Burbank Video

Burbank Video was originally formed in 1983 as a company that distributed licensed films and educational and musical documentaries on video. Around January 1989, Handleman Company acquired this company, as well as Troy Gold, trading as Viking Entertainment. Troy Gold and Burbank Video were later merged to form a new version of the latter.

From early to late 1989, the company was notorious for adding so-called "enhanced" sound-effects to many public domain cartoons and full-length films that they newly released on video, and for placing their own copyright notice in the opening title cards to each one.

Around February 1991, Handleman Corporation bought out two video labels/companies: Jenal Entertainment (from independent) and American Video (from Powersports Productions). Both were eventually absorbed into the Burbank Video label when the acquisitions were accepted/completed. Around the same time, Handleman Corporation also bought the North American rights to the pre-late 1987 library of Active Home Video from Remtrak Corporation. Since then, many of the pre-late 1987 titles previously released by Active Home Video were re-released under the Burbank Video label.

Around late April 1991, Burbank Video moved its operations from Burbank, California to Batavia, Ohio.

Kartoon Klassics (1985-1987)

 * List of Viking Video Classics Kartoon Klassics video releases

Kartoon Bonanza (1986-1987)

 * List of Viking Video Classics Kartoon Bonanza video releases

Kartoons Kartoons (1986-1987)
Kartoons Kartoons was a video series of one hour color-toned public domain black-and-white cartoon compilations that ran by Viking Video Classics from 1986 to 1987. Initially, it was known as Kartoon Parade. When the entire series was re-issued during the fall of 1986, it was renamed to Kartoons Kartoons.
 * List of Viking Video Classics Kartoons Kartoons video releases

Holiday promotions

 * List of Burbank Video Christmas promotional releases
 * List of Burbank Video Halloween promotional releases

Documentaries (1983-1987, 1989-1992)

 * List of Burbank Video documentary releases

Hollywood Matinee Serials (1991-1993)

 * List of Burbank Video Hollywood Matinee Serials video releases

Hollywood Favorites (1993-1995)

 * List of Burbank Video Hollywood Favorites video releases

Under the Video-Sig label (1985-1989)

 * Video-Sig

Under the Jenal Entertainment label (1988-1991)

 * Jenal Entertainment

Under the American Video label (1986-1991)

 * American Video