Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment LLC

Formerly	List MCA Videocassette, Inc. (1980–1983) MCA Videodisc (1981–1983) MCA Home Video (1983–1990) MCA/Universal Home Video (1990–1997) Universal Studios Home Video (1997–2005) Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2005–2016)
Company type	Division
Industry	Home entertainment
Predecessors	List MCA DiscoVision (1978–1981) CIC Video (1980–1999) PolyGram Video (1982–1999) USA Home Entertainment (1999–2002) NBC Home Entertainment (1981–2004) Right Entertainment (2001–2009) Golden Book Video (1985–1996) DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment (2006–2018) Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment (2004–2013)
Founded	1980; 45 years ago (1980), in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Headquarters	Universal City, California , United States
Area served	Worldwide, especially the UK
Products	Home video
Parent	Universal Pictures
Divisions	Universal 1440 Entertainment Universal Playback GRUV
Subsidiaries	Studio Distribution Services (joint venture with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
Website	uphe.com

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment LLC,^[1][2] often shortened to UPHE, is the home video distribution division of Universal Pictures, an American film studio owned by NBCUniversal, the entertainment unit of Comcast.

UPHE is the home video distributor for all of the Universal Pictures film library, the Focus Features film library, most of the 1929–1949 Paramount film library held by EMKA, Ltd., and shows from the NBCUniversal Syndication Studios library (NBC, E!, Syfy, USA Network, Universal Kids, and Oxygen).

The division also had distribution deals with The Film Arcade, Aviron Pictures, STX Entertainment (save for films from EuropaCorp Films USA, which Lionsgate holds the video rights to^[3]), Mattel Creations (for the long-running Barbie direct-to-video film series),^[4] 101 Studios, Sovereign Films, Open Road Films, Briarcliff Entertainment, Pinnacle Peak Pictures, Picturehouse, Blumhouse Tilt, Neon and Bleecker Street (until 2021), Funimation (in the United States and Canada; until 2018, after which Sony Pictures Home Entertainment took over) and Entertainment One (in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Spain, Germany and the United States; until 2024, after which Lionsgate Home Entertainment took over).^[5]

Since 2021, their releases are currently distributed by Studio Distribution Services, a joint venture between UPHE and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, with select titles distributed by Allied Vaughn through its Manufacture on demand (MOD) solutions.