Twentieth Century Home Entertainment is the home video distributor arm of all films released by 20th Century Studios (including Searchlight Pictures and Blue Sky Studios) and television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television, Fox 21 Television Studios, and FX Productions. The company adopted its current name in 1995.
As of 2020, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment name has been retired by Disney as a separate subsidiary, but the "Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC" name still remains as the copyright holder for 20th Century Studios releases.
History
Background
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment started in 1976 under the name Magnetic Video. Magnetic Video changed its name to 20th Century-Fox Video. After MGM's deal with CBS expired, CBS formed a partnership with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, under the name CBS/Fox Video which started in 1982. It stopped releasing home video titles in 1998 and closed their partnership in 2001. For a brief period in 1987, before the studio's videocassette duplication facilities were acquired by VCA/Technicolor, CBS/Fox served as the official duplicator for Walt Disney Home Video. In 1990, CBS/Fox started a video duplication partnership with Rank Video Services America, a partnership which would last a decade. In 1991, another home video company was established named "Fox Video", which existed until its closure in 1998. In 1995, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment was founded and distributes VHS, DVD, Laserdisc and Blu-ray versions of 20th Century Fox films and television series.
Disney ownership
In 2019, Disney acquired 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment through its purchase of 21st Century Fox. Starting with Dark Phoenix, the home video distribution of 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and Blue Sky Studios films, 20th Century Fox Television, Fox 21 Television Studios, FXP series, will be handled by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment still operated as the subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment due to the distribution deal with MGM and Annapurna Pictures.
Underwater was its final TCFHE release before it transferred to Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (using Buena Vista Home Entertainment as its legal name) as the future home media distributor as 20th Century Studios in-name lable/banner as now part of WDSHE. As a result, many viewers would began to refer to the subsidiary as Twentieth Century Studios Home Entertainment of TCSHE.
Distribution agreements
- Annapurna Pictures
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (retail packaged content distribution deal expired June 30, 2020)
- Pathé UK (United Kingdom and Ireland only, transitioned to Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment UK from the DVD/Blu-Ray release of Misbehaviour onwards)
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