Magna Home Entertainment
FormerlyMagna Vision (1983-1990s)
Magna Pacific (1990s-2010s)
TypeIndependent
Founded1983
Defunct2012
SuccessorBeyond Home Entertainment
Headquarters
Brisbane, Queensland
,
Australia
Area served
Australia, New Zealand
ProductsDVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Video

Magna Home Entertainment was an independent home entertainment distributor headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, operating within Australia and New Zealand. As of February 2009, Magna Home Entertainment became a fully owned subsidiary of Beyond International (ASX:BYI), an Australian television production and distribution company.[1] Magna Home Entertainment is the sister company of Melbourne-based home entertainment distributor Beyond Home Entertainment, also a subsidiary of Beyond International. Magna Home Entertainment distributes television series, documentaries and feature films.

Company history

The company was incorporated in 1983. Principal activities of the company in the 1980s included the import and wholesale distribution of video cassettes, audio cassettes, micro cassettes, and computer equipment. In 1990, the company was publicly listed as Magna Pacific (Holdings) Ltd.

During the 1990s, the company expanded its activities into intellectual property licensing, acquiring videogram home entertainment distribution rights for a number of licensed properties. Rapid growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s saw Magna listed in Business Review Weekly's Fast 100 List, as the company expanded its distribution and acquired several key licensed properties that ensured strong growth in home entertainment revenue.

The company had a good relationship with Becker Entertainment, and the company had a 50% stake in the company between the late 1990s and July 2004, when the company sold off its interest.[2][3]

Magna followed the industry migration to DVD media during this period, and now releases home entertainment content via DVD, Blu-ray, and digital-file-based distribution. Magna Pacific is a budget distributor known for producing bare-bones media without extras or subtitles. In 2012, the Magna branding was dropped in favor of the Beyond branding.[4]

Distribution facility

Magna Home Entertainment's headquarters in Eagle Farm, Brisbane, Queensland includes a distribution facility. It opened in July 2006.

Titles distributed

Magna Home Entertainment is a home entertainment distributor for children's brands, television series, documentaries, and feature films.

Children's series

Television series

Documentaries

Feature films

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Beyond Entertainment". Beyond Home Entertainment. Archived from the original on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Groves, Don (11 August 2003). "Bradley to top Becker". Variety. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Groves, Don (27 October 2004). "Becker bags a pair". Variety. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Beyond and Magna Merger Confirmed". Capsule Computers. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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