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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
In 1997, the UA name was dropped, renaming it | In 1997, the [[United Artists|UA]] name was dropped from MGM/UA Home Entertainment, renaming it to '''MGM Home Entertainment'''. Outside North America, [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|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 with MGM continued until June 2020. | 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. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Common. | '''Availability:''' Common. | ||
* Found primarily on VHS releases, VCDs and later | * Found primarily on VHS releases, VCDs and later LaserDiscs. | ||
* Such examples include the Special Edition | * Such examples include the Special Edition LaserDisc of ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', as well as on the 2000 VHS release of ''Never Say Never Again'' (despite no MGM logo appearing on the packaging) and the 1998 VHS release of ''Bad Influence''. | ||
* One of the first releases to use this logo was the 1998 VHS release of ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'' (the demo VHS release used the 1990 [[Orion Home Video]] logo). | * One of the first releases to use this logo was the 1998 VHS release of ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'' (the demo VHS release used the 1990 [[Orion Home Video]] logo). | ||
* This makes a strange appearance on TV spots for the 2001 DVD release of ''Platoon''. | * This makes a strange appearance on TV spots for the 2001 DVD release of ''Platoon''. | ||
* It also doesn't appear on the 1998 [[THX]] remastered | * It also doesn't appear on the 1998 [[THX]] remastered LaserDisc of ''Singin' in the Rain'', despite showing the print logo on the cover. | ||
* MGM's sale to a Sony-led consortium put an end to this logo in the United States in 2005, with some of the last uses of this logo, like the 3rd logo, being the 2005 VHS releases of ''Be Cool'', ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose'', ''Hotel Rwanda'', and ''Beauty Shop'', respectively. | * MGM's sale to a Sony-led consortium put an end to this logo in the United States in 2005, with some of the last uses of this logo, like the 3rd logo, being the 2005 VHS releases of ''Be Cool'', ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose'', ''Hotel Rwanda'', and ''Beauty Shop'', respectively. | ||
* VCDs released in Asia still use this logo, and it also makes a surprise appearance on the Fox PAL DVD release of ''For a Few Dollars More''. | * VCDs released in Asia still use this logo, and it also makes a surprise appearance on the Fox PAL DVD release of ''For a Few Dollars More''. | ||