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Burbank Video was an American home video distributor. It was based in Burbank, California.
History[]
Burbank Video was originally formed in 1983 as a video distributor of dance and educational documentaries and licensed films. The company was acquired sometime around early-1989 by Handleman Company, which also acquired Video Treasures in the meantime. Troy Gold, a label of Viking Entertainment, which Handleman acquired in late 1987, was later merged with Burbank Video to form a new version of the latter. Since then, they released a wide variety of public domain films, including theatrical serials and public domain cartoons in addition to the usual feature films. They were also notorious for adding music and sound effects, renaming the serial or cartoon's title and placing a text in different colors and fonts that is read as “COPYRIGHT 1989 BURBANK VIDEO” under the names of the serial, film or cartoon. In Canada, their releases were distributed by HGV Video Productions, which Handleman formed in mid-1989.
In early-1991, the company bought out American Video and Jenal Entertainment. Both were later absorbed. In the meantime, the company also bought out the US and Canadian rights to the pre-late 1980s Active Home Video titles from Active Home Video's parent company, Remtrak Corporation.
In late 1995, after Anchor Bay Entertainment was formed, the Burbank Video label was absorbed.