Image Entertainment

Infobox Company
company_name = Image Entertainment
company_
company_type = Public (NASDAQ|DISK)
foundation = Hollywood, CA, USA (1981)
location = Chatsworth, CA, USA [http://www.image-entertainment.com/about_us/investors/index.cfm]
key_people = David Borshell (President)
Jeff Framer (CFO)
Bill Bromiley (CAO)
Rick Eiberg (CTO)
industry = Entertainment
products = DVD, Blu Ray, Digital Video, CD, Digital Audio
homepage = www.image-entertainment.com [http://www.image-entertainment.com]

Image Entertainment, Inc. is a leading independent licensee, producer and distributor of home entertainment programming in North America, with approximately 3,000 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 250 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and approximately 450 programs internationally via sublicense agreements. For many of its titles, Image has exclusive audio and broadcast rights and, through its subsidiary Egami Media, Inc., has digital download rights to approximately 2,000 video programs and over 300 audio programs containing more than 4,500 tracks. The Company is headquartered in Chatsworth, California. Founded in 1981 as a public company, Image trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol DISK. Image began life as a distributor of Laserdiscs whose sound and picture quality surpassed that of VHS and Beta, the dominate tape formats of the time. Image successfully secured exclusive output deals with major studios such as 20th Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company and grew to become the dominant distributor of the format.

As the 1990’s came to a close, and Laserdisc gave way to DVD, Image re-focused on the fledgling format that would quickly come to dominate the home video marketplace. While studios were busy managing transition from VHS to the sell-through dominated DVD world, Image began to acquire DVD rights to long form music concert programs, television programming, foreign films and a broad array of special interest programming, all being ignored by the major studios and music labels.

Image continued to work with its long term partner, The Criterion Collection, as well as hundreds of independent content producers and rights holders to bring some of the best entertainment to the marketplace. By the DVDs 10th anniversary Image has once again established itself as a dominant distributor of independently produced programs. In 2008 Image began to expand its release schedule to now include feature films.

elected releases

Feature Films
*"The Distance"
*"Autumn Hearts"
*"Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead"
*"Color of Freedom"
*"Far North"
*"Re-Cycle"
*"Stuck"
*"Suburban Girl"
*"The Air I Breathe"
*"The Secret"
*"Then She Found Me"
*"Tracey Fragments"
*"Undead or Alive"

Discovery Networks
*"Bizarre Foods"
*"The Deadliest Catch"
*"Dirty Jobs"
*"Human Body: Pushing the Limits"
*"Man vs. Wild"'
*"Shark Week"
*"Survivorman"
*"When We Left Earth"

Special Interest
*"EliteXC (MMA Fighting)"
*"IMAX programming"

The Criterion Collection

TV Series
*"Combat!"
*"Conan the Adventurer"
*"Dick Van Dyke Show"
*"Father Murphy"
*"Hearts Afire"
*"I Spy"
*"Naked City"
*"Pee-wee's Playhouse"
*"Saved by the Bell: The College Years & The New Class"
*"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World"
*"Starhunter 2300"
*"Twilight Zone (1985-1989)"
*"Twilight Zone (1959-1964)"

Stand-up Comedy
*"Adam Hunter: Disfunctional"
*"Artie Lange: It's The Whiskey Talkin"'
*"Al Ducharme: Spineless And Lovin' It"
*"Bill Burr: Why Do I Do This?"
*"Bill Engvall: Here's Your Sign: Live!"
*"Bill Maher: I'm Swiss"
*"Daniel Tosh: Completely Serious"
*"Doug Stanhope: No Refunds"
*"Drew Hastings: Irked & Miffed"
*"Eddie Griffin: Voodoo"
*"Eddie Izzard: We Know Where You Live"
*"Finesse Mitchell: Snap Famous"
*"Gabriel Iglesias: Hot And Fluffy"
*"Gilbert Gottfried: Dirty Jokes"
*"Howie Mandel: The First Special"
*"Jamie Foxx: I Might Need Security"
*"Jamie Foxx: Unleashed: Lost Stolen, And Leaked!"
*"Jamie Kennedy: Unwashed"
*"Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself"
*"Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity"
*"Jeff Dunham: A Very Special Christmas Special"
*"Jeff Foxworthy: You Might Be A Redneck If...And Check Your Neck"
*"Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale"
*"Jimmy Dore: Citizen Jimmy"
*"Joe Rogan: Live"
*"John Pinette: I'm Starvin'!"
*"John Witherspoon: You Got To Coordinate"
*"Katt Williams: Live"
*"Kevin Downey, Jr.: I'm Not Gay, But Don't Stop"
*"Kyle Cease: Weirder. Blacker. Dimpler"
*"Larry The Cable Guy: Git-R-Done"
*"Michael Winslow: Comedy Sound Slapdown!"
*"Mike Marino: New Jersey's Bad Boy Of Comedy"
*"Pablo Francisco: Ouch! Live From San Jose"
*"Paul Mooney: Know Your History: Jesus Was Black; So Was Cleopatra"
*"Richard Lewis: Concerts From Hell"
*"Rita Rudner: Live From Las Vegas"
*"Ron White: They Call Me Tater Salad"
*"Ron White: You Can't Fix Stupid"
*"Steve Byrne: Happy Hour"
*"Steven Wright: When The Leaves Blow Away"
*"Tommy Tiernan: Something Mental"
*"Wanda Sykes: Sick & Tired"

Music Programs
*"Austin City Limits Music Festival 2005"
*"Beastie Boys: Awesome; I ... Shot That!"
*"Barry Manilow: Manilow Live!"
*"Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival"
*"Cher: The Farewell Tour"
*"Chicago And Earth, Wind & Fire: Live at The Greek"
*"Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll"
*"Cream: The Farewell Concert"
*"Daryl Hall & John Oates: Our Kind of Soul: Live"
*"Deep Purple: Perihelion"
*"Dinosaur Jr.: Live in the Middle East"
*"Don Henley: Live: Inside Job"
*"Doors: VH1 Storytellers: A Celebration"
*"Elvis Presley: The Ed Sullivan Shows"
*"Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Welcome Back"
*"Farm Aid: 20th Anniversary"
*"Gigantour 1 & 2"
*"Gram Parsons: Return to Sin City"
*"Heart: Alive In Seattle"
*"James Brown: Live From The House Of Blues"
*"Johnny Cash: The Anthology"
*"Kiss: Rock The Nation: Live! & The Second Coming"
*"Kool And The Gang: Live From The House Of Blues"
*"Korn: Live on the Other Side"
*"Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi"v
*"Megadeth: That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires"
*"Moody Blues: Lovely to See You: Live"
*"Paul McCartney: Live At The Cavern Club!"
*"Peter Frampton: Live In Detroit"
*"Phil Lesh and Friends: Live at the Warfield Theater"
*"Phish: Bittersweet Motel"
*"Ramones: Raw"
*"Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music"
*"Ringo Starr: The Best Of Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band: So Far"
*"Roy Orbison: A Black & White Night"
*"Sammy Hagar and The Wabos: Livin' It Up! In St. Louis"
*"Sheryl Crow: Rockin' The Globe Live"
*"Steely Dan: Two Against Nature"
*"String Cheese Incident: Evolution"
*"Vans Warped Tour"
*"We Are the World"
*"The Who: At Kilburn 1977 & Live at the Royal Albert Hall"
*"Yes: YesSongs"

External links

* [http://www.image-entertainment.com Official site]