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Image Entertainment is a major independent home entertainment distribution company. It was founded in 1981 and handles digital media distribution of television programs, public domain and copyrighted feature films, music content, foreign cinema, special interest titles and much more. As of 2008 Image entertainement has released over 2500 exclusive titles to DVD and over 200 exclusive audio titles.

Image Entertainment was founded at the beginning of the LaserDisc era as an outlet to distribute product for that format and taking advantage of its key features, including sound and picture quality that surpassed VHS and Beta. The Laserdisc (LD is an obsolete Home video disc format and was the first commercial Optical disc storage medium Some of their first major releases were music concerts. Adult movie titles were also a large part of their early output. That division was split off into a separate company, LaserDisc Entertainment, after Image began distributing Disney/Buena Vista titles in the early 1990s. Disney wouldn't have agreed to the deal unless they dropped it.

As Image Entertainment expanded and became more established, it managed to successfully secure output deals with major studios, such as 20th Century Fox and Universal, for distributing their LaserDisc product. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American

Even though the LaserDisc format waned in popularity, Image continued to establish itself as a major home video distributor and a primary leader in LaserDisc product. It also started its own monthly print magazine of upcoming LaserDisc titles.

When the LaserDisc format gave way to DVD, Image restructered and focused on DVD releases. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Since the advent of DVD, Image has managed to score two major acquisitions for home video: the entire CBS series of the original Twilight Zone and the John Ritter/Markie Post series Hearts Afire. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The Twilight Zone is an American Television series created by Rod Serling. Jonathan Southworth “John” Ritter ( September 17, 1948 &ndash September 11 Marjorie Armstrong "Markie" Post (born on November 4, 1950, in Palo Alto, California) is an actress best known for her 1985–1992 Hearts Afire is a Sitcom that aired from September 14, 1992 to February 1, 1995 on CBS. Rights to the latter series were awarded by the John Ritter estate.

Image has also released LaserDisc/DVD editions of public domain films, such as A Farewell to Arms and the 1937 version of A Star Is Born. The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical Novel written by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1929 A Star Is Born ( 1937) is a romantic Drama film produced by David O

Today, Image continues to release a wide variety of programs (from television series to feature films to recent concerts) that are better suited for the emerging DVD format, including the O Entertainment Thumbs! franchise. O Entertainment is an Entertainment Company, originally founded in 1990 by Steve Oedekerk. Thumbs! is a collective term for the O Entertainment short films created by Steve Oedekerk using "Thumbation" technology a process which combines live-action Image competes with Anchor Bay Entertainment in releasing many horror films in the public domain. Anchor Bay Entertainment is a home entertainment company and a division of Starz Media, which is a unit of Starz LLC. This results in many editions of the same films.

On March 29, 2007, it was announced that Image Entertainment had entered into a definitive agreement to be sold to investor group BTP Acquisition Company, LLC for approximately $132 million. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. On February 5, 2008, after several extensions, the agreement was recinded. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Lions Gate has on several occasions tried to create a hostile takeover of Image, even going so far as to try and remove current members of the Image board with members that would favor Lions Gate takeover attempts. Lionsgate redirects here For other meanings see Lions' Gate (disambiguation‎. Despite their failed takeover attempts Lions Gate still remains a large shareholder in Image.

Image also currently controls the distribution of Criterion Collection releases, considered to be some of the most highly regarded DVD releases available. The Criterion Collection is a Privately held company that distributes "authoritative" consumer versions of "important classic and contemporary films"

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