From previous research Paramount Pictures has recently distributes the film paranormal activity, this film is a similar genre to our filmed snatched. We thought that this would be a suitable distributor as this is also an American company, this will hep our film to be enter into film festivals so that it can change the distributors so that the film will progress into making more money.
On December 11, 2005, Paramount went into partnership with Dreamworks (which was co-founded by former Paramount executive Jeffrey Katzenburg).
The partnership involved Paramount to distribute the DreamWorks animated films for a small fee, including the Sherk franchise and the sequel Sherk 2. The first film distributed under this deal is over the hedge
The deal closed on February 6, 2006. This acquisition was seen at the time as a stopgap measure as Brad Grey was unsuccessful in assembling sufficient films for production and distribution and the DreamWorks films would fill the gap.
On October 6, 2008, Paramount and DreamWorks announced the joint venture was ending and that DreamWorks would be seeking new distributors for its films.
The partnership involved Paramount to distribute the DreamWorks animated films for a small fee, including the Sherk franchise and the sequel Sherk 2. The first film distributed under this deal is over the hedge
The deal closed on February 6, 2006. This acquisition was seen at the time as a stopgap measure as Brad Grey was unsuccessful in assembling sufficient films for production and distribution and the DreamWorks films would fill the gap.
On October 6, 2008, Paramount and DreamWorks announced the joint venture was ending and that DreamWorks would be seeking new distributors for its films.
Grey also launched a Digital Entertainment division to take advantage of emerging digital distribution technologies. This led to Paramount becoming the second movie studio to sign a deal with Apple Inc, to sell its films through the iTunes store. The films were consortium and subsequently gave up the guarantees they had received and will now release in the Blu-ray format.
Also, in 2007, Paramount sold another one of its "heritage" units, Famous, to Sony/ ATV Music production, ending a nearly-eight decade run as a division of Paramount, being the studio's music publishing arm since the period when the entire company went by the name "Famous Players."
Also, in 2007, Paramount sold another one of its "heritage" units, Famous, to Sony/ ATV Music production, ending a nearly-eight decade run as a division of Paramount, being the studio's music publishing arm since the period when the entire company went by the name "Famous Players."
Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Video and Paramount Video) is the division of Paramount Pictures dealing with home video and was founded in late 1975.
PHE distributes most of the programming assets owned by Viacom parent National Amusements. The not only includes films by Paramount Pictures themselves, but also the back catalog of Dreamworks, shows from MTV Networks and Bet Network, and, through CBS home entertainment, the holdings of Viacom sister company CBS corporation - this includes the libraries of CBS television studios, CBS theartical theatre, and Showtime Entertainment.
PHE also has agreements with PHB for DVD/Blu-Ray distribution of various programs that the former aired, and several films and TV series based on franchises owned by the latter. By-products of the latter deal are the 2007 and 2009 films based on the Transformers toy line, and the 2009 film based on the G.I Joe toy line.
Films from republic pictures, Paramount's other subsidiary, are not distributed on video and DVD by PHE (with some exceptions), but are distributed on video and DVD by Lionsgate home entertainment, which recently signed a deal to distribute some of Paramount's own films on DVD (in addition to the aforementioned Republic library). Also, as a result of this deal, Lionsgate has recently released "triple features" of their own library of films on DVD using the package design originated by Paramount.
PHE have developed a well-known trademark by giving their Special Edition/Director's Cut editions different names rather than the usual "Special Edition," or "Director's Edition".
Internationally, PHE holds the DVD rights to several shows on HBO. PHE also distributes in Germany the DVD releases of films distributed theatrically by Prokino Filmverleih.
As Paramount Home Video, the company once distributed several Miramax releases on video - the video rights to some of these films are still owned by Paramount.
Recently, PHE launched a direct-to-video label, Paramount Famous Productions (with the "Famous" part of the name a throwback to the days when the company was called Famous Players).
This distributor released Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Very First Alvin Show on DVD
PHE distributes most of the programming assets owned by Viacom parent National Amusements. The not only includes films by Paramount Pictures themselves, but also the back catalog of Dreamworks, shows from MTV Networks and Bet Network, and, through CBS home entertainment, the holdings of Viacom sister company CBS corporation - this includes the libraries of CBS television studios, CBS theartical theatre, and Showtime Entertainment.
PHE also has agreements with PHB for DVD/Blu-Ray distribution of various programs that the former aired, and several films and TV series based on franchises owned by the latter. By-products of the latter deal are the 2007 and 2009 films based on the Transformers toy line, and the 2009 film based on the G.I Joe toy line.
Films from republic pictures, Paramount's other subsidiary, are not distributed on video and DVD by PHE (with some exceptions), but are distributed on video and DVD by Lionsgate home entertainment, which recently signed a deal to distribute some of Paramount's own films on DVD (in addition to the aforementioned Republic library). Also, as a result of this deal, Lionsgate has recently released "triple features" of their own library of films on DVD using the package design originated by Paramount.
PHE have developed a well-known trademark by giving their Special Edition/Director's Cut editions different names rather than the usual "Special Edition," or "Director's Edition".
Internationally, PHE holds the DVD rights to several shows on HBO. PHE also distributes in Germany the DVD releases of films distributed theatrically by Prokino Filmverleih.
As Paramount Home Video, the company once distributed several Miramax releases on video - the video rights to some of these films are still owned by Paramount.
Recently, PHE launched a direct-to-video label, Paramount Famous Productions (with the "Famous" part of the name a throwback to the days when the company was called Famous Players).
This distributor released Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Very First Alvin Show on DVD
Paramount brands the majority of its HD content under the label 'Paramount High Definition' which is seen both on the title box cover and as an in-movie opening. Films from Paramount subsidiaries such as Nicoldian Movies and MTV films as well as from sister studio Dreamworks use no special branding, Paramount vintage (another subsidiary) releases only select titles under the Paramount High Definition banner such as Babel.
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