Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, Inc. (doing business as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment; formerly known as Warner Home Video and WCI Home Video and sometimes credited as Warner Home Entertainment) is the home video distribution division of Warner Bros.
It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video (as a division of Warner Communications, Inc.). The company launched in the United States with twenty films on Betamax and VHS videocassettes in late 1979. The company later expanded its line to include additional titles throughout 1979 and 1980.
It is responsible for distributing the film and television library of Warner Bros. Discovery and other companies on various home media formats, such as DVD, Blu-ray, digital, and streaming platforms. Some of the companies that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment distributes include Max, Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, DC Entertainment, DC Studios, Viz Media, HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, TBS, TNT, TruTV, Turner Classic Movies, Rooster Teeth, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, HGTV, Food Network and among others.
Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment previously released PBS Kids shows on VHS in the United States, including Theodore Tugboat.
Releases[]
- Big Harbor Bedtime (July 14, 1998)
- Theodore Helps A Friend (July 14, 1998)
- Theodore's Friendly Adventures (July 14, 1998)
- Nighttime Adventures (April 4, 2000)
- Underwater Mysteries (April 4, 2000)
Trivia []
- Several third-party home video distributors of the early 90's used Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment's FBI Warning, including:
- Strand VCI Entertainment, who released early volumes of Thomas the Tank Engine.
- VideoTec, who manufactured a screener tape of TUGS.
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