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In 1997, the UA name was dropped, renaming it as '''MGM Home Entertainment'''. Outside North America, MGM sold their international home video operations to [[20th Century Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]. The assets of the former [[Orion Home Video]] was transferred to MGM itself, as well as picking up the pre-1996 PolyGram film library. Outside North America, MGM sold their international home video operations to [[20th Century Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]. | In 1997, the UA name was dropped, renaming it as '''MGM Home Entertainment'''. Outside North America, MGM sold their international home video operations to [[20th Century Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]. The assets of the former [[Orion Home Video]] was transferred to MGM itself, as well as picking up the pre-1996 PolyGram film library. Outside North America, MGM sold their international home video operations to [[20th Century Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]. | ||
Following MGM's acquisition by the Sony-led consortium in 2005, [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] began distributing the MGM library on home video until May 31, 2006, when MGM shifted most of its home entertainment output to [[20th Century Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] for worldwide release (although Sony and Fox traded off releases throughout the rest of the year as part of a transitional period). TCFHE's worldwide distribution deal | Following MGM's acquisition by the Sony-led consortium in 2005, [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] began distributing the MGM library on home video until May 31, 2006, when MGM shifted most of its home entertainment output to [[20th Century Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] for worldwide release (although Sony and Fox traded off releases throughout the rest of the year as part of a transitional period). TCFHE's worldwide distribution deal with MGM continued until June 2020. | ||
As of late 2022 in the United States, MGM releases are distributed on home media by Studio Distribution Services, with [[United Artists Releasing]] titles initially through [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] (from ''Operation Finale'' to ''On the Count of Three'' and the eventual 26th James Bond film) and [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] for all catalog releases and United Artists Releasing titles since ''Three Thousand Years of Longing'', finally unifying all of the MGM catalog titles (along with the legacy UA catalog) under the same roof for the first time in over two decades. | As of late 2022 in the United States, MGM releases are distributed on home media by Studio Distribution Services, with [[United Artists Releasing]] titles initially through [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]] (from ''Operation Finale'' to ''On the Count of Three'' and the eventual 26th James Bond film) and [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] for all catalog releases and United Artists Releasing titles since ''Three Thousand Years of Longing'', finally unifying all of the MGM catalog titles (along with the legacy UA catalog) under the same roof for the first time in over two decades. | ||