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The Video Collection was commonly allied with [[ITV1|ITV]] and [[Channel 4]], and distributed many of their titles from their franchises; they also operated the [[Cinema Club]] budget label. | The Video Collection was commonly allied with [[ITV1|ITV]] and [[Channel 4]], and distributed many of their titles from their franchises; they also operated the [[Cinema Club]] budget label. | ||
The company was renamed to Video Collection International in 1994 due to financial difficulties (the name change was applied on-screen the following year), and in 1999 the company was sold to the Kingfisher group. Kingfisher | The company was renamed to Video Collection International in 1994 due to financial difficulties (the name change was applied on-screen the following year), and in 1999 the company was sold to the Kingfisher group. Kingfisher demerged the company into the Woolworths Group in July 2001. | ||
In July 2004, The Woolworths Group announced to form a joint-venture partnership with BBC Worldwide ([[BBC Video]]) known as [[2 Entertain]], in-which both their home video units would merge into. The deal was completed in September 2004 and Video Collection International was renamed as such; however, the VCI logo continued to be used on the packaging of DVDs and VHS until June 2005, and on-screen in September 2005. | |||
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