trilogy (2007) - U - DVD - 26/11/2007 (UK / Ireland)
#The Shrek Trilogy (2007) - PG - DVD - 13/11/2007 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: Lost in Time (2006) - U - DVD - 13/11/2006 (UK / Ireland)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season (2004) - U - DVD - 23/10/2006 (UK / Ireland)
#The Shrek Collection: The Story So Far... (2004) - U - DVD - 03/07/2006 (UK / Ireland)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: Lost in Time (2006) - G - VHS / DVD - 21/02/2006 (Canada / US)
#A Good Woman (2004) - PG - DVD - 20/02/2006 (UK / Ireland)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season (2003) - U - DVD - 07/11/2005 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 3rd Season (2005) - TBA - DVD - 27/09/2005 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season (2004) - TBA - DVD - 19/10/2004 (US)
#SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 1st Season (2003) - TBA - DVD - 28/10/2003 (US)
#Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) - R - VHS / Laserdisc - 1991 (US)
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