Universal Pictures Home Entertainment: Difference between revisions

On December 9, 1996, [[MCA/Universal Home Video]] renamed itself as "Universal Studios Home Video" when MCA was reincorporated as [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]]. It began to distribute titles from third-party companies, like [[Lionsgate Films]], [[October Films]], [[DreamWorks Pictures]] and [[The Kushner-Locke Company]]. On February 28, 1999, Universal Studios Home Video signed a multi-year deal with [[Columbia TriStar Home Video]] to allow the latter to distribute Universal's DVD releases outside North America. That same year, the company also took over [[PolyGram Video]]'s international functions. Three years later, it absorbed the assets of [[USA Home Entertainment]] into the label. In 2005 changed once again into "Universal Studios Home Entertainment", and expanded to build on the third-party formula. In 2016, the home entertainment division was restructured and was renamed as "'''Universal Pictures Home Entertainment'''". In January 2020, it was announced that Universal and [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] would be partnering to form a brand new home media joint venture, which will see new and library titles from both companies being released on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD under one entity; the venture launched in early 2021 under the name Studio Distribution Services. SDS does not use an on-screen logo; Universal content released by SDS continue to use the Universal logo.

*On 2001 releases in the Alfred Hitchcock Collection, such as <u>''Rear Window''</u>, the footage is replaced with clips from Hitchcock's Universal-controlled movies, and at the end of the logo, a yellow light shines through.

'''Availability:''' It can be seen on DVD releases by Universal Studios Home Video from 1998 to 2002, such as ''The Little Rascals'', ''Major Payne'', ''Babe: Pig In The City'', ''Winning'', ''The Hurricane'', the Collector's Edition DVD releases of the ''Jurassic Park'' trilogy, and ''The Fast and the Furious'', among others, with the final release with this logo being the 2002 DVD release of ''The Musketeer'', but it is absent on some Collector's Edition DVD releases, such as the 2000 Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD of ''Jaws'', the 1998 Collector's Edition DVD releases of ''The Blues Brothers'', ''Daylight'', and the 2001 Collector's Edition DVD release of ''How The Grinch Stole Christmas'' (2000 live-action film), as well as some international DVD releases (except the Australian 1998 Collector's Edition DVD release of ''Twister'').

===Logo (April 18, 2006-May 15, 2012)===