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, the parent company of the video label Troy Gold, in late 1988, acquired this company. Viking Entertainment was later merged into Burbank Video.

From early to late 1989, the company was notorious for adding so-called "enhanced" sound-effects to many public domain cartoons, serial films and full-length films that they introduced 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. Around the same time, Burbank Video also bought the North American rights to the pre-late 1980s Active Home Video titles from Active Home Video's parent company, Remtrak Corporation. Since then, many of the titles previously released by Active Home Video were re-released under the Burbank Video label. In April 1991, Video Treasures became the parent label of Burbank Video.

In late 1992, The Avengers star Patrick Macnee and rights owner Thames Television, then owned by 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 absorbed into Video Treasures for a couple of months, and a couple of older titles were re-issued with the Video Treasures logo on the product label, in place of Burbank Video. Macnee threatened to plank the companies in the ocean, and soon after, the companies had to pay heavy damages and the legal copyright was later re-established in mid 1993, when Thorn EMI sold Thames Television to Pearson Education and the rights to the Avengers TV series to A&E Networks. The Burbank Video label was resurrected afterwards, with the launch of the new "Hollywood Favorites" line. Burbank Video's parent label, Video Treasures, later merged with Starmaker Entertainment, which Handleman acquired in 1990, to form Anchor Bay Entertainment in mid 1995. The Burbank Video label was absorbed again in late 1995 with the clamshell re-issue of "Our Gang Comedies."

In early 1996, Anchor Bay Entertainment licensed the rights to some documentary titles previously released by Burbank Video to Marathon Music & Video.

In 1997, CD Video re-issued some of the early-1989 Troy Gold and Burbank Video titles without authorization and with terrible print master jobs. Shortly after, Anchor Bay Entertainment filed a lawsuit against CD Video.

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 video releases
 * List of Burbank Video Halloween video 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