Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (included as Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. since 1997, also known as Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution and previously known as Walt Disney Telecommunications & Non-Theatrical Company from 1980 to 1987 and finally Buena Vista Home Video 1997 to the home video distribution division of The Walt Disney Company. Disney began distributing the video under its own label in 1980 with the name Walt Disney Home Video.
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Before Disney began releasing the home video title itself, it licensed several titles to the Discovision MCA for a newly developed disk format, which was then called LaserDisc. According to the Blam Entertainment Group website, which features extensive discovision release details, only six Disney titles are actually released on DiscoVision. One of them is the feature film Kidnapped . The other is a Disney shorts compilation. The first titles released in 1978 included: Holiday with Mickey Mouse and Friends (# D61-503), Kids are Kids (# D61-504) , At Home with Donald Duck (# D61-505), Chip 'n' Dale Adventure (# D61-506), and finally The Coyote's Lament (# D61-507) released in May 1979. The Disney agreement with the MCA ended in December 1981. Maps Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
History
In 1980, Disney established its own video distribution operation as part of Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company (WDTNT) with Jim Jimirro as its first president. The home video was not considered a major market by Disney at the time. WDTNT also handles the marketing of various additional items such as 8 mm short films for home movies.
Disney's first release on the cassette were 13 titles licensed for rent to Fotomat on March 4, 1980, initially in a four-city test (Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, and San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose), to be nationally expanded by the late 1980s The agreement provides rental fees ranging from $ 7.95 to $ 13.95. This first batch of titles on VHS and Beta includes 10 live action movies: Pete's Dragon (# 10), The Black Hole (# 11), The Love Bug (# 12), Escape to Witch Mountain (# 13), Davy Crockett, Wild Border King (# 14), 20,000 League Under the Sea (# 15), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (# 16), The North Avenue Irregulars (# 17), The Apple Dumpling Gang (# 18), and Hot Lead and Cold Feet (# 19); and three short cartoon compilations previously released by DiscoVision: Holiday with Mickey Mouse and Friends (# 20), Kids is Kids starring Donald Duck (# 21), and Chip 'n' Dale Adventure (# 22). Then, on December 30, 1980, Mary Poppins (# 23) was added to create all 14 titles.
No new titles were released for half a year after Mary Poppins , but Walt Disney Home Video announced an expanded program for "Authorized Lease Dealers" in December 1980, and began expanding its dealer network during the first part of 1981. From from 1 January to 31 March 1981, Disney has a "One License - Get One Free" promotion to encourage dealers to sign up. They also offer free use of the Mickey Mouse Disco 7-minute video cassette for customers who rent any titles from Authorized Lease Dealers from February to May 1981.
Disney is unusual among the major studios in offering programs for official rentals. Most of the other studios involved in the videocassette market at the time were trying to figure out how to stop dealers from renting their movie cassettes. Magnetic Video (with titles from 20th Century Fox and others) stopped doing business with Fotomat after Fotomat began to rent a Magnet Video tape without authorization. Disney's rental tapes in blue cases look very different from the sales tapes, which are in white cases. It was designed to make it easier for Disney representatives to see if dealers violated their dealer agreement by renting tapes intended for sale, and that continued until 1984, when they stopped doing so.
In the late 1980s, Disney began looking for other outlets to distribute its videos, and decided to sign an agreement with a wholesalers retailer like Target, Caldor, and Walmart. In 1989, Disney tried to better control the distribution of its products by eliminating the use of shelf employers. Around this time, studios began partnering with major retailers for advertising campaigns.
Video Buena Vista House
Buena Vista Home Video was founded on February 13, 1987. In April 1996 due to an ongoing Disney-CC/ABC reunion post, Buena Vista Home Video was moved from Disney Television and Telecommunications group to The Walt Disney Studios. Buena Vista Home Video was renamed Buena Vista Home Entertainment in 1997.
Company structure
The company currently distributes Blu-ray discs and DVDs under the following labels, such as Disney, ABC Studios, Freeform, Marvel Studios, ESPN, Lucasfilm, and Touchstone Home Entertainment. The company is used to distribute under Buena Vista Home Entertainment (maintained in several countries such as France), Hollywood Home Entertainment, Miramax Home Entertainment, Dimension Home Video and Miramax/Dimension Home Entertainment.
Animated features
The first of the Disney canon animation features to be released on videocassette was Dumbo on June 28, 1981, just for rent. Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh are released for rent and sale at the same time. Alice in Wonderland was released on October 15, 1981, just for rent. Fun and Fancy Free was released in 1982 as 'Fun and Fancy Free' featuring: Mickey and the Beanstalk , to popularize the more famous segments of the film.
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Their agreement with DiscoVision ended in 1981, Disney began to release LaserDiscs under the Walt Disney Home Video label to their own network of distributors and dealers. The first five titles were shipped in June 1982: The Black Hole The Love Bug , Escape to Witch Mountain , The Many Adventures Winnie the Pooh , and Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoons, Collection One . Five more titles were sent in July: Dragon Pete , Dumbo , Davy Crockett and River Pirates , Only, Original, Band Native Families , and Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon, Collection Two .
Disney released more cartoon compilations (pre-Walt Disney Cartoon Classics in 1983) at the end of 1981, including Goofy Over Sports
Dumbo was released for sale on tape in the summer of 1982, while Alice in Wonderland was released for sale in November 1982. The next major animation feature to be released (excluding the "" feature " anthology "was Robin Hood on December 3, 1984, starting the Walt Disney Classics collection In 1982, all the video releases were for sale and rent, along with the latest release, but at a high price.
To market this new video release, the company produced an exclusive promo that looks after various Disney video movies. The promo was dubbed "Walt Disney and You" by fans because of the special tone in the promo. The promo also features clips of various releases and ends with a video-freeze of the opening sequence of the current Walt Disney Home Video (known as "Neon Mickey"; a screenshot of this can be seen above). This promotion is also used for other non-Disney labels such as Touchstone Home Video.
On July 16, 1985, he saw the inaugural video Pinocchio which became the year's best-selling video.
Then, 1985 Making Your Dreams The Come True Promotion began on November 6, 1985 with the live action titles repackaged and Dumbo released on the same day as well.
Disney is targeting to produce Walt Disney Video A Longs and the Disney Greatest Lullabies video collection for their children. The series reached stores in January 1986.
Disney then produced a collection of Disney Sing-Along Songs for children who teamed up with Harry Arends and Phil Savenick. The series was first launched on October 14, 1986.
Disney DVD
Disney DVD is the brand name in which Buena Vista Home Entertainment released its Disney-branded movie. Disney began releasing titles on DVDs in 1997, though they were not released in this format in the UK until 1999. VHS releases stopped with Bambi II , which was released on February 7, 2006 (However, Disney went on to distribute titles new in VHS via Disney Movie Club). The brand launched a loyalty program called Disney Movie Rewards in October 2006. Participants can collect points by sending discounted tickets from Disney feature films, "magic codes" from the purchase of Disney home videos and Disney CDs. Points can be redeemed for prizes such as games, DVDs, books, posters, and collectibles.
Platinum Edition
The Platinum Edition is a series of special editions of DVDs released by Disney. Initially, this line consists of ten best-selling VHS company titles and released in October each year. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first film to receive this honor in 2001. The following two titles, Beauty and Animals and The Lion King are both released on IMAX and other giant cinema screens during the holiday season before their DVD release in October. Due to poor box office results, this tradition was terminated after Aladdin . In May 2003, Disney announced that it would add the next four best-selling titles to the collection. Beginning in 2005, the Platinum Edition was released in October and February/March. Another tradition that is practiced for those who are released is rewards. This gift collection contains supplements like original animated sketches, movie frames, and companion books.
The current list of Platinum editions includes: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , Beauty and Animals , The Lion King , Aladdin , Bambi , Diamond Edition
Starting with the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in October 2009, Disney began republishing the Platinum Edition edition based on the new Diamond Edition classification on the Blu-ray DVD Combo Pack seven years later. The next few titles also received a Digital HD release.
Signature Collection
Starting with the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in February 2016, Disney began re-releasing their Platinum and Diamond titles under the 'Walt Disney Signature Collection' logo. All of these editions will be released on the Blu-ray DVD Digital combo package and will also receive an initial Digital HD release before the physical copy.
Blu-ray Disney
Blu-ray Disney is the brand name in which Buena Vista Home Entertainment released Disney-branded films in High-Definition. At the end of 2006, Disney began releasing titles, such as the movie Pirates of the Caribbean movie National Treasure and the first two Narnia movies on Blu-ray.
Disney Blu-ray 3D
At the end of 2010, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment began releasing their movies on Disney Blu-ray 3D, starting with A Christmas Carol and Alice in Wonderland . But in 2014, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment just released Marvel movies on Blu-ray 3D in North America. However, there is a Blu-ray 3D release from Toy Story , Toy Story 2 , Monster, Inc. , Finding Nemo , Car , Up , Toy Story 3 , Car 2 , Brave , Monsters University , Inside Out , The Good Dinosaur , Zootopia , Finding Dory and Moana .
Second Disney Screen
New features included in the Diamond Edition Bambi on March 1, 2011, "The Second Screen of Disney" is a feature accessible through downloads of computer apps or iPads that provide additional content when users view movies. The Disney Second Screen syncs along with the movie, and when the movie is playing, interactive elements like trivia, photo gallery, and animated flipbook appear on the iPad or computer screen. Currently available in English-speaking United States and Canada.
Ultra HD Blu-ray
Disney began releasing a new release on Ultra HD Blu-ray that began with the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 on August 22, 2017. More movies like Pirates of the Caribbean 5 , Car 3 , Coco , Thor Ragnarok , Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Black Panther have been released in the format.
See also
- List of Disney theatrical animation features
- Disney home entertainment list
- List of Walt Disney and Buena Vista video releases
Notes and references
External links
- Official website
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on IMDbPro (subscription required)
- Walt Disney Home Video on IMDbPro (subscription required)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment on IMDbPro (subscription required)
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