Talk:Family Home Entertainment

EP Mode VHS Releases?

While I liked the titles FHE released, I was very critical of their frequent use of EP mode VHS tapes for the more common releases. I could be mistaken, but I think that most of all those TMNT tapes they distributed were EP. I believe SP mode tapes were available, but required special ordering. Could the frequent use of EP mode tapes be mentioned as a criticism of the company in the article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.254.113.116 (talk) 14:05, 7 April 2007 (UTC).

I never heard any public criticism of the company. 71.116.41.201 05:01, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I am an owner of large collection of FHE tapes, TMNT in particular. With the exception of my oldest versions of Heroes in a Half Shell and the Hot Rodding Teenagers, the other tapes I own are all in EP and don't play anymore, sans one tape about Leonardo being chased by space aliens. That tape is also in SP. Why FHE used EP in many of their tapes may be something along the lines of the price per length of tape. It wasn't cheap. Apple8800 (talk) 20:21, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Distribution of FHE videos.

There are several sources (notably Ryanasaurus0077) that say that early Family Home Entertainment videos were distributed by MGM/UA Home Video. There are absolutely no sources that says this is true, and if is true could anybody give me proof, please?--67.149.21.173 (talk) 04:48, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

No, MGM/UA nor MCA Universal never had anything to do with FHE, as FHE did their own distribution. The only few companies I can think of that did use another company is DreamWorks used MCA Universal, MGM/UA used CBS Fox then Fox, then Warner Bros., then Sony, then back to Fox. New Line Cinema used Media, FHE or Live, RCA Columbia/TriStar, then Sony, then Turner, and is now part of Warner Bros. Occasional releases by Sony and Fox have used other vendors, too, like Goodtimes and Gold Key. But no, MGM nor Universal had never had anything to do with FHE. Apple8800 (talk) 20:25, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I know this is an old thread, but here is some history of Family Home Entertainment regarding their distribution. Family Home Entertainment was originally self-distributed from its establishment in 1980, all the way up to 1983. By 1983, FHE formed a non-family friendly label called U.S.A. Home Video, and secured an agreement with MGM/UA Home Video under which MGM/UA would distribute FHE releases in the U.S. IIRC, that agreement was terminated sometime in 1984, a year before International Video Entertainment was formed, with FHE and U.S.A. Home Video becoming part of it. Then, in February 1987, a year after Carolco Pictures’ acquisition of IVE from Noel C. Bloom Sr., and upon U.S.A. Home Video being folded into IVE, IVE secured an agreement with MCA Inc. (formerly known as the Music Corporation of America) under which MCA Distributing Corporation would distribute IVE and FHE releases in the U.S., with MCA Home Video Canada handling distribution in Canada. Both MCA Distributing and MCA Home Video Canada also distributed releases from the MCA Home Video label (which later traded as MCA/Universal Home Video beginning in 1990). Obviously, around 1988, LIVE Entertainment was formed, with IVE and FHE becoming part of it, though by 1990, IVE itself became LIVE Home Video. That same year, LIVE also formed a budget label called Avid Home Entertainment (Avid releases were usually in EP/SLP mode, compared to regular LIVE releases which were usually in SP mode. Ironically, some FHE releases from the late ‘80s were also in EP/SLP). Two years later, LIVE secured an agreement with Warner-Elektra-Atlantic, under which Warner-Elektra-Atlantic would distribute LIVE and FHE releases in the U.S., although I believe that MCA continued to distribute in Canada. In the mid-1990s, Carolco divested their ownership of LIVE, although I believe LIVE continued to handle the video rights to Carolco’s library. Finally, by 1996, LIVE terminated its agreements with WEA and MCA, by which point all LIVE (and its associated labels including FHE and Avid) releases would be self-distributed, and the following year, LIVE was sold to Bain Capital. In 1998, LIVE was renamed Artisan Entertainment and in December 2003, Bain sold Artisan to Lions Gate Entertainment. (Artisan was eventually folded around 2004, though I believe the FHE label remained in operation until the following year) Hopefully, that clears things up. 2601:4C4:4000:A8C0:ADE6:8893:5D2C:58E9 (talk) 19:58, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

IVE

http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c3/Family_Home_Entertainment_logo.jpg says FHE was a subsidiary of IVE WhisperToMe (talk) 22:29, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

FHE isn't Artisan's past name, can you revert this page please?

Seriously, Family Home Entertainment was the name of the KIDS AND FAMILY SUBSIDIARY of Artisan, not just one of the parent company's former names. It's just that FHE became a LABEL of the parent company after the latter was incorporated as International Video Entertainment in 1986. So can someone remove the redirect and add all the page's content back? 68.2.123.163 (talk) 21:56, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Evidence

I have evidence here: I've added as many sources to this article as I could, so this company is independently notable. 216.177.128.180 (talk) 22:57, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

Logo stylization

I notice that the logo is stylized as "F·Ĥ·E". I wonder if a page called F·Ĥ·E should redirect here (not on the talk page though)? GeniusWorkbench4622 22:43, 18 October 2022 (UTC)