1978–1981 The word "MEDA" below the detail "Media Home Entertainment, Inc." In 1978, a filmmaker Charles Band established Media Home Entertainment . The word, Meda , was the name of founder Charles Band's then-wife and serves as a play on words
1981–1993 1981–1988 1981–1984 1984–1986 In 1984, the company was purchased by Heron Communications, Inc. (a subsidary of Gerald Ronson's Heron International ).
1986–1988 1988–1993 1988–1990 1990–1991 1991–1993In 1991, Media Home Entertainment titles were distributed by CBS/Fox Video and Fox Video (both now 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment ). In 1993, most of the Media Home Entertainment assets were absorbed into 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment while home video rights library was sold to Video Treasures (now Anchor Bay Entertainment ).
Film Lionsgate Films (Others | Trailer variants | Closing variants ) | Lionsgate UK | Lionsgate Premiere | Celestial Pictures Limited | Pantelion Films 1 | Roadside Attractions (45%) | Summit Entertainment (Others | Trailer variants ) | Summit Premiere | International Distribution Company, LLC | CodeBlack Films 7 | Grindstone Entertainment Group | Mister Smith Entertainment 6 | Good Universe | Globalgate Entertainment 8
Home Video Lionsgate Home Entertainment | Vestron Video (Vestron Video International )
Television Production and distribution Lionsgate Television | Debmar-Mercury | Sea to Sky Entertainment TV channels
Music Lionsgate Records | Summit Entertainment Records
Other Primal Media
Former/Dissolved Properties Vestron Pictures | Vestron Television | Family Home Entertainment (Family Home Entertainment Kids ) | USA Home Video | International Video Entertainment | Live Home Video | Live Entertainment | Artisan Entertainment | Artisan Television | Avalanche Home Entertainment | Sterling Home Entertainment 5 | Trimark Pictures | Trimark Home Video | Trimark Television | Lightning Video | Avid Home Entertainment | RadioVision International | Fearnet 3 | Mandate Pictures | Mercury Entertainment | Debmar Studios | Magnum Entertainment | Children's Video Library | Anchor Bay Entertainment (Anchor Bay Films ) | HGV Video Productions Inc. | Starmaker Entertainment | Heron Communications | Media Home Entertainment | The Nostalgia Merchant | Hi-Tops Video | Fox Hills Video | Heron Home Entertainment | Burbank Video | Prism Entertainment | Wizard Video | Starz Productions | Starz Pictures | Overture Films | Starz Home Entertainment | Jensen Farley Pictures | Celebrity Home Entertainment | Defy Media | Pop 4
Notes 1 Co-owned with Televisa 2 Co-owned with Saban Capital Group 3 Co-owned with Comcast , NBCUniversal and Sony (33%)4 Co-owned with CBS Corporation (50%) until March 12, 20195 A joint venture with Scanbox International6 A joint venture with Constantin Medien co-owned with DreamWorks SKG 7 A joint venture with CodeBlack Entertainment 8 A joint venture with Televisa , Tobis Film , Nordisk Film , TME Films , Gaumont Film Company , Lotte Entertainment , Belga Films , PKDN Films , Paris Filmes and Cine Colombia
