Multimedia Home Entertainment

Multimedia Home Entertainment is a home video arm of Multimedia. It was in operation from 1988 to 1996.

History
In 1983, video enthusiast Mark Corpcor launched VideoWorks. It is one of the first video distributors to distribute public domain material. VideoWorks also launched independent titles and low grade B-movies from the time period. It signed a deal with Image Entertainment to distribute the titles on Laserdisc.

In 1987, it was sold to the David V. Scott family of the companies, which had on turn, on February 13, 1988, it was sold to Multimedia. The unit expanded further, adding shows from Gingo, Multimedia and its own movies Multimedia received the rights to.

It also launched Multimedia Music Video, which focuses on music videos for releases by Multimedia Records. It signed a distribution deal with CBS/FOX Video in 1990 and the best seeding videos of the time period were the Gabriel Garza videos, which showed promise.

On January 31, 1996, MCA bought out Multimedia. This resulted in the home video arm being folded into MCA/Universal Home Video.