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| Company type | Joint venture |
|---|---|
| Industry | Home video |
| Founded | January 14, 2020; 6 years ago (2020-01-14) |
| Headquarters | 10 Universal City Plaza,, |
Key people | Eddie Cunningham (president) |
| Products | Home video releases |
| Owners | |
| Website | www |
Studio Distribution Services (SDS) is an Americanhome entertainment distribution company that is ajoint venture betweenUniversal Pictures Home Entertainment andWarner Bros. Home Entertainment. SDS distributes media for all titles handled by Universal and Warner Bros., as well as their respective studios and partners. SDS also distributes films and television content on behalf ofSony Pictures Home Entertainment,PBS Distribution andNeon.[1]
The company was created on January 14, 2020, when Universal and Warner Bros. merged their physical home media distribution operations into one entity as part of a 10-year multinational joint-venture partnership.[2] Internationally, Universal distributes Warner Bros.' titles in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan (until 2025) (and Spain since May 2022); while Warner distributes Universal's titles in the United Kingdom (until 2025), Italy (until 2024) and Benelux.[3] On April 7, 2020, the European Commission approved the merger.[4]
On June 24, 2024, it was reported thatSony Pictures Home Entertainment had entered into a distribution deal with SDS to handle the physical distribution of their titles.[5]