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| Formerly | New Line Home Video (1991–2001) |
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| Industry | Home media |
| Predecessors | Nelson Entertainment Embassy Home Entertainment Empire Pictures |
| Founded | 1990; 35 years ago (1990) |
| Defunct | 2010; 15 years ago (2010) |
| Fate | Folded intoWarner Home Video |
| Successor | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Parent | New Line Cinema |
New Line Home Entertainment (formerly known asNew Line Home Video) was the home entertainment distribution arm of thefilm production studio of the same name, founded in 1990. It was responsible for the distribution of all New Line Cinema theatrical films for release onVHS,DVD andBlu-ray. The company also distributed some feature films from the specialty studioPicturehouse – formerly a New Line/HBO joint venture – as well as films or non-theatrical programs produced or acquired by New Line Home Entertainment andNew Line Television.
According to New Line's website,Misery was the first New Line Home Video release.[1]
In 2008, its parent company became a unit ofWarner Bros. New Line Home Entertainment was eventually folded intoWarner Home Video in 2010.
In May 1991, New Line Cinema purchased the home video and foreign rights to films held byNelson Entertainment (whose library included films inherited fromEmbassy Pictures) for $15 million, and thus obtained roughly 600 films.[2] Shortly afterwards, New Line Cinema acquired the home video rights to theNightmare on Elm Street franchise fromMedia Home Entertainment.[2]
Before New Line Cinema formed its own video division, many of the company's films were released on home video by various distributors:
Later offerings came fromRCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video and its successor, Columbia TriStar Home Video. When New Line Cinema formed their video division, RCA/Columbia and Columbia TriStar distributedVHS releases, whileImage Entertainment released the films onLaserdisc. The New Line-Sony partnership ended in early 1995, whenTurner Broadcasting System bought New Line Cinema[4] and from 1995 to 1996, New Line Cinema's home video releases were distributed byTurner's video division, before eventually being turned over toWarner Home Video in 1996. Due to this arrangement, New Line Cinema's releases would advertise certain releases from Warner Bros. and vice versa.
On January 5, 2008, New Line Cinema announced, as didWarner Bros., that it would exclusively supportBlu-ray for their films and drop support ofHD DVD. The only HD DVD ever released by New Line Home Entertainment wasPan's Labyrinth.[5]
New Line Cinema pursued a policy ofregional lockout with its Blu-ray titles,[6] which was in direct contrast to its corporate siblingWarner Home Video which left its Blu-ray titles region-free. After the studio was folded into Warner Bros., Warner discontinued this lockout policy with future New Line releases.
In 2008, after New Line Cinema was folded into Warner Bros., they parted ways with Canadian film distributorAlliance Films. Warner Home Video continued to use the New Line Home Entertainment logo for some time on Blu-ray and DVD releases of titles until the release ofThe Time Traveler's Wife (2009), after which New Line Home Entertainment was folded into Warner Home Video in 2010. Afterwards, new releases of future and catalog New Line Cinema titles would be released under theWarner Bros. Home Entertainment name.
As of 2025, the home video rights to New Line's library have been licensed over toArrow Video.
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