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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''CBS, Inc.''' established its own home entertainment division, '''CBS Video Enterprises, Inc.''' in January 1980 to distribute CBS releases on video. [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and CBS Video Enterprises formed | '''CBS, Inc.''' established its own home entertainment division, '''CBS Video Enterprises, Inc.''' in January 1980 to distribute CBS releases on video. [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and CBS Video Enterprises formed [[MGM/CBS Home Video]] later that year. In 1982, CBS and [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] formed [[CBS/Fox Video]] after MGM/CBS Home Video was dissolved due to MGM's purchase of [[United Artists]] the previous year. Under this new label, two sub labels were created: [[Key Video]] (later reactivated as "Key DVD" by [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]), and [[Playhouse Video]]. Both became inactive in 1991, and CBS/Fox Video was reincorporated as [[Fox Video]] the same year, alternating with the CBS/Fox name until 1998 when Fox Entertainment Group acquired CBS's interest in CBS/Fox, and CBS merged with [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]]. | ||
After the CBS/Viacom merger was completed in 2000, Fox stopped distributing standalone CBS releases on video, and CBS Video created "'''CBS DVD'''" for DVD releases of CBS shows in tandem with Viacom subsidiary [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]. In 2005, CBS and Viacom were split again, with the "old" Viacom, Inc. reincorporated as "CBS Corporation", and the other retaining the "Viacom" name. On September 26, 2006, CBS Corporation merged this label with [[King World Productions]], [[CBS Paramount International Television]] (later [[CBS Studios International]]), and [[CBS Paramount Television|CBS Paramount Domestic Television]] to form [[CBS Television Distribution]], relaunching this label under its current name as '''CBS Home Entertainment''' one year later. However, Paramount Home Entertainment continues to distribute CBS DVDs to this day. Paramount also distributes its [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|pre-2006 television library]] under CBS Home Entertainment as well. As of 2015, [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]] handles the distribution of [[CBS Films]] theatrical releases on DVD. | After the CBS/Viacom merger was completed in 2000, Fox stopped distributing standalone CBS releases on video, and CBS Video created "'''CBS DVD'''" for DVD releases of CBS shows in tandem with Viacom subsidiary [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]. In 2005, CBS and Viacom were split again, with the "old" Viacom, Inc. reincorporated as "CBS Corporation", and the other retaining the "Viacom" name. On September 26, 2006, CBS Corporation merged this label with [[King World Productions]], [[CBS Paramount International Television]] (later [[CBS Studios International]]), and [[CBS Paramount Television|CBS Paramount Domestic Television]] to form [[CBS Television Distribution]], relaunching this label under its current name as '''CBS Home Entertainment''' one year later. However, Paramount Home Entertainment continues to distribute CBS DVDs to this day. Paramount also distributes its [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|pre-2006 television library]] under CBS Home Entertainment as well. As of 2015, [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]] handles the distribution of [[CBS Films]] theatrical releases on DVD. | ||