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Formerly | MCA Videocassette, Inc. (1980–1983) MCA Videodisc (1981–1983) MCA Home Video (1983–1990) MCA/Universal Home Video (1990–1997) Universal Studios Home Video (1997–2005) Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2005–2016) |
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Company type | Division |
Predecessor | MCA DiscoVision (1978–1981) CIC Video (1980–1999) PolyGram Video USA Home Entertainment NBC Home Entertainment Right Entertainment Golden Book Video |
Founded | 1980Los Angeles, California, U.S. | , in
Headquarters | Universal City, California, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide, especially the UK |
Products | Home video |
Parent | Universal Pictures |
Divisions | Universal 1440 Entertainment Universal Playback GRUV |
Subsidiaries | Studio Distribution Services, LLC (joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment) |
Website | uphe |
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment LLC[1][2] (formerly Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video, MCA Home Video, MCA Videodisc, and MCA Videocassette, Inc.) is the home video distribution division of Universal Pictures, an American film studio, owned by NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast.
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distributor for all of the Universal Pictures film library, the Focus Features film library, most of the 1929–1949 Paramount film library held by EMKA, Ltd., and shows from the NBCUniversal Syndication Studios library (NBC, E!, Syfy, USA Network, Universal Kids, and Oxygen).
The division also currently has distribution deals with The Film Arcade, Aviron Pictures, STX Entertainment (save for films from EuropaCorp Films USA, which Lionsgate holds the video rights to[3]), Mattel Creations (for the long-running Barbie direct-to-video film series),[4] 101 Studios, Sovereign Films, Open Road Films, Briarcliff Entertainment, Pinnacle Peak Pictures, Briarcliff Entertainment, Picturehouse, Blumhouse Tilt, Funimation/Crunchyroll, LLC (in the United States and Canada; until 2018, after which Sony Pictures Home Entertainment took over) and Entertainment One (in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Spain, Germany and the United States; until 2024, after which Lionsgate Home Entertainment took over).[5] Distribution is currently handled by Studio Distribution Services, LLC., a joint venture between Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
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