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, which acquired Viking Entertainment (trading as Troy Gold) in late 1988, acquired this company. 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, Burbank Video bought out two video labels/companies: Jenal Entertainment (from independent) and American Video (from Powersports Productions). Both were eventually absorbed when the acquisitions were accepted/completed. Around the same time, Burbank Video also bought the North American rights to the pre-1988 library of Active Home Video from Remtrak Corporation. Since then, many of the pre-1988 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.

In late 1992, The Avengers star Patrick Macnee and rights owner Thorn EMI filed a lawsuit against several various public domain home video distributors, which he referred to as "The Pirates," for releasing unauthorized The Avengers episodes on home video and having the audacity to claim that said episodes were in the public domain, even though they weren't. Among those were not only Burbank Video, but also Hollywood Select Video, Shokus Video and Showcase Productions. As a result, the Burbank Video label was retired for a couple of months. The companies had to pay heavy damages to the rights owner and their legal copyright was later re-established in mid 1993, when Thorn EMI sold Thames Television to Pearson. The Burbank Video label was resurrected afterwards.

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
Due to the contents of these titles being in the public domain, these titles were released way out of season.
 * List of Burbank Video Christmas promotional releases
 * List of Burbank Video Halloween promotional releases

Documentaries (1983-1987, 1989-1992)

 * List of Burbank Video documentary video releases

Classic All-Star Cartoons (1991-1993)

 * List of Burbank Video Classic All-Star Cartoons video 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 (1985-1988)

 * Video-Sig

Under the Jenal Entertainment label (1988-1991)

 * Jenal Entertainment

Under the American Video label (1986-1991)

 * American Video