Mill Creek and SPE partnership.

[folbartman]

MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT SIGNS DEALS WITH SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT TO EXPAND THEIR DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP

Mill Creek Licenses 665 SPHE Films and 54 SPHE Television Series for US and Canadian DVD and Blu-Ray Distribution

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (August 27, 2013) - Mill Creek Entertainment, a leading home entertainment distribution company, has entered into a US and Canadian distribution deal with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE). Under the long-term licensing agreement, Mill Creek will distribute an additional 665 films and 52 television series from the legendary SPHE catalog via a wide variety of DVD and Blu-ray compilations and collections to Mill Creek's extensive network of traditional and non-traditional retail partners.
Mill Creek films, under this ground-breaking partnership, will range from classics such as Das Boot, Finding Forrester, All the King's Men, Moscow on the Hudson and Donnie Brasco to audience favorites such as Last Action Hero, Basic, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Flatliners, Anaconda and Are We There Yet?.
Mill Creek television series will include hit TV shows such as Married with Children, Just Shoot Me, News Radio, Mad About You, Party of Five, The Larry Sanders Show, Diff'rent Strokes, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Charlie's Angels, Starsky and Hutch and The Nanny.
"This enormous catalog of compelling films and iconic television series will propel our company to the next level of product and assortment development in the coming months and years," said Ian Warfield, President and COO of Mill Creek. "We are excited to expand and enhance our partnership with the Sony Pictures Home Entertainment team to further develop our market reach across all viable retail channels." About Mill Creek Entertainment
Mill Creek Entertainment is one of the industry's leading providers of value-priced DVD and Blu-ray features and compilations. The Minneapolis-based company licenses content from a broad range of major and independent studios to augment its library of owned content and original productions. With an experienced senior management and sales team the company manufactures and distributes its growing product line to a network of over 30,000 retail and distribution locations. Product categories include classic and contemporary films, episodic television, kids, animation, episodic documentaries, special interest and fitness. Mill Creek Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://millcreekent.com.


Taken from: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Sit...#ixzz2dHUC7wj2


I have emailed TVSHOWSONDVD.... they do not know anything outside of the press release and just emailed Mill Creek to see if The Facts of Life was acquired as one of the 54 television series..... let's hope so to see this get released on DVD.

[Kasey]

[QUOTE=folbartman]MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT SIGNS DEALS WITH SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT TO EXPAND THEIR DISTRIBUTION PARTNERSHIP

If anything, Mill Creek will only be repackaging the seasons that were already released as budget releases in paper sleeves and cheap packaging. Seasons 6-9 are not part of their deal.

[tlc38tlc38]

I'm not giving up hope just yet. I think we'll eventually see seasons 6-9.

[bliss]

Mill Creek is our only hope at this point for seasons 6-9 on DVD.

[Kasey]

Originally Posted by bliss

Mill Creek is our only hope at this point for seasons 6-9 on DVD.

Sony would still have to clear the music rights before licensing to Mill Creek--or cut every music scene in the later seasons. The S8 episode with Fabian and Bobby Rydell would only be about 12 minutes long after the edits-- if that!