PorchLight Home Entertainment

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PorchLight Home Entertainment
Company type Division
FoundedJune 26, 2007;18 years ago (2007-06-26)
DefunctMarch 15, 2010;15 years ago (2010-03-15)
FateDormancy
Successor E1 Entertainment
Area served
Worldwide
Products Home video
Parent PorchLight Entertainment
Divisions PorchLight INSPIRE
Ocean Park Home Entertainment

PorchLight Home Entertainment was a home video distributor and subsidiary of PorchLight Entertainment which released content on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States.

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History

PorchLight Entertainment announced the formation of PorchLight Home entertainment on June 26, 2007, announcing that their first two planned releases would be A Tad of Christmas Cheer and A Christmas Carol for Annie . [1]

On April 24, 2008, PorchLight launched a Christian content sub-label called PorchLight INSPIRE. [2] On May 5, the company announced to enter the Blu-ray market. [3] The company launched another label later on in the year - Ocean Park Home Entertainment, for independent film acquisitions. [4]

In August 2009, PorchLight appointed Canada-based E1 Entertainment as the distributor for their products. [5] Following this deal, PorchLight Home Entertainment went dormant, with their last planned release - Broken Hill , planned for a Summer 2010 release, instead being released by Entertainment One in 2011. [6]

Releases

Products released by the subsidiary were either existing content from PorchLight's content library or third-party acquisitions.

Acquired

Film Acquisitions

References

  1. ↑ "PorchLight Home Entertainment enters the scene".
  2. ↑ "PorchLight Entertainment". August 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-08-26.
  3. 1 2 "PorchLight To Release Animalia To DVD And Blu-ray". Animation World Network.
  4. 1 2 "PorchLight Entertainment". August 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-08-26.
  5. ↑ "Porchlight, E1 strike distribution deal". C21media.
  6. ↑ "PorchLight Entertainment". February 8, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-08.
  7. ↑ "Zoo Lane Animals Head For American Shores". Animation World Network.
  8. ↑ "Boowa & Kwala To Make Their U.S. Debut On DVD". Animation World Network.
  9. ↑ "PorchLight Adds Titles". Animation World Network.
  10. 1 2 3 "PorchLight HE picks up three series from Granada".
  11. ↑ Chronicle, Evening (April 9, 2008). "Comeback for Geordie children's TV characters". ChronicleLive.
  12. ↑ "PorchLight acquires Little Leaders".
  13. ↑ "PorchLight Gets Loopdidoo from Cake". Animation World Network.
  14. ↑ "PorchLight picks up Zakland DVD rights". C21media.
  15. ↑ "PorchLight Entertainment". August 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-08-26.
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