Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2003 by Richard Foos (co-founder of Rhino Records), Bob Emmer (former Warner Music Group and Rhino executive) and Garson Foos (former Rhino executive) initially as a specialty music label. It focuses on enriched music catalog reissues, home video/DVD projects, and television properties.
Conceived as a retro pop culture label, Shout! Factory DVD projects include live music shows (by acts such as
X, The Blasters, Heart and Barenaked Ladies), music documentaries (
The Fearless Freaks, about the
Flaming Lips, and
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, about the
Sex Pistols), animation (including multiple
Home Movies seasons,
Pucca and
Code Monkeys), live-action television (
Freaks And Geeks,
My So-Called Life,
Inside The Actors' Studio,
California Dreams,
Small Wonder), as well as productions by
DIC Entertainment (including the
Mario television shows,
The Legend Of Zelda, and the
Sonic the Hedgehog television shows) and sports (including Major League Baseball and Warren Miller ski titles). They have also released DVDs of
Merchandise Driven Hasbro cartoons (including
Transformers,
G.I. Joe,
Jem and
My Little Pony G3.5,
Friendship is Magic and
Equestria Girls) and 1990s
Nickelodeon programs (such as
Rocko's Modern Life,
The Wild Thornberrys and
Hey Dude). The company also has the home video rights to
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (which was formerly distributed by Rhino). Saban granted them the rights to distribute their
tokusatsu adaptations, including the first 18 seasons of
Power Rangers.
Shout! Factory CD and music DVD products are distributed by Sony Music Entertainment. As of June 2007, their nonmusic DVD titles are distributed by Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment.
The company also has a sublabel called Scream Factory which specializes in horror films.
Works currently or formerly distributed by Shout! Factory with TV Tropes pages:
Works distributed by Scream Factory with TV Tropes pages:
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