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[[caption-width-right:350:From the magic within our hearts...to the adventure beyond the horizon...there is only one Disney.]]
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is the home video branch of [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]].
Disney first released its library into the home market in 1978, through a distribution agreement with Creator/MCADiscoVision to release live-action Disney movies and animated episodes of ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' onto UsefulNotes/LaserDisc. The agreement would expire in December 1981, but Disney would later begin supplying films and programs on the revamped version of LD by Pioneer Entertainment and Philips (the latter of whom helped develop DVD) along with Image Entertainment.
In March 1980, Disney would form its own home video arm, a division of Walt Disney Telecommunications And Non Theatrical Company (renamed Buena Vista Home Video in late 1987), with Jim Jimirro as its first president. A list of 13 titles[[note]]''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'', ''Series/DavyCrockett: King of the Wild Frontier'', ''Film/TheLoveBug'', ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', ''Film/EscapeToWitchMountain'', ''Film/TheAppleDumplingGang'', ''Film/PetesDragon1977'', ''Film/HotLeadAndColdFeet'', ''The North Avenue Irregulars'', ''Film/TheBlackHole'', and the ''Walt Disney Presents'' episodes "On Vacation With WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and Friends", "Kids is Kids, Starring WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck", and "The Adventures of WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale"[[/note]] were released on the [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS and Betamax magnetic tape formats]] in March 1980 [[note]] The former was developed by Victor Company of Japan/Japan Victor Company, or JVC, while Betamax was developed by Sony, a semi-ally of Disney who would go on to co-develop DVD and be the first maker of Blu-ray [[/note]] licensed to [[Creator/FotomatVideo Fotomat]] for rental, with a four-city test (in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, UsefulNotes/{{Houston}}, UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco) before a planned nationwide expansion by the end of the year. Initial duplication was handled by Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services before Disney moved on to self-distribution, after which it joined forces with S/T Videocassette Duplicating Corp. and U.S. Video Corp. During 1981-1984, Disney expanded its reach by having video stores sign up to be "authorized rental dealers". In the mid-'80s, Disney experimented with licensed content, acquiring product from Bill Burrud Productions, Henson Associates, Dargaud Films, the BBC, HBO, Weiss Global Enterprises, the U.S. Television Office, KCET, Nickelodeon, and the Hubley Studio, among others.
In 1981, ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' became the first Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon movie to hit home video; ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' and the anthology movies ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' shortly followed. The Disney management at the time were initially reluctant to release the rest of the Canon anywhere but in theaters out of concern that they would lose their value if they were to be released on tape. They marked the Canon's 15 most lucrative movies[[note]]''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''[[/note]] off-limits from WDHV by compiling them into a list of "Untouchables". However, this was during the DorkAge of the studio that saw the Disney brand being associated with children's fluff and attempts to create DarkerAndEdgier fare failed miserably at the box office, so the idea to unleash the Untouchables for home use eventually caught on with some if not all of the executives.
The idea for giving the Disney Animated Canon its own video line, the Walt Disney Classics, from then-studio head Ron Miller, and subsequently adopted by Michael Eisner after the former was ousted in a boardroom takeover. The first title in the Classics line was ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' in 1984, followed by ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', in 1985. As a compromise to the more conservative members of the board, both titles were priced for rental (one could technically buy the tapes, but they were priced at the very steep $79.95). Also in 1984, Disney launched another home video branch, Buena Vista Home Video (later Buena Vista Home Entertainment), to release productions without Disney's name.
In August 1985, Bill Mechanic, former head of Paramount Home Video, moved to Disney Home Video, reuniting him with his former Paramount bosses, Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Under Paramount, Mechanic embraced the growing video collector's market and priced ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' at the easily-affordable $39.95, giving birth to what became known as the "sell-through" market. Sensing an opportunity, Mechanic lowered the price for ''Pinocchio'' to $29.95, eventually breaking records in the video market, and Disney would subsequently debut new releases in the collection in that range or slightly lower. Soon other video distributors would embrace sell-through for children's and family titles. Mechanic was also responsible for creating "The Disney Vault," where most of Disney's Classics titles would only be available for a limited time, then go on moratorium, before re-releasing the most popular films to theaters. Disney's ''Robin Hood'' was the first Classics title to be reissued on video in 1991, followed by ''Pinocchio'' in 1993.[[note]]There were talks about never releasing ''Pinocchio'' on video again after its initial release, but the box-office failure of its 1992 re-release scuttled those plans.[[/note]]
For the first few years of the Walt Disney Classics collection, Disney would traditionally re-release an "Untouchable" in theaters, then make it available to own on home video shortly afterwards. Brand-new entries to the Disney Animated Canon wouldn't come to home video, in hopes that their theatrical re-releases would still make money. However, after 1989's ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' became Disney's biggest success in years, it reached video stores in 1990, only six months after its theatrical premiere. Canon entries following ''Mermaid'' would have progressively shorter gaps between their theatrical premieres, and their first home video release dates. Throughout the early 1990s, Disney vowed that their crown jewels, ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', would never be released on video, though they relented (''Fantasia'' was released in 1991, ''Snow White'' in 1994 as the first in the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection line). Some time after this, the term "Untouchable" apparently became abandoned at Disney.[[note]]It probably didn't help that five of the movies Disney gave this title to in the '80s found their revenue exceeded by the biggest hits of UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation.[[/note]] With VHS sales eating up revenue from theatrical reissues, Disney would eventually only hold the latter on special occasions.
Towards the end of 1997, Disney began releasing their movies on Toshiba/Philips/Panasonic/Sony's UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} (Digital Versatile Disc), including ''Film/MaryPoppins''. Within the next couple of years, the studio kicked off their efforts to make the Disney Animated Canon available on the format, beginning with ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. In lieu of the Untouchables, Disney would compile the 14 movies that sold the most videotapes[[note]]''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''[[/note]] into a collection of films that would each remain available for only a limited time, before going into moratorium for many years. They initially referred to these films as the "Platinum" collection, but would proceed to change the name whenever the DAC's oldest entry, ''Snow White'', would enter a new media format. Other Disney movies would only disappear from stores if the studio decided to re-release them with more bonus features. (Meanwhile, [=LaserDisc=] releases quietly ceased with the final Disney LD, ''Film/InspectorGadget'', released in 1999.)
In 2004, Disney announced that they became one of the first studios to support the high definition UsefulNotes/BluRay Disc format [[note]] commissioned by the Blu-ray Disc Association, which consists of Sony (the primary maker), Panasonic, Pioneer (who developed LD), Philips, Thomson/Technicolor SA, LG (Lucky-Goldstar) Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, and Samsung Electronics [[/note]], poised at the time to enter a format war with (the ultimately short-lived) HD-DVD from Toshiba. They officially started releasing Blu-ray Discs in 2006, with ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' becoming the Canon's first movie sold on BD. ''Film/EightBelow'' became the first live-action Disney movie available on Blu-ray, and ''Film/TheHauntedMansion'' the first catalog title.[[note]]Ignoring Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} movies that Disney distributed on Blu-ray and DVD, as Disney doesn't own Miramax anymore.[[/note]] After Blu-ray won the HD format war, in 2008, Disney began releasing their traditionally-animated movies on BD, starting with ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''.
Also in 2006, Disney ventured into releasing their library on non-physical formats, by becoming the first studio to make their movies available to download through Apple's [=iTunes=] (at the time, Apple was run by Creator/{{Pixar}} CEO and Disney shareholder Creator/SteveJobs). Seven movies from the Animated Canon apparently share the title of its initial entry sold through them.[[note]]According to [[http://www.dvdizzy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=261890#p261890 this post]] from an unofficial Disney forum, some of the titles Disney released during their first day of [=iTunes=] support included ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''. The exact dates that quite a few other Disney movies first hit [=iTunes=] feel hard to confirm, since Disney's advertising downplayed this option for many years.[[/note]] Other digital retailers also eventually obtained distribution rights to their works, and in 2014, Disney launched a website and mobile app especially for downloading and streaming their movies - Disney Movies Anywhere, which launched the same day that the Canon's highest-grossing movie, ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', hit digital platforms.
In 2017, Disney began releasing their library on 4K [=UltraHD=] Blu-ray and Digital formats, starting with Creator/MarvelStudios' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''. ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'' would become the first Disney-branded film with 4K home media releases, Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/Cars3'' the first Disney-owned animated film to receive such treatment, and Creator/TouchstonePictures' ''Film/ThePrestige''[[note]]distributed internationally by Creator/WarnerBros, one of the first studios to support UHD[[/note]] the first Disney-owned 4K catalog title. The same year, Disney Movies Anywhere became Movies Anywhere, and started offering other studios' works in addition to Disney's. The following year, ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' became the Animated Canon's first [=UltraHD=] title (as a tie-in with ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet''), and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' their first traditionally-animated UHD release. Meanwhile, Disney VHS tapes (particularly the animated ones) have become collectibles and part of a niche market.
After Disney's buyout of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, Buena Vista Home Entertainment began to distribute 20th Century Studios and Creator/SearchlightPictures [=DVDs=], Blu-Rays and 4K [=UHDs=], starting with
''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020'' and ''Downhill'' (both of which had their menus changed to those of Disney's style). Thanks to a deal [=iTunes=] struck two years earlier to sell 20th Century movies in 4K, their library marks the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
Most Disney releases have been duplicated by Technicolor; however, the earliest non-Fotomat releases were also duplicated at U.S. Video Corp, with a few releases afterwards, including Touchstone's ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' and at least a few marked-down tapes for their 1987 "Classic Disney at a Goofy Price" promotion, being duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services and its successor entities from time to time.
!List of Walt Disney Home Video lines:
!!Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon lines[[note]]The dates represent the first and last time Disney released a new tape and/or disc under the particular banner; some of these lines remained lame-duck for another few years, as at least one entry remained or remains in print long after Disney stopped using the name.[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Classics[[note]]AKA The Classics: Walt Disney Home Video[[/note]] (1984-1994)
* Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection (1994-1999)[[note]]banner extended to live-action/animated hybrids[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Limited Issues (1999)[[note]]banner extended to one direct-to-video sequel[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection (2000-2001)[[note]]banner extended to live-action/animation hybrids and a few other Disney-distributed animated movies[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Platinum Editions (2001-2009)
* Walt Disney Diamond Editions (2009-2015)
* Walt Disney Signature Collection [[note]]AKA Walt Disney: The Signature Collection[[/note]] (2016-present)
!!WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts[=/=]WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts lines
* Walt Disney Cartoon Classics (1983-1986; 1987-1992)
** Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition (1984)
** Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition II (1985)
* Walt Disney Mini-Classics (1988-1991)
* Disney Favorite Stories (1994-1996)
* Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites (2005-2006)
* Walt Disney's Funny Factory (2006)
!!Live-Action movie lines
* Walt Disney's Studio Film Collection (1991-1992)
* Walt Disney Family Film Collection (1994)
* Walt Disney Film Classics (1997-2006)
* Vault Disney Collection (2002-2003)
* Disney Generations Collection (2011-2012)
!!Limited stock lines
* Disney's Exclusive Archive Collection (1993-1995)
* Walt Disney Treasures (2001-2009)
!!Specific programming (in addition to Disney movies)
* Walt Disney Television shows and movies (1980-present)
* The Fabulous [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer]] Folio (1983-1987)
* ''WesternAnimation/DisneySingAlongSongs'' (1986-2006)
* ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' (1992-1996)[[note]]Under the BVHV label; rights later reverted to Bagdasarian Productions[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' (early-to-mid 90's)[[note]]Under the BVHV label; rights later shifted to Universal Home Entertainment[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Pixar}} Filmography (1996-present)
* Creator/StudioGhibli films (1998-2015)[[note]]Distributed under other WDHV banners until 2003's DVD debuts of ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', and ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''; rights later shifted to Shout! Factory[[/note]]
* Creator/MarvelAnimation TV shows (2002-present)[[note]]Releases of shows predating Disney's 2009 acquisition of Creator/MarvelComics use the BVHE logo, while releases of shows after the acquisition use the Marvel logo[[/note]]
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (2002-2010)[[note]]Under the BVHV label; rights later shifted to Shout! Factory[[/note]]
!!Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Sub-Labels
* Creator/{{Touchstone|Pictures}} Home Entertainment (1984-present)[[note]]Back catalog label only since 2017[[/note]]
* Creator/HollywoodPictures Home Entertainment (1989-present)[[note]]Back catalog label only since 2007[[/note]]
* Creator/JimHenson Video (1993-1996)[[note]]After Disney's 2004 purchase of [[Franchise/TheMuppets The Muppets Holding Company]], home video releases of Jim Henson productions in their possession use the BVHE logo for TV shows, and the WDHE logo for movies (both theatrical and made-for-TV); rights to Henson shows and movies excluded from the purchase shifted to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment[[/note]]
* Creator/{{DiC| Entertainment}} Toon-Time Video (1991-2001)[[note]]Label used in North America only; normal DIC branding was used until late 1994; rights later shifted to Mill Creek Entertainment (original [=DiC=] programming) and ADV (the [=DiC=]/Optimum ''Anime/SailorMoon'' dub)[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} Home Entertainment (1994-2010)[[note]]Rights later shifted to Creator/{{Lionsgate}}, who repackaged most of the Buena Vista/Miramax [=DVDs=] and Blu-ray Discs after Miramax separated from Disney; Miramax's release of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' was re-issued as a WDHE title until Disney let the rights shift to Shout! Factory[[/note]]
* Creator/{{ABC}} Studios (1995-present)
* Creator/{{Marvel Studios}} (2012-present)
* Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} (2014-present)
* Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2020-present)
%%That is the name used in the fine print on the back covers of ''Call of the Wild'' and ''Downhill''; don't change it to "20th Century Studios etc." unless a newer release does such!
** Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios
** Creator/SearchlightPictures
!!In other languages
* Disney en Español: Spanish-dubbed cassettes in the United States
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!!Walt Disney Home Video provides an example of
* CopyProtection: Ever since 1986 (at least for feature films; their other releases wouldn't get this treatment for a year or two).
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: They had different FBI Warning screens throughout the years.
** 1978-1983 - Blue Background
** 1983-1984 - Red/Blue Background
** 1984-1991 - Orange Red Background
** 1986-1987 - Dark Red Background
** 1991-2000 - Green Background
** 2000-present - Blue Background
* LongSongShortScene: Short bumper, rather. Walt Disney Home Video often used the fanfare at the very beginning of the Steve Gray song "Great Ovation" for multiple bumpers in their videotapes, particularly the "Feature Presentation" bumpers; this fanfare lasts around five seconds while the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osd-pwT4E3c full song]] is upwards of two minutes long.
* {{Mascot}}:
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Sorcerer]] WesternAnimation/{{Mickey|Mouse}} graced the original print logo, the 1986-2001 Walt Disney Home Video VanityPlate, and the 1988-1994 Walt Disney Classics opening ident.
** [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Tinker Bell]] graced the 1994-1999 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection Vanity Plate, the Disney DVD intros used from 2001-2014, and the Disney's [=FastPlay=] screen from 2004 on.
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[[caption-width-right:350:From the magic within our hearts...to the adventure beyond the horizon...there is only one Disney.]]
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is the home video branch of [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]].
Disney first released its library into the home market in 1978, through a distribution agreement with Creator/MCADiscoVision to release live-action Disney movies and animated episodes of ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' onto UsefulNotes/LaserDisc. The agreement would expire in December 1981, but Disney would later begin supplying films and programs on the revamped version of LD by Pioneer Entertainment and Philips (the latter of whom helped develop DVD) along with Image Entertainment.
In March 1980, Disney would form its own home video arm, a division of Walt Disney Telecommunications And Non Theatrical Company (renamed Buena Vista Home Video in late 1987), with Jim Jimirro as its first president. A list of 13 titles[[note]]''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'', ''Series/DavyCrockett: King of the Wild Frontier'', ''Film/TheLoveBug'', ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', ''Film/EscapeToWitchMountain'', ''Film/TheAppleDumplingGang'', ''Film/PetesDragon1977'', ''Film/HotLeadAndColdFeet'', ''The North Avenue Irregulars'', ''Film/TheBlackHole'', and the ''Walt Disney Presents'' episodes "On Vacation With WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and Friends", "Kids is Kids, Starring WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck", and "The Adventures of WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale"[[/note]] were released on the [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS and Betamax magnetic tape formats]] in March 1980 [[note]] The former was developed by Victor Company of Japan/Japan Victor Company, or JVC, while Betamax was developed by Sony, a semi-ally of Disney who would go on to co-develop DVD and be the first maker of Blu-ray [[/note]] licensed to [[Creator/FotomatVideo Fotomat]] for rental, with a four-city test (in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, UsefulNotes/{{Houston}}, UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco) before a planned nationwide expansion by the end of the year. Initial duplication was handled by Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services before Disney moved on to self-distribution, after which it joined forces with S/T Videocassette Duplicating Corp. and U.S. Video Corp. During 1981-1984, Disney expanded its reach by having video stores sign up to be "authorized rental dealers". In the mid-'80s, Disney experimented with licensed content, acquiring product from Bill Burrud Productions, Henson Associates, Dargaud Films, the BBC, HBO, Weiss Global Enterprises, the U.S. Television Office, KCET, Nickelodeon, and the Hubley Studio, among others.
In 1981, ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' became the first Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon movie to hit home video; ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' and the anthology movies ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' shortly followed. The Disney management at the time were initially reluctant to release the rest of the Canon anywhere but in theaters out of concern that they would lose their value if they were to be released on tape. They marked the Canon's 15 most lucrative movies[[note]]''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''[[/note]] off-limits from WDHV by compiling them into a list of "Untouchables". However, this was during the DorkAge of the studio that saw the Disney brand being associated with children's fluff and attempts to create DarkerAndEdgier fare failed miserably at the box office, so the idea to unleash the Untouchables for home use eventually caught on with some if not all of the executives.
The idea for giving the Disney Animated Canon its own video line, the Walt Disney Classics, from then-studio head Ron Miller, and subsequently adopted by Michael Eisner after the former was ousted in a boardroom takeover. The first title in the Classics line was ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' in 1984, followed by ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', in 1985. As a compromise to the more conservative members of the board, both titles were priced for rental (one could technically buy the tapes, but they were priced at the very steep $79.95). Also in 1984, Disney launched another home video branch, Buena Vista Home Video (later Buena Vista Home Entertainment), to release productions without Disney's name.
In August 1985, Bill Mechanic, former head of Paramount Home Video, moved to Disney Home Video, reuniting him with his former Paramount bosses, Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Under Paramount, Mechanic embraced the growing video collector's market and priced ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' at the easily-affordable $39.95, giving birth to what became known as the "sell-through" market. Sensing an opportunity, Mechanic lowered the price for ''Pinocchio'' to $29.95, eventually breaking records in the video market, and Disney would subsequently debut new releases in the collection in that range or slightly lower. Soon other video distributors would embrace sell-through for children's and family titles. Mechanic was also responsible for creating "The Disney Vault," where most of Disney's Classics titles would only be available for a limited time, then go on moratorium, before re-releasing the most popular films to theaters. Disney's ''Robin Hood'' was the first Classics title to be reissued on video in 1991, followed by ''Pinocchio'' in 1993.[[note]]There were talks about never releasing ''Pinocchio'' on video again after its initial release, but the box-office failure of its 1992 re-release scuttled those plans.[[/note]]
For the first few years of the Walt Disney Classics collection, Disney would traditionally re-release an "Untouchable" in theaters, then make it available to own on home video shortly afterwards. Brand-new entries to the Disney Animated Canon wouldn't come to home video, in hopes that their theatrical re-releases would still make money. However, after 1989's ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' became Disney's biggest success in years, it reached video stores in 1990, only six months after its theatrical premiere. Canon entries following ''Mermaid'' would have progressively shorter gaps between their theatrical premieres, and their first home video release dates. Throughout the early 1990s, Disney vowed that their crown jewels, ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', would never be released on video, though they relented (''Fantasia'' was released in 1991, ''Snow White'' in 1994 as the first in the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection line). Some time after this, the term "Untouchable" apparently became abandoned at Disney.[[note]]It probably didn't help that five of the movies Disney gave this title to in the '80s found their revenue exceeded by the biggest hits of UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation.[[/note]] With VHS sales eating up revenue from theatrical reissues, Disney would eventually only hold the latter on special occasions.
Towards the end of 1997, Disney began releasing their movies on Toshiba/Philips/Panasonic/Sony's UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} (Digital Versatile Disc), including ''Film/MaryPoppins''. Within the next couple of years, the studio kicked off their efforts to make the Disney Animated Canon available on the format, beginning with ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. In lieu of the Untouchables, Disney would compile the 14 movies that sold the most videotapes[[note]]''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''[[/note]] into a collection of films that would each remain available for only a limited time, before going into moratorium for many years. They initially referred to these films as the "Platinum" collection, but would proceed to change the name whenever the DAC's oldest entry, ''Snow White'', would enter a new media format. Other Disney movies would only disappear from stores if the studio decided to re-release them with more bonus features. (Meanwhile, [=LaserDisc=] releases quietly ceased with the final Disney LD, ''Film/InspectorGadget'', released in 1999.)
In 2004, Disney announced that they became one of the first studios to support the high definition UsefulNotes/BluRay Disc format [[note]] commissioned by the Blu-ray Disc Association, which consists of Sony (the primary maker), Panasonic, Pioneer (who developed LD), Philips, Thomson/Technicolor SA, LG (Lucky-Goldstar) Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, and Samsung Electronics [[/note]], poised at the time to enter a format war with (the ultimately short-lived) HD-DVD from Toshiba. They officially started releasing Blu-ray Discs in 2006, with ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' becoming the Canon's first movie sold on BD. ''Film/EightBelow'' became the first live-action Disney movie available on Blu-ray, and ''Film/TheHauntedMansion'' the first catalog title.[[note]]Ignoring Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} movies that Disney distributed on Blu-ray and DVD, as Disney doesn't own Miramax anymore.[[/note]] After Blu-ray won the HD format war, in 2008, Disney began releasing their traditionally-animated movies on BD, starting with ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''.
Also in 2006, Disney ventured into releasing their library on non-physical formats, by becoming the first studio to make their movies available to download through Apple's [=iTunes=] (at the time, Apple was run by Creator/{{Pixar}} CEO and Disney shareholder Creator/SteveJobs). Seven movies from the Animated Canon apparently share the title of its initial entry sold through them.[[note]]According to [[http://www.dvdizzy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=261890#p261890 this post]] from an unofficial Disney forum, some of the titles Disney released during their first day of [=iTunes=] support included ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''. The exact dates that quite a few other Disney movies first hit [=iTunes=] feel hard to confirm, since Disney's advertising downplayed this option for many years.[[/note]] Other digital retailers also eventually obtained distribution rights to their works, and in 2014, Disney launched a website and mobile app especially for downloading and streaming their movies - Disney Movies Anywhere, which launched the same day that the Canon's highest-grossing movie, ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', hit digital platforms.
In 2017, Disney began releasing their library on 4K [=UltraHD=] Blu-ray and Digital formats, starting with Creator/MarvelStudios' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''. ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'' would become the first Disney-branded film with 4K home media releases, Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/Cars3'' the first Disney-owned animated film to receive such treatment, and Creator/TouchstonePictures' ''Film/ThePrestige''[[note]]distributed internationally by Creator/WarnerBros, one of the first studios to support UHD[[/note]] the first Disney-owned 4K catalog title. The same year, Disney Movies Anywhere became Movies Anywhere, and started offering other studios' works in addition to Disney's. The following year, ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' became the Animated Canon's first [=UltraHD=] title (as a tie-in with ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet''), and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' their first traditionally-animated UHD release. Meanwhile, Disney VHS tapes (particularly the animated ones) have become collectibles and part of a niche market.
After Disney's buyout of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, Buena Vista Home Entertainment began to distribute 20th Century Studios and Creator/SearchlightPictures [=DVDs=], Blu-Rays and 4K [=UHDs=], starting with
''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020'' and ''Downhill'' (both of which had their menus changed to those of Disney's style). Thanks to a deal [=iTunes=] struck two years earlier to sell 20th Century movies in 4K, their library marks the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
Most Disney releases have been duplicated by Technicolor; however, the earliest non-Fotomat releases were also duplicated at U.S. Video Corp, with a few releases afterwards, including Touchstone's ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' and at least a few marked-down tapes for their 1987 "Classic Disney at a Goofy Price" promotion, being duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services and its successor entities from time to time.
!List of Walt Disney Home Video lines:
!!Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon lines[[note]]The dates represent the first and last time Disney released a new tape and/or disc under the particular banner; some of these lines remained lame-duck for another few years, as at least one entry remained or remains in print long after Disney stopped using the name.[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Classics[[note]]AKA The Classics: Walt Disney Home Video[[/note]] (1984-1994)
* Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection (1994-1999)[[note]]banner extended to live-action/animated hybrids[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Limited Issues (1999)[[note]]banner extended to one direct-to-video sequel[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection (2000-2001)[[note]]banner extended to live-action/animation hybrids and a few other Disney-distributed animated movies[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Platinum Editions (2001-2009)
* Walt Disney Diamond Editions (2009-2015)
* Walt Disney Signature Collection [[note]]AKA Walt Disney: The Signature Collection[[/note]] (2016-present)
!!WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts[=/=]WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts lines
* Walt Disney Cartoon Classics (1983-1986; 1987-1992)
** Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition (1984)
** Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition II (1985)
* Walt Disney Mini-Classics (1988-1991)
* Disney Favorite Stories (1994-1996)
* Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites (2005-2006)
* Walt Disney's Funny Factory (2006)
!!Live-Action movie lines
* Walt Disney's Studio Film Collection (1991-1992)
* Walt Disney Family Film Collection (1994)
* Walt Disney Film Classics (1997-2006)
* Vault Disney Collection (2002-2003)
* Disney Generations Collection (2011-2012)
!!Limited stock lines
* Disney's Exclusive Archive Collection (1993-1995)
* Walt Disney Treasures (2001-2009)
!!Specific programming (in addition to Disney movies)
* Walt Disney Television shows and movies (1980-present)
* The Fabulous [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer]] Folio (1983-1987)
* ''WesternAnimation/DisneySingAlongSongs'' (1986-2006)
* ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' (1992-1996)[[note]]Under the BVHV label; rights later reverted to Bagdasarian Productions[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' (early-to-mid 90's)[[note]]Under the BVHV label; rights later shifted to Universal Home Entertainment[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Pixar}} Filmography (1996-present)
* Creator/StudioGhibli films (1998-2015)[[note]]Distributed under other WDHV banners until 2003's DVD debuts of ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', and ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''; rights later shifted to Shout! Factory[[/note]]
* Creator/MarvelAnimation TV shows (2002-present)[[note]]Releases of shows predating Disney's 2009 acquisition of Creator/MarvelComics use the BVHE logo, while releases of shows after the acquisition use the Marvel logo[[/note]]
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (2002-2010)[[note]]Under the BVHV label; rights later shifted to Shout! Factory[[/note]]
!!Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Sub-Labels
* Creator/{{Touchstone|Pictures}} Home Entertainment (1984-present)[[note]]Back catalog label only since 2017[[/note]]
* Creator/HollywoodPictures Home Entertainment (1989-present)[[note]]Back catalog label only since 2007[[/note]]
* Creator/JimHenson Video (1993-1996)[[note]]After Disney's 2004 purchase of [[Franchise/TheMuppets The Muppets Holding Company]], home video releases of Jim Henson productions in their possession use the BVHE logo for TV shows, and the WDHE logo for movies (both theatrical and made-for-TV); rights to Henson shows and movies excluded from the purchase shifted to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment[[/note]]
* Creator/{{DiC| Entertainment}} Toon-Time Video (1991-2001)[[note]]Label used in North America only; normal DIC branding was used until late 1994; rights later shifted to Mill Creek Entertainment (original [=DiC=] programming) and ADV (the [=DiC=]/Optimum ''Anime/SailorMoon'' dub)[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} Home Entertainment (1994-2010)[[note]]Rights later shifted to Creator/{{Lionsgate}}, who repackaged most of the Buena Vista/Miramax [=DVDs=] and Blu-ray Discs after Miramax separated from Disney; Miramax's release of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' was re-issued as a WDHE title until Disney let the rights shift to Shout! Factory[[/note]]
* Creator/{{ABC}} Studios (1995-present)
* Creator/{{Marvel Studios}} (2012-present)
* Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} (2014-present)
* Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2020-present)
%%That is the name used in the fine print on the back covers of ''Call of the Wild'' and ''Downhill''; don't change it to "20th Century Studios etc." unless a newer release does such!
** Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios
** Creator/SearchlightPictures
!!In other languages
* Disney en Español: Spanish-dubbed cassettes in the United States
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!!Walt Disney Home Video provides an example of
* CopyProtection: Ever since 1986 (at least for feature films; their other releases wouldn't get this treatment for a year or two).
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: They had different FBI Warning screens throughout the years.
** 1978-1983 - Blue Background
** 1983-1984 - Red/Blue Background
** 1984-1991 - Orange Red Background
** 1986-1987 - Dark Red Background
** 1991-2000 - Green Background
** 2000-present - Blue Background
* LongSongShortScene: Short bumper, rather. Walt Disney Home Video often used the fanfare at the very beginning of the Steve Gray song "Great Ovation" for multiple bumpers in their videotapes, particularly the "Feature Presentation" bumpers; this fanfare lasts around five seconds while the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osd-pwT4E3c full song]] is upwards of two minutes long.
* {{Mascot}}:
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Sorcerer]] WesternAnimation/{{Mickey|Mouse}} graced the original print logo, the 1986-2001 Walt Disney Home Video VanityPlate, and the 1988-1994 Walt Disney Classics opening ident.
** [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Tinker Bell]] graced the 1994-1999 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection Vanity Plate, the Disney DVD intros used from 2001-2014, and the Disney's [=FastPlay=] screen from 2004 on.
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[[caption-width-right:350:From the magic within our hearts...to the adventure beyond the horizon...there is only one Disney.]]
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is the home video branch of [[Creator/{{Disney}} The Walt Disney Company]].
Disney first released its library into the home market in 1978, through a distribution agreement with Creator/MCADiscoVision to release live-action Disney movies and animated episodes of ''Series/WaltDisneyPresents'' onto UsefulNotes/LaserDisc. The agreement would expire in December 1981, but Disney would later begin supplying films and programs on the revamped version of LD by Pioneer Entertainment and Philips (the latter of whom helped develop DVD) along with Image Entertainment.
In March 1980, Disney would form its own home video arm, a division of Walt Disney Telecommunications And Non Theatrical Company (renamed Buena Vista Home Video in late 1987), with Jim Jimirro as its first president. A list of 13 titles[[note]]''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'', ''Series/DavyCrockett: King of the Wild Frontier'', ''Film/TheLoveBug'', ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks'', ''Film/EscapeToWitchMountain'', ''Film/TheAppleDumplingGang'', ''Film/PetesDragon1977'', ''Film/HotLeadAndColdFeet'', ''The North Avenue Irregulars'', ''Film/TheBlackHole'', and the ''Walt Disney Presents'' episodes "On Vacation With WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and Friends", "Kids is Kids, Starring WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck", and "The Adventures of WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale"[[/note]] were released on the [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS and Betamax magnetic tape formats]] in March 1980 [[note]] The former was developed by Victor Company of Japan/Japan Victor Company, or JVC, while Betamax was developed by Sony, a semi-ally of Disney who would go on to co-develop DVD and be the first maker of Blu-ray [[/note]] licensed to [[Creator/FotomatVideo Fotomat]] for rental, with a four-city test (in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, UsefulNotes/{{Houston}}, UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} and UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco) before a planned nationwide expansion by the end of the year. Initial duplication was handled by Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services before Disney moved on to self-distribution, after which it joined forces with S/T Videocassette Duplicating Corp. and U.S. Video Corp. During 1981-1984, Disney expanded its reach by having video stores sign up to be "authorized rental dealers". In the mid-'80s, Disney experimented with licensed content, acquiring product from Bill Burrud Productions, Henson Associates, Dargaud Films, the BBC, HBO, Weiss Global Enterprises, the U.S. Television Office, KCET, Nickelodeon, and the Hubley Studio, among others.
In 1981, ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'' became the first Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon movie to hit home video; ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' and the anthology movies ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'', ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' shortly followed. The Disney management at the time were initially reluctant to release the rest of the Canon anywhere but in theaters out of concern that they would lose their value if they were to be released on tape. They marked the Canon's 15 most lucrative movies[[note]]''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'', ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound''[[/note]] off-limits from WDHV by compiling them into a list of "Untouchables". However, this was during the DorkAge of the studio that saw the Disney brand being associated with children's fluff and attempts to create DarkerAndEdgier fare failed miserably at the box office, so the idea to unleash the Untouchables for home use eventually caught on with some if not all of the executives.
The idea for giving the Disney Animated Canon its own video line, the Walt Disney Classics, from then-studio head Ron Miller, and subsequently adopted by Michael Eisner after the former was ousted in a boardroom takeover. The first title in the Classics line was ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' in 1984, followed by ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', in 1985. As a compromise to the more conservative members of the board, both titles were priced for rental (one could technically buy the tapes, but they were priced at the very steep $79.95). Also in 1984, Disney launched another home video branch, Buena Vista Home Video (later Buena Vista Home Entertainment), to release productions without Disney's name.
In August 1985, Bill Mechanic, former head of Paramount Home Video, moved to Disney Home Video, reuniting him with his former Paramount bosses, Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg. Under Paramount, Mechanic embraced the growing video collector's market and priced ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' at the easily-affordable $39.95, giving birth to what became known as the "sell-through" market. Sensing an opportunity, Mechanic lowered the price for ''Pinocchio'' to $29.95, eventually breaking records in the video market, and Disney would subsequently debut new releases in the collection in that range or slightly lower. Soon other video distributors would embrace sell-through for children's and family titles. Mechanic was also responsible for creating "The Disney Vault," where most of Disney's Classics titles would only be available for a limited time, then go on moratorium, before re-releasing the most popular films to theaters. Disney's ''Robin Hood'' was the first Classics title to be reissued on video in 1991, followed by ''Pinocchio'' in 1993.[[note]]There were talks about never releasing ''Pinocchio'' on video again after its initial release, but the box-office failure of its 1992 re-release scuttled those plans.[[/note]]
For the first few years of the Walt Disney Classics collection, Disney would traditionally re-release an "Untouchable" in theaters, then make it available to own on home video shortly afterwards. Brand-new entries to the Disney Animated Canon wouldn't come to home video, in hopes that their theatrical re-releases would still make money. However, after 1989's ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' became Disney's biggest success in years, it reached video stores in 1990, only six months after its theatrical premiere. Canon entries following ''Mermaid'' would have progressively shorter gaps between their theatrical premieres, and their first home video release dates. Throughout the early 1990s, Disney vowed that their crown jewels, ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', would never be released on video, though they relented (''Fantasia'' was released in 1991, ''Snow White'' in 1994 as the first in the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection line). Some time after this, the term "Untouchable" apparently became abandoned at Disney.[[note]]It probably didn't help that five of the movies Disney gave this title to in the '80s found their revenue exceeded by the biggest hits of UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation.[[/note]] With VHS sales eating up revenue from theatrical reissues, Disney would eventually only hold the latter on special occasions.
Towards the end of 1997, Disney began releasing their movies on Toshiba/Philips/Panasonic/Sony's UsefulNotes/{{DVD}} (Digital Versatile Disc), including ''Film/MaryPoppins''. Within the next couple of years, the studio kicked off their efforts to make the Disney Animated Canon available on the format, beginning with ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}''. In lieu of the Untouchables, Disney would compile the 14 movies that sold the most videotapes[[note]]''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'', ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'', ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''[[/note]] into a collection of films that would each remain available for only a limited time, before going into moratorium for many years. They initially referred to these films as the "Platinum" collection, but would proceed to change the name whenever the DAC's oldest entry, ''Snow White'', would enter a new media format. Other Disney movies would only disappear from stores if the studio decided to re-release them with more bonus features. (Meanwhile, [=LaserDisc=] releases quietly ceased with the final Disney LD, ''Film/InspectorGadget'', released in 1999.)
In 2004, Disney announced that they became one of the first studios to support the high definition UsefulNotes/BluRay Disc format [[note]] commissioned by the Blu-ray Disc Association, which consists of Sony (the primary maker), Panasonic, Pioneer (who developed LD), Philips, Thomson/Technicolor SA, LG (Lucky-Goldstar) Electronics, Hitachi, Sharp, and Samsung Electronics [[/note]], poised at the time to enter a format war with (the ultimately short-lived) HD-DVD from Toshiba. They officially started releasing Blu-ray Discs in 2006, with ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}'' becoming the Canon's first movie sold on BD. ''Film/EightBelow'' became the first live-action Disney movie available on Blu-ray, and ''Film/TheHauntedMansion'' the first catalog title.[[note]]Ignoring Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} movies that Disney distributed on Blu-ray and DVD, as Disney doesn't own Miramax anymore.[[/note]] After Blu-ray won the HD format war, in 2008, Disney began releasing their traditionally-animated movies on BD, starting with ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''.
Also in 2006, Disney ventured into releasing their library on non-physical formats, by becoming the first studio to make their movies available to download through Apple's [=iTunes=] (at the time, Apple was run by Creator/{{Pixar}} CEO and Disney shareholder Creator/SteveJobs). Seven movies from the Animated Canon apparently share the title of its initial entry sold through them.[[note]]According to [[http://www.dvdizzy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=261890#p261890 this post]] from an unofficial Disney forum, some of the titles Disney released during their first day of [=iTunes=] support included ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'', ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''. The exact dates that quite a few other Disney movies first hit [=iTunes=] feel hard to confirm, since Disney's advertising downplayed this option for many years.[[/note]] Other digital retailers also eventually obtained distribution rights to their works, and in 2014, Disney launched a website and mobile app especially for downloading and streaming their movies - Disney Movies Anywhere, which launched the same day that the Canon's highest-grossing movie, ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', hit digital platforms.
In 2017, Disney began releasing their library on 4K [=UltraHD=] Blu-ray and Digital formats, starting with Creator/MarvelStudios' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''. ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'' would become the first Disney-branded film with 4K home media releases, Pixar's ''WesternAnimation/Cars3'' the first Disney-owned animated film to receive such treatment, and Creator/TouchstonePictures' ''Film/ThePrestige''[[note]]distributed internationally by Creator/WarnerBros, one of the first studios to support UHD[[/note]] the first Disney-owned 4K catalog title. The same year, Disney Movies Anywhere became Movies Anywhere, and started offering other studios' works in addition to Disney's. The following year, ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' became the Animated Canon's first [=UltraHD=] title (as a tie-in with ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet''), and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' their first traditionally-animated UHD release. Meanwhile, Disney VHS tapes (particularly the animated ones) have become collectibles and part of a niche market.
After Disney's buyout of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, Buena Vista Home Entertainment began to distribute 20th Century Studios and Creator/SearchlightPictures [=DVDs=], Blu-Rays and 4K [=UHDs=], starting with
''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020'' and ''Downhill'' (both of which had their menus changed to those of Disney's style). Thanks to a deal [=iTunes=] struck two years earlier to sell 20th Century movies in 4K, their library marks the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
Most Disney releases have been duplicated by Technicolor; however, the earliest non-Fotomat releases were also duplicated at U.S. Video Corp, with a few releases afterwards, including Touchstone's ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' and at least a few marked-down tapes for their 1987 "Classic Disney at a Goofy Price" promotion, being duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services and its successor entities from time to time.
!List of Walt Disney Home Video lines:
!!Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon lines[[note]]The dates represent the first and last time Disney released a new tape and/or disc under the particular banner; some of these lines remained lame-duck for another few years, as at least one entry remained or remains in print long after Disney stopped using the name.[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Classics[[note]]AKA The Classics: Walt Disney Home Video[[/note]] (1984-1994)
* Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection (1994-1999)[[note]]banner extended to live-action/animated hybrids[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Limited Issues (1999)[[note]]banner extended to one direct-to-video sequel[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection (2000-2001)[[note]]banner extended to live-action/animation hybrids and a few other Disney-distributed animated movies[[/note]]
* Walt Disney Platinum Editions (2001-2009)
* Walt Disney Diamond Editions (2009-2015)
* Walt Disney Signature Collection [[note]]AKA Walt Disney: The Signature Collection[[/note]] (2016-present)
!!WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts[=/=]WesternAnimation/MiscellaneousDisneyShorts lines
* Walt Disney Cartoon Classics (1983-1986; 1987-1992)
** Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition (1984)
** Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Edition II (1985)
* Walt Disney Mini-Classics (1988-1991)
* Disney Favorite Stories (1994-1996)
* Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites (2005-2006)
* Walt Disney's Funny Factory (2006)
!!Live-Action movie lines
* Walt Disney's Studio Film Collection (1991-1992)
* Walt Disney Family Film Collection (1994)
* Walt Disney Film Classics (1997-2006)
* Vault Disney Collection (2002-2003)
* Disney Generations Collection (2011-2012)
!!Limited stock lines
* Disney's Exclusive Archive Collection (1993-1995)
* Walt Disney Treasures (2001-2009)
!!Specific programming (in addition to Disney movies)
* Walt Disney Television shows and movies (1980-present)
* The Fabulous [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer]] Folio (1983-1987)
* ''WesternAnimation/DisneySingAlongSongs'' (1986-2006)
* ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' (1992-1996)[[note]]Under the BVHV label; rights later reverted to Bagdasarian Productions[[/note]]
* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' (early-to-mid 90's)[[note]]Under the BVHV label; rights later shifted to Universal Home Entertainment[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Pixar}} Filmography (1996-present)
* Creator/StudioGhibli films (1998-2015)[[note]]Distributed under other WDHV banners until 2003's DVD debuts of ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', and ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''; rights later shifted to Shout! Factory[[/note]]
* Creator/MarvelAnimation TV shows (2002-present)[[note]]Releases of shows predating Disney's 2009 acquisition of Creator/MarvelComics use the BVHE logo, while releases of shows after the acquisition use the Marvel logo[[/note]]
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' (2002-2010)[[note]]Under the BVHV label; rights later shifted to Shout! Factory[[/note]]
!!Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Sub-Labels
* Creator/{{Touchstone|Pictures}} Home Entertainment (1984-present)[[note]]Back catalog label only since 2017[[/note]]
* Creator/HollywoodPictures Home Entertainment (1989-present)[[note]]Back catalog label only since 2007[[/note]]
* Creator/JimHenson Video (1993-1996)[[note]]After Disney's 2004 purchase of [[Franchise/TheMuppets The Muppets Holding Company]], home video releases of Jim Henson productions in their possession use the BVHE logo for TV shows, and the WDHE logo for movies (both theatrical and made-for-TV); rights to Henson shows and movies excluded from the purchase shifted to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment[[/note]]
* Creator/{{DiC| Entertainment}} Toon-Time Video (1991-2001)[[note]]Label used in North America only; normal DIC branding was used until late 1994; rights later shifted to Mill Creek Entertainment (original [=DiC=] programming) and ADV (the [=DiC=]/Optimum ''Anime/SailorMoon'' dub)[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} Home Entertainment (1994-2010)[[note]]Rights later shifted to Creator/{{Lionsgate}}, who repackaged most of the Buena Vista/Miramax [=DVDs=] and Blu-ray Discs after Miramax separated from Disney; Miramax's release of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' was re-issued as a WDHE title until Disney let the rights shift to Shout! Factory[[/note]]
* Creator/{{ABC}} Studios (1995-present)
* Creator/{{Marvel Studios}} (2012-present)
* Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} (2014-present)
* Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2020-present)
%%That is the name used in the fine print on the back covers of ''Call of the Wild'' and ''Downhill''; don't change it to "20th Century Studios etc." unless a newer release does such!
** Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios
** Creator/SearchlightPictures
!!In other languages
* Disney en Español: Spanish-dubbed cassettes in the United States
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!!Walt Disney Home Video provides an example of
* CopyProtection: Ever since 1986 (at least for feature films; their other releases wouldn't get this treatment for a year or two).
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: They had different FBI Warning screens throughout the years.
** 1978-1983 - Blue Background
** 1983-1984 - Red/Blue Background
** 1984-1991 - Orange Red Background
** 1986-1987 - Dark Red Background
** 1991-2000 - Green Background
** 2000-present - Blue Background
* LongSongShortScene: Short bumper, rather. Walt Disney Home Video often used the fanfare at the very beginning of the Steve Gray song "Great Ovation" for multiple bumpers in their videotapes, particularly the "Feature Presentation" bumpers; this fanfare lasts around five seconds while the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osd-pwT4E3c full song]] is upwards of two minutes long.
* {{Mascot}}:
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} Sorcerer]] WesternAnimation/{{Mickey|Mouse}} graced the original print logo, the 1986-2001 Walt Disney Home Video VanityPlate, and the 1988-1994 Walt Disney Classics opening ident.
** [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Tinker Bell]] graced the 1994-1999 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection Vanity Plate, the Disney DVD intros used from 2001-2014, and the Disney's [=FastPlay=] screen from 2004 on.
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''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020'' and ''Downhill'' (which (both of which had its their menus changed to those of Disney's style, and comes with a trailer for ''Film/JungleCruise'').style). Thanks to a deal [=iTunes=] struck two years earlier to sell 20th Century movies in 4K, their library marks the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
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* ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' (1992-1996)[[note]]Under the BVHV label; rights later shifted to Bagdasarian Productions[[/note]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:From the magic within our hearts...to the adventure beyond the horizon...there is only one Disney.]]
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After Disney's buyout of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, Buena Vista Home Entertainment began to distribute 20th Century Studios [=DVDs=], Blu-Rays and 4K [=UHDs=], starting with
''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020''(which had its menus changed to those of Disney's, and comes with a trailer for ''Film/JungleCruise''). Thanks to a deal [=iTunes=] struck two years earlier to sell 20th Century movies in 4K, their library marks the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020''(which had its menus changed to those of Disney's, and comes with a trailer for ''Film/JungleCruise''). Thanks to a deal [=iTunes=] struck two years earlier to sell 20th Century movies in 4K, their library marks the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
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After Disney's buyout of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, Buena Vista Home Entertainment began to distribute 20th Century Studios and Creator/SearchlightPictures [=DVDs=], Blu-Rays and 4K [=UHDs=], starting with
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* Creator/{{DiC| Entertainment}} Toon-Time Video (1991-2001)[[note]]Label used in North America only; normal DIC branding was used until late 1994; rights later shifted to Mill Creek Entertainment (original [=DiC=] programming) and ADV (the [=DiC=]/Optimum ''Anime/SailorMoon'' dub[[/note]]
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* Creator/{{DiC| Entertainment}} Toon-Time Video (1991-2001)[[note]]Label used in North America only; normal DIC branding was used until late 1994; rights later shifted to Mill Creek Entertainment (original [=DiC=] programming) and ADV (the [=DiC=]/Optimum ''Anime/SailorMoon'' dub[[/note]]dub)[[/note]]
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!!That is the name used in the fine print on the back covers of ''Call of the Wild'' and ''Downhill''; don't change it to "20th Century Studios etc." unless a newer release does such!
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!!That is the name used in the fine print on the back covers of ''Call of the Wild'' and ''Downhill''; don't change it to "20th Century Studios etc." unless a newer release does such!
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"Hey, that link to the 20th Century Studios page works perfectly well. You know what I should do? Break it!"
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* Creator/{{DiC| Entertainment}} Toon-Time Video (1991-2001)[[note]]Label used in North America only; normal DIC branding was used until late 1994; rights later shifted to Mill Creek Entertainment[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} Home Entertainment (1994-2010)[[note]]Rights later shifted to Creator/{{Lionsgate}}, who repackaged most of the Buena Vista/Miramax [=DVDs=] and Blu-ray Discs after Miramax separated from Disney; Miramax's release of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' was re-issued as a WDHE title until Disney let the rights shift to GKIDS/Shout![[/note]]
* Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} Home Entertainment (1994-2010)[[note]]Rights later shifted to Creator/{{Lionsgate}}, who repackaged most of the Buena Vista/Miramax [=DVDs=] and Blu-ray Discs after Miramax separated from Disney; Miramax's release of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' was re-issued as a WDHE title until Disney let the rights shift to GKIDS/Shout![[/note]]
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* Creator/{{DiC| Entertainment}} Toon-Time Video (1991-2001)[[note]]Label used in North America only; normal DIC branding was used until late 1994; rights later shifted to Mill Creek Entertainment[[/note]]
Entertainment (original [=DiC=] programming) and ADV (the [=DiC=]/Optimum ''Anime/SailorMoon'' dub[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} Home Entertainment (1994-2010)[[note]]Rights later shifted to Creator/{{Lionsgate}}, who repackaged most of the Buena Vista/Miramax [=DVDs=] and Blu-ray Discs after Miramax separated from Disney; Miramax's release of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' was re-issued as a WDHE title until Disney let the rights shift toGKIDS/Shout![[/note]]Shout! Factory[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} Home Entertainment (1994-2010)[[note]]Rights later shifted to Creator/{{Lionsgate}}, who repackaged most of the Buena Vista/Miramax [=DVDs=] and Blu-ray Discs after Miramax separated from Disney; Miramax's release of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' was re-issued as a WDHE title until Disney let the rights shift to
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Check the rear-cover fine print for Call of the Wild.
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After Disney's buyout of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment began to distribute 20th Century Studios [=DVDs=], Blu-Rays and 4K [=UHDs=], beginning with
''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020''(which had its menus changed to those of Disney's, and comes with a trailer for ''Film/JungleCruise''). The 20th Century 4K [=iTunes=] releases mark the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020''(which had its menus changed to those of Disney's, and comes with a trailer for ''Film/JungleCruise''). The 20th Century 4K [=iTunes=] releases mark the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
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After Disney's buyout of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, Walt Disney Studios Buena Vista Home Entertainment began to distribute 20th Century Studios [=DVDs=], Blu-Rays and 4K [=UHDs=], beginning starting with
''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020''(which had its menus changed to those of Disney's, and comes with a trailer for ''Film/JungleCruise'').The Thanks to a deal [=iTunes=] struck two years earlier to sell 20th Century 4K [=iTunes=] releases mark movies in 4K, their library marks the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020''(which had its menus changed to those of Disney's, and comes with a trailer for ''Film/JungleCruise'').
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* Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} Home Entertainment (1994-2010)[[note]]Rights later shifted to Creator/{{Lionsgate}}, who repackaged most of the Buena Vista/Miramax [=DVDs=] and Blu-ray Discs after Miramax separated from Disney; Miramax's release of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' was re-issued as a WDHE title until Disney let the rights lapse[[/note]]shift to GKIDS/Shout![[/note]]
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Downhill came out a week after Call of the Wild; don't make me think they came on the same day.
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''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020'' and ''Downhill'', Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Began To Distribute 20th Century Studios [=DVDs=], Blu-Rays and 4K [=UHDs=] with their menus having changed to those of Disney's. (The former even has a trailer for Disney's ''Film/JungleCruise''.) The 20th Century 4K [=iTunes=] releases mark the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
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''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020''(which had its menushaving changed to those of Disney's. (The former even has Disney's, and comes with a trailer for Disney's ''Film/JungleCruise''.) ''Film/JungleCruise''). The 20th Century 4K [=iTunes=] releases mark the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
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''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020'' and ''Downhill'', the re-christened 20th Century Studios begin to issue [=DVDs=], Blu-Rays and 4K [=UHDs=] under Buena Vista Home Entertainment, with their menus having changed to those of Disney's. (The former even has a trailer for Disney's ''Film/JungleCruise''.) The 20th Century 4K [=iTunes=] releases mark the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
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''Film/TheCallOfTheWild2020'' and ''Downhill'', they begin to issue DVDs, [=DVDs=], Blu-Rays and 4K UHDs [=UHDs=] under Buena Vista Home Entertainment, with their menus having changed to those of Disney's. (The former even has a trailer for Disney's ''Film/JungleCruise''.) Fox's 4K [=iTunes=] releases mark the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
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''Film/JungleCruise''.) Fox's 4K [=iTunes=] releases mark the first Disney-owned movies that [=iTunes=] carries in so high a resolution; 4K digital copies of Disney movies previously remained exclusive to Movies Anywhere and Vudu.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' (early-to-mid 90's)[[note]]Under the BVHV label[[/note]]
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* Creator/StudioGhibli films (1998-2015)[[note]]Distributed under other WDHV banners until 2003's DVD debuts of ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', and ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''[[/note]]
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* Creator/StudioGhibli films (1998-2015)[[note]]Distributed under other WDHV banners until 2003's DVD debuts of ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', and ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''[[/note]]''Anime/CastleInTheSky''; rights later shifted to Shout! Factory[[/note]]
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* Creator/JimHenson Video (1993-1996)[[note]]After Disney's 2004 purchase of [[Franchise/TheMuppets The Muppets Holding Company]], home video releases of Jim Henson productions in their possession use the BVHE logo for TV shows, and the WDHE logo for movies (both theatrical and made-for-TV)[[/note]]
* Creator/{{DiC| Entertainment}} Toon-Time Video (1991-2001)[[note]]Label used in North America only. Normal DIC branding was used until late 1994.[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} Home Entertainment (1994-2010)[[note]]Creator/{{Lionsgate}} repackaged most of the Buena Vista/Miramax [=DVDs=] and Blu-ray Discs after Miramax separated from Disney; Miramax's release of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' was re-issued as a WDHE title until Disney let the rights lapse[[/note]]
* Creator/{{DiC| Entertainment}} Toon-Time Video (1991-2001)[[note]]Label used in North America only. Normal DIC branding was used until late 1994.[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} Home Entertainment (1994-2010)[[note]]Creator/{{Lionsgate}} repackaged most of the Buena Vista/Miramax [=DVDs=] and Blu-ray Discs after Miramax separated from Disney; Miramax's release of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' was re-issued as a WDHE title until Disney let the rights lapse[[/note]]
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* Creator/JimHenson Video (1993-1996)[[note]]After Disney's 2004 purchase of [[Franchise/TheMuppets The Muppets Holding Company]], home video releases of Jim Henson productions in their possession use the BVHE logo for TV shows, and the WDHE logo for movies (both theatrical and made-for-TV)[[/note]]
made-for-TV); rights to Henson shows and movies excluded from the purchase shifted to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment[[/note]]
* Creator/{{DiC| Entertainment}} Toon-Time Video (1991-2001)[[note]]Label used in North Americaonly. Normal only; normal DIC branding was used until late 1994.[[/note]]
1994; rights later shifted to Mill Creek Entertainment[[/note]]
* Creator/{{Miramax| Films}} Home Entertainment(1994-2010)[[note]]Creator/{{Lionsgate}} (1994-2010)[[note]]Rights later shifted to Creator/{{Lionsgate}}, who repackaged most of the Buena Vista/Miramax [=DVDs=] and Blu-ray Discs after Miramax separated from Disney; Miramax's release of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' was re-issued as a WDHE title until Disney let the rights lapse[[/note]]
* Creator/{{DiC| Entertainment}} Toon-Time Video (1991-2001)[[note]]Label used in North America
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* Creator/StudioGhibli films (1998-2015)[[note]]Distributed under other WDHV banners until 2003's DVD debuts of ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', and ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''; all titles except for ''Anime/TheWindRises'' are now released by Creator/ShoutFactory on behalf of GKIDS [[/note]]''Anime/CastleInTheSky''[[/note]]
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* Creator/MarvelStudios (2012-present)[[note]]BVHE gained the rights to the pre-2012 [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] films, barring ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', in 2013; excludes ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' solo films owned by Creator/ColumbiaPictures and released through [[Creator/RCAColumbiaPicturesHomeVideo Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] [[/note]](2012-present)
