Distributors

These are the most visible faces in the home video industry, who release the video programs.

Major studios (The Big Five)
Disney
 * Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (also includes content from Touchstone Home Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures Home Video, Miramax Home Entertainment, Dimension Home Video, and Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
 * List of Walt Disney Classics video releases
 * 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment
 * Magnetic Video Corporation
 * The CBS/Fox Company (includes content from 20th Century-Fox Video, CBS/Fox Video, FoxVideo, Key Video, and Playhouse Video)
 * ABC Video Enterprises

Paramount
 * Paramount Home Media Distribution
 * CBS Home Entertainment
 * CIC Video (a joint venture between Paramount and Universal for distribution of product outside North America)
 * Republic Pictures Home Video (also includes content from Spotlite Video)
 * Worldvision Home Video

Sony
 * Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (also includes content from MusicVision, Magic Window, and SVS/Triumph Home Video)
 * RCA SelectaVision
 * Sony Video Software
 * Sony Music Entertainment (also includes content from Sony Wonder)
 * FUNimation Entertainment
 * Manga Entertainment, Ltd.
 * Madman Entertainment (anime and manga)

Warner Bros.
 * Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
 * HBO Home Entertainment (also includes content from Thorn EMI Video, Thorn EMI/HBO Video, and HBO/Cannon Video)
 * Time-Life Video
 * Lorimar Home Video (also includes content from Karl Home Video)
 * Allied Artists Video
 * Turner Home Entertainment (also includes Turner-era PBS Home Video content)
 * New Line Home Entertainment
 * Embassy Home Entertainment
 * Warner Music Entertainment
 * Rhino Home Video

Universal
 * Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
 * MCA DiscoVision (also includes content from MCA Videodisc)
 * Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment
 * PolyGram Video
 * DreamWorks Home Entertainment (also includes content from DreamWorks Animation)
 * Golden Book Video
 * Geneon Entertainment

Minor studios

 * Hasbro
 * Entertainment One (Canada)
 * Alliance Releasing Home Video (Canada)


 * Lions Gate Home Entertainment (also includes content from Vidmark Entertainment and Trimark Home Video)
 * Artisan Entertainment (also includes content from U.S.A. Home Video, Caballero-era Monterey Home Video, U.S.A. Sports Video, Sybil Danning's Adventure Video, International Video Entertainment, Radio Vision Video, Carolco Home Video, and Live Entertainment)
 * Family Home Entertainment
 * ThrillerVideo
 * The Video Late Show
 * King Bee Video
 * Avid Home Entertainment
 * Vestron Video
 * Children's Video Library
 * Lightning Video
 * Vista Home Video
 * Anchor Bay Entertainment
 * Video Treasures
 * Burbank Video
 * Troy Gold
 * Viking Entertainment
 * HGV Video Productions
 * Video Treasures
 * Starmaker Entertainment
 * Manga Entertainment, Inc.


 * MGM Home Entertainment
 * Cannon Video
 * Orion Home Video (also includes content from Filmways Video)
 * MCEG Home Video
 * Forum Home Video
 * Virgin Vision

Argentina

 * Gativideo
 * LK-TEL Video

Australia

 * The Magnificent Seven
 * CBS/Fox Video (South Pacific) (also includes content from 20th Century-Fox Video (South Pacific))
 * Magnetic Video (South Pacific)
 * CEL Home Video
 * Playaround Video
 * Star Video (contains content from Australian Video, Film World Festival, and Storytime Collection)
 * CIC Video Australia (also includes content from CIC-Taft Video, Rigby-CIC Video, and Merlin Video)
 * Roadshow Home Video (also includes content from Applause Home Video, Palace Video, and Premiere Home Entertainment)
 * Thorn EMI Video Australia
 * Video Classics
 * Filmways Home Video Australia
 * Warner Home Video
 * ABC Video Australia
 * Madman Entertainment
 * Seven Keys Video
 * Syme Home Video
 * Sundowner Home Video
 * Videoscope

Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands)

 * CNR Video
 * Concorde Video
 * Video 2001
 * Video for Pleasure

Brazil

 * Rene Globo Video

Canada

 * Astral Video
 * Cinéma Plus
 * Interglobal Home Video
 * Malofilm Video
 * Screencraft Video

France

 * René Château Home Video
 * Proserpine
 * Sunset Video
 * VIP Video

Germany

 * Arcade Video
 * Atlas International
 * Constantin Video
 * Taurus Video
 * Toppic
 * UFA Video

Greece

 * Audio Visual Enterprises
 * Kino Video
 * Hellas Kosmos Home Video
 * Home Video Center
 * Home Video Hellas
 * MTC Video
 * Nea Kinisi Video
 * Videosonic

Italy

 * Domovideo

Japan

 * Columbia Music Video
 * Daiei Video
 * Eion
 * Funai
 * Nikkatsu
 * Pack-in-Video
 * Pony Canyon
 * Shochiku Home Video
 * TDK Super Video
 * Toei Video
 * Toho Video
 * Tohokushinsha Home Video
 * Tokuma Japan Communications
 * Toshiba
 * Towa Video
 * VAP Video
 * Victor
 * Video Box

Mexico

 * Videovisa S.A.

Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden)

 * Esselte Video
 * VCM
 * Walthers Video

UK

 * Astra Video
 * BBC Video
 * Brent Walker Video
 * Derann Video
 * Entertainment in Video
 * GO Video
 * Guild Home Video
 * Hokushin
 * Intervision Video (also includes content from Alpha Video and Inter-Light Video)
 * Iver Film Services
 * Medusa Communications
 * Mountain Video
 * Odyssey
 * Palace Video UK
 * Precision Video
 * Rank Video Library
 * Video Collection International
 * Strand Home Video (USA)
 * Thorn EMI Video UK
 * Video Gems UK
 * Video Unlimited
 * Virgin Video
 * Vipco
 * Walton Video
 * World of Video 2000

Venezuela

 * Video Rodven

Anime companies

 * AnimEigo
 * Bandai Visual
 * Central Park Media (also includes content from Anime 18, Software Sculptors, and US Manga Corps)
 * Funimation
 * Geneon
 * Manga Entertainment
 * Media Blasters
 * Sentai Fireworks
 * ADV Films
 * Streamline Pictures
 * U.S. Renditions
 * Viz Media

Other companies

 * Amvest Video
 * BCI Home Entertainment
 * Simitar Entertainment
 * Cinedigm
 * Vivendi Entertainment
 * GoodTimes Entertainment
 * HGV Video Productions (Canada)
 * Sterling Entertainment Group (also includes content from United American Video)
 * Celebrity Home Entertainment (also includes content from Just For Kids)
 * Video Corporation of America
 * Congress Video Group
 * Continental Video
 * The Criterion Collection
 * Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
 * PM Entertainment
 * Edde Entertainment (also includes content from T-Z Video, Ace Video, and High Desert Films)
 * Fotomat Video
 * Full Moon Features
 * Wizard Video (also includes content from CultVideo and Force Video)
 * Hallmark Home Entertainment (also includes content from Evergreen Entertainment)
 * Harmony Vision
 * Heron
 * Media Home Entertainment (also includes content from Fox Hills Video and Hi-Tops Video)
 * Video Form Pictures (UK)
 * Image Entertainment
 * Independent United Distributors
 * Kartes Video Communications
 * Kino Lorber
 * Kultur Video
 * Magnum Entertainment
 * Mill Creek Entertainment
 * Mogul Video
 * Monterey Home Video
 * MPI Home Video
 * New World Video
 * The Nostalgia Merchant
 * Olive Films
 * Pacific Arts Video (also includes Pacific Arts-era PBS Home Video content)
 * Paragon Video Productions (also includes content from King of Video)
 * PBS Distribution
 * Skiprope Entertainment
 * WGBH Boston Video
 * Prism Entertainment
 * Raedon Home Video
 * Random House Home Video
 * Shout! Factory
 * Super Video
 * Trans World Entertainment
 * Twilight Time
 * Unicorn Video
 * VCI Home Video (also includes content from United Home Video)
 * VCII
 * VCL
 * Video Gems
 * Video Yesteryear
 * Well Go USA
 * Wood Knapp Video
 * WHAM! USA