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Shout! Factory

Type	Private
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	2003
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California
Key people	Garson Foos (President & Co-founder) Richard Foos (Co-founder) Bob Emmer
Products	DVD, Blu-ray Disc, CD, digital video, digital audio
Subsidiaries	Timeless Media Group
Website	www.shoutfactory.com

Shout! Factory, LLC, founded in 2003, issues DVDs and Blu-ray Discs of previously released feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, HighTone Records and Video Time Machine.

History [edit]

This section requires expansion with: Shout! Factory's history. (November 2012)

Conceived as a retro pop culture label, Shout! Factory DVD projects include live music shows (by acts such as The Marshall Tucker Band, James Brown and Heart), music documentaries (The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle about the Sex Pistols), animation (including the complete Home Movies and Underdog), live-action television (Freaks and Geeks, My So-Called Life, Route 66, All in the Family), as well as productions by Hasbro Studios (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Pound Puppies, Littlest Pet Shop, and several Transformers cartoons), Saban (Power Rangers, VR Troopers), Marvel (Marvel Knights, The Super Hero Squad Show) and sports (Warren Miller ski titles).^[1]

Shout! Factory CD and music DVD products are distributed by Sony Music Entertainment. As of June 2007, their non-music DVD titles are distributed by Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment.

Licensing deals [edit]

Shout! Factory has agreements with, among others, Marvel Entertainment, Hasbro, Nickelodeon/Paramount Home Entertainment, and Saban Capital Group. Releases under these agreements have included the complete Joss Whedon/John Cassaday series of Astonishing X-Men, plus Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers and Iron Man: Extremis on DVD and Blu-ray;^[2] the original Transformers and G.I. Joe cartoons, Power Rangers and VR Troopers.^[3]

In mid-2012 Shout! Factory announced a horror sub-label called Scream Factory, specializing in classic and cult horror films such as Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, They Live, The Howling, and others being released to DVD and Blu-ray.^[4]

Related companies [edit]

In 2012, Shout! Factory acquired Oregon-based home entertainment company Timeless Media Group, adding programs like the following to its ever-expanding catalog: Red Skelton, Peter Gunn, The Gene Autry Show, The Virginian, Wagon Train, Laramie and the Roy Rogers: King of the Cowboys among others.^[5]

Shout! Factory also acquired blues/roots label HighTone Records and continues to oversee its back catalog.^[6]

See also [edit]

• Majordomo Records – an indie record label formed as an imprint and partnership with Shout! Factory^[7]
• Roger Corman's Cult Classics^{[relevant? – discuss]}
• Scream Factory

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official site