History Creator / MediaHomeEntertainment

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them (through Video Treasures) on [=DVD=] (as The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment) including Spy Kids 4, Paddington and Hoodwinked! Too: Hood vs. Evil among several others. ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' also soon went on another rampage as Rhino Home Video re-released the classic 80s cartoon in 2001 on VHS and [=DVD=] due to ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' who licensed the cartoon rights of the ''Creator/{{Hasbro}}'' toyline from the 80s (through ''Creator/{{Marvel}}'').

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them (through Video Treasures) on [=DVD=] (as The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment) including Spy Kids 4, Paddington and Hoodwinked! Too: Hood vs. Evil among several others. ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' also soon went on another rampage as Rhino Home Video re-released the classic 80s cartoon in 2001 on VHS and [=DVD=] due to ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' who licensed the cartoon rights of the ''Creator/{{Hasbro}}'' toyline from the 80s (through ''Creator/Marvel'').

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them (through Video Treasures) on [=DVD=] (as The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment) including Spy Kids 4, Paddington and Hoodwinked! Too: Hood vs. Evil among several others. ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' also soon went on another rampage as Rhino Home Video re-released the classic 80s cartoon in 2001 on VHS and [=DVD=] due to ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' who licensed the cartoon rights of the ''Creator/{{Hasbro}}'' toyline from the 80s (through ''Creator/MarvelStudios'').

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them (through Video Treasures) on [=DVD=] (as The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment) including Spy Kids 4, Paddington and Hoodwinked! Too: Hood vs. Evil among several others. ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' also soon went on another rampage as Rhino Home Video re-released the classic 80s cartoon in 2001 on VHS and [=DVD=] due to ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' who licensed the cartoon rights of the ''Creator/{{Hasbro}}'' toyline from the 80s (through ''Creator/{{MarvelStudios}}'').

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them (through Video Treasures) on [=DVD=] (as The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment) including Spy Kids 4, Paddington and Hoodwinked! Too: Hood vs. Evil among several others. ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' also soon went on another rampage as Rhino Home Video re-released the classic 80s cartoon in 2001 on VHS and [=DVD=] due to ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' who licensed the cartoon rights of the ''Creator/{{Hasbro}}'' toyline from the 80s (as Marvel Studios).

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them (through Video Treasures) on [=DVD=] (as The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment) including Spy Kids 4, Paddington and Hoodwinked! Too: Hood vs. Evil among several others. ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' also soon went on another rampage as Rhino Home Video re-released the classic 80s cartoon in 2001 on VHS and [=DVD=] due to ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' who licensed the cartoon rights of the ''Creator/{{Hasbro}}'' toyline from the 80s.

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them (through Video Treasures) on [=DVD=] (as The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment) including Spy Kids 4, Paddington and Hoodwinked! Too: Hood vs. Evil among several others. ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' also soon went on another rampage as ''Creator/RhinoHomeVideo'' re-released the classic 80s cartoon in 2001 on VHS and [=DVD=] due to ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' who licensed the cartoon rights of the ''Creator/{{Hasbro}}'' toyline from the 80s.

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them (through Video Treasures) on [=DVD=] (as The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment) including Spy Kids 4, Paddington and Hoodwinked! Too: Hood vs. Evil among several others. ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' also soon went on another rampage as ''Creator/{{RhinoHomeVideo}}'' re-released the classic 80s cartoon in 2001 on VHS and [=DVD=] due to ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' who licensed the cartoon rights of the ''Creator/{{Hasbro}}'' toyline from the 80s.

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them (through Video Treasures) on [=DVD=] (as The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment) including Spy Kids 4, Paddington and Hoodwinked! Too: Hood vs. Evil among several others. ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}'' soon went to another video distributor, Rhino Home Video, who re-released the classic 80s cartoon in 2001 on VHS and [=DVD=].

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them (through Video Treasures) on [=DVD=] (as The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment) including Spy Kids 4, Paddington and Hoodwinked! Too: Hood vs. Evil among several others.

* '''Hi-Tops Video''' (childrens' videos, including handling the first VHS releases of the majority of the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' specials and of ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' among a few videos such as ''WesternAnimation/LadyLovelyLocks'', ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'', ''WesternAnimation/MyPetMonster'', ''Literature/{{Babar}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Inhumanoids}}).

* '''Hi-Tops Video''' (childrens' videos, including handling the first VHS releases of the majority of the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' specials and of ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' among a few videos such as ''WesternAnimation/LadyLovelyLocks'', ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Madeline'', ''WesternAnimation/MyPetMonster'', ''Literature/Babar'' and ''WesternAnimation/Inhumanoids).

* '''Hi-Tops Video''' (childrens' videos, including handling the first VHS releases of the majority of the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' specials and of ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' among a few videos such as ''WesternAnimation/LadyLovelyLocks'', ''Franchise/Barbie'', ''WesternAnimation/Madeline'', ''WesternAnimation/MyPetMonster'', ''Literature/Babar'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyFavoriteFairytales'').

* '''Hi-Tops Video''' (childrens' videos, including handling the first VHS releases of the majority of the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' specials and of ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'')

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them through Video Treasures on [=DVD=] as The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment (Spy Kids 4, Paddington and Hoodwinked! Too: Hood vs. Evil among several others).

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany and started distributing them through Video Treasures on [=DVD=].

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany.

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}). Creator/{{Starz}} soon owns the licensing rights to films released by Creator/{{TheWeinsteinCompany}} after Creator/{{GeniusProducts}} closed their doors a few years ago.

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Creator/{{Starz}} premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}).

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (through it's Fox Video or CBS/Fox Video labels) or by Video Treasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Anchor Bay Entertainment (successor to Video Treasures, and currently owned by the Starz premium cable network), with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}).

Throughout its history, Media Home Entertainment was a leader as one of the four "mini-majors" of the new home video boom of the early 1980s. They were known for distributing several B-movies, including ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' (and other Creator/JohnCarpenter films), ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'', and ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead''. It also signed an agreement with Creator/NewLineCinema to distribute the original VHS releases of the first five ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' films in the U.S. and Canada. Other companies Media Home Entertainment signed deals with included Creator/TheCannonGroup and, for a time, Creator/{{Troma}}.

Throughout its history, Media Home Entertainment was a leader as one of the four "mini-majors" of the new home video boom of the early 1980s. They were known for distributing several B-movies, including ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' (and other Creator/JohnCarpenter films), ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'', and ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead''. It also signed an agreement with Creator/NewLineCinema to distribute the original VHS releases of the first five ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' films in the U.S. and Canada. Other companies Media Home Entertainment signed deals with included Creator/CannonFilms and, for a time, Creator/{{Troma}}.

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox or by Creator/VideoTreasures. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Creator/AnchorBayEntertainment, with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}).

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Creator/AnchorBayEntertainment, with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while Creator/WarnerBros holds the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials (the latter was previously held by Creator/{{Paramount}}).

Throughout its history, Media Home Entertainment was a leader as one of the four "mini-majors" of the new home video boom of the early 1980s. They were known for distributing several B-movies, including ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' (and other Creator/JohnCarpenter films), ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'', and ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead''. It also signed an agreement with Creator/NewLineCinema to distribute the original VHS releases of the first five ''[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Elm Street]]'' films in the U.S. and Canada. Other companies Media Home Entertainment signed deals with included Creator/CannonFilms and, for a time, Creator/{{Troma}}.

Throughout its history, Media Home Entertainment was a leader as one of the four "mini-majors" of the new home video boom of the early 1980s. They were known for distributing several B-movies, including ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' (and other Creator/JohnCarpenter films), ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'', and ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead''. It also signed an agreement with Creator/NewLineCinema to distribute the original VHS releases of the first five ''[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Elm Street]]'' films in the U.S. and Canada. Other companies Media Home Entertainment signed deals with included the Cannon Group and, for a time, Creator/{{Troma}}.

Sadly, the good times didn't last as long. In the early 1990s, Media Home Entertainment began to be in the process of folding its operations after Gerald Ronson was involved in securities fraud, which he was convicted of in 1990. By 1994, Media Home Entertainment would fully cease to exist. Many of its last few releases were co-distributed by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox. The rights to the majority of the Media Home Entertainment library is currently held by Creator/AnchorBayEntertainment, with a few exceptions. As examples, most of the Cannon Group's library is currently distributed through Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, while the rights to the ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and the ''Peanuts'' specials are currently held through Creator/WarnerBros.

Throughout its history, Media Home Entertainment was a leader as one of the four "mini-majors" of the new home video boom of the early 1980s. They were known for distributing several B-movies, including ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' (and other Creator/JohnCarpenter films), ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', and ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead''. It also signed an agreement with Creator/NewLineCinema to distribute the original VHS releases of the first five ''[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Elm Street]]'' films in the U.S. and Canada. Other companies Media Home Entertainment signed deals with included the Cannon Group and, for a time, Creator/{{Troma}}.

Throughout its history, Media Home Entertainment was a leader as one of the four "mini-majors" of the new home video boom of the early 1980s. They were known for distributing several B-movies, including ''Film/{{Halloween}}'' (and other Creator/JohnCarpenter films), ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'', and ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead''. It also signed an agreement with Creator/NewLineCinema to distribute the original VHS releases of the first five ''Franchise/NightmareOnElmStreet'' films in the U.S. and Canada. Other companies Media Home Entertainment signed deals with included the Cannon Group and, for a time, Creator/{{Troma}}.

In 1984, Media Home Entertainment was purchased by Gerald Ronson and his company, the British property developer Heron International. Media Home Entertainment was organized into a newly formed division, '''Heron Communications, Inc.''' After the acquisition, Media Home Entertainment had three sublabels. They were '''Hi-Tops Video''' (childrens' videos, including handling the first VHS releases of the majority of the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' specials and of ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse''), '''Fox Hills Video''' (special interest videos), and '''The Nostalgia Merchant''' (releases of very rare old films).