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Media Home Entertainment Inc. was a home video company headquartered in Culver City, California, originally established in 1978 by filmmaker Charles Band. Media Home Entertainment also distributed video product under additional labels — The Nostalgia Merchant (very old or classic films; Media bought this company in 1984), [ 1 ] Hi-Tops Video ...
5 days ago · Media Home Entertainment, Inc. was an independent video distributor established in 1978 by filmmaker Charles Band. In 1984, the company was purchased by Heron Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Gerald Ronson's Heron International. By that point, Band had resigned from the company, due to internal conflicts, to start Wizard Video.
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Media Home Entertainment Inc. was a home video distributor headquartered in Culver City, California, originally established in 1978 by filmmaker Charles Band. They are considered to have been one of the pioneers of home video in North America.
The company was founded in 1978 under the name "MEDA: Media Home Entertainment", named after founder Charles Band's wife at the time. However, most people thought that the name was a misspelling of "Media", prompting Band to drop "MEDA" from the name. The early Media releases are now sought after by collectors.
The company got off to a rocky start in 1978 when they were sued by several companies for releasing concert footage of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Nevertheless, Media went on to become one of the largest video distributors in the United States, releasing films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Media also released most of Cannon Films' library, including a number of popular action movies.
Media continued to grow throughout the 1980s, and eventually created three sub-labels: Hi-Tops Video (for children's films,) Fox Hills Video (for special interest releases) and The Nostalgia Merchant (for classic public domain films.)
In 1984, the company was purchased by Heron Communications and became a division of that company. Initially, Media continued to grow, but by 1990 they had begun downsizing in the wake of a scandal involving Heron's owner Gerald Ronson. Ronson went to prison for 6 months, and Heron Communications (including Media Home Entertainment) became defunct in 1993. The final Media titles awaiting release were distributed by Fox Video, in the meantime, Media sold its library to Video Treasures.
As of 2016, the majority of Media's library is owned by Lionsgate, which purchased Anchor Bay’s parent Starz in 2016 and Anchor Bay was phased out shortly after. The Cannon Films library is controlled by MGM.
Media's VHS releases, especially the original MEDA releases, are sought after by collectors and bring higher prices than the Video Treasures re-releases. Despite this, Media tapes are relatively common when compared to the releases of other companies from the same era.
Media Home Entertainment also distributed video product under additional labels — The Nostalgia Merchant (very old or classic films; Media bought this company in 1984), [1] Hi-Tops Video (children's videos), Condor Video (Spanish-language titles, including Spanish dubs of films Media owned video rights to), [2] and Fox Hills Video (a sell-through label, devoted to special-interest videos ...
In 1978, filmmaker Charles Band established Media Home Entertainment. The word "MEDA" was also the name of Band's then-wife. It also stood for the company's full name at inception, Media-Home Entertainment and Distribution Assocation. In 1981, MEDA was dropped and was simply renamed to Media Home Entertainment. Three years later in 1984, the company was purchased by Heron Communications (a ...
Media Home Entertainment was a home video company headquartered in Culver City, California and established in 1978 by filmmaker Charles Band.The company released many videos from 1978 until 1992 , which were mainly various independent films and some films from the Cannon Films library.
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Media Home Entertainment Inc. was a home video company headquartered in Culver City, California, originally established in 1978 by filmmaker Charles Band. Media Home Entertainment also distributed video product under three additional labels — The Nostalgia Merchant (very old or classic films), Hi-Tops Video (children's videos), and Fox Hills Video (special-interest videos/obscure B-movies ...
