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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.

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.

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

In August 2009, PorchLight appointed Canada-based E1 Entertainment as the distributor for their products. 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.

Releases

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

• Adventures from the Book of Virtues
• Jay Jay the Jet Plane
• LeapFrog

Acquired

• 64 Zoo Lane
• Animalia
• Boowa & Kwala
• FARMKIDS
• Funky Valley
• Funky Town
• Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids
• The Lampies
• Little Leaders
• Loopdidoo
• Zakland

Film Acquisitions

• Dear Me, a Blogger's Tale
• Together Again

References

1. "PorchLight Home Entertainment enters the scene".
2. "PorchLight Entertainment". August 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-08-26.
3. ^ "PorchLight To Release Animalia To DVD And Blu-ray". Animation World Network.
4. ^ "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. ^ "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.

• Home video distributors
• Home video companies of the United States