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Studio Distribution Services, LLC is an American home entertainment distribution company that is a joint venture between Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Accordingly, SDS distributes all titles handled by Universal and Warner Bros., as well as their respective studios and partners. SDS also distributes films on behalf of STX Entertainment, PBS and Neon.[1]
The company was created on January 14, 2020, when Universal and Warner Bros. merged their physical home media distribution operations into one entity as part of a 10-year multinational joint-venture partnership.[2] Internationally, Universal distributes Warner Bros.' titles in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan; while Warner distributes Universal's titles in the United Kingdom (until 2025), Italy (until 2024) and Benelux.[3] On April 7, 2020, the European Commission approved the merger.[4] Since June 1, 2021, SDS' logo took the WBHE logo's place on the back covers of the home releases; while there have been several exceptions, mainly manufactured on demand titles including 4K (also steelbooks) and Blu-ray releases.
On June 24, 2024, it was reported that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment had entered into a distribution deal with SDS to handle the physical distribution of their titles.[5]
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