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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 Studios 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. In the studio's financial report that same year, [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] was named as MGM's new distributor. | 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 Studios 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. In the studio's financial report that same year, [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]] was named as MGM's new distributor. | ||
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'' to its end in April 2023, | 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'' to its end in April 2023, 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. | ||
===Logo (January 27, 1998-2005 [2009 in Asia])=== | ===Logo (January 27, 1998-2005 [2009 in Asia])=== | ||
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'''Visuals:''' | '''Visuals:''' The standard 1986 MGM logo of the time, with the only difference being the words "{{font|Serif|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" in Trajan Pro under the ribbon, sandwiched between two lines. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*On the home video trailer for ''Species III'', "{{font|Serif|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" and the lines are presented in a more brown-ish color, the text font differs, and the lines are also spaced closer to "{{font|Serif|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}". | *On the home video trailer for ''Species III'', "{{font|Serif|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" and the lines are presented in a more brown-ish color, the text font differs, and the lines are also spaced closer to "{{font|Serif|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}". | ||
*A superimposed variant of the logo exists. On the demo VHS trailer for ''Gone with the Wind'', the logo is superimposed over a scene from the film with all traces of black removed via chroma-keying, including inside the circle and some of the shadows on Leo's fur. | *A superimposed variant of the logo exists. On the demo VHS trailer for ''Gone with the Wind'', the logo is superimposed over a scene from the film with all traces of black removed via chroma-keying, including inside the circle and some of the shadows on Leo's fur. | ||
*At the end of the animated feature ''Tom Sawyer'', a still image of the MGM logo scrolls up and the text "{{font|Serif|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" is shown below the logo in a white Roman text. | *At the end of the animated feature ''Tom Sawyer'', a still image of the MGM logo scrolls up and the text "{{font|Serif|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" is shown below the logo in a white Roman text. The lion is also not in its correct still image. | ||
'''Technique:''' Live-action footage. | '''Technique:''' Live-action footage. | ||