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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has picked up the U.S. rights to Emperor, the feature based on the harrowing journey of American freedom fighter Shields Green, played by Dayo Okeniyi (Shades of Blue). Oscar nominee James Cromwell (The Green Mile) co-stars along with Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries), Naturi…

Entertainment One (eOne) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) have inked a multi-year, multi-territory distribution agreement whereby Universal will serve as the home entertainment distributor of eOne's diverse offerings across both transactional physical and digital formats. The news was announced today…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) Content Group has hired former Wild Bunch Germany acquisitions exec David Kehrl as Senior Manager, Acquisitions and Production, International, I have learned. Out of its London office, UPHE is also newly working with UK producer Louis Tisné (Hungry Hearts). Kehrl…

Those watching movies at home who also want to play games, explore maps or look at the sets among other things will have a chance to do so as the result of an agreement between Comcast and its Universal Pictures along with Paramount, Lionsgate and Sony Pictures. The studios have agreed to offer “enhanced extras”…

EXCLUSIVE: The Film Arcade and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment have sealed a multi-year distribution deal that will see UPHE handling all U.S. and Canada marketing, sales and distribution services for Blu-ray, DVD, Electronic Sell-through, Video-on-Demand and Television for Film Arcade films. The partnership…

Add Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to the 4K Ultra HD club. The Comcast-owned studio says today that this summer it will begin a global “progressive rollout of its growing roster of movie titles” in 4K Ultra HD. The video format provides super sharp images to the latest generation of TV sets. Titles to be…

After becoming the third-highest grossing film of all-time with $1.6B worldwide, Jurassic World is poised to roll over home entertainment records, becoming not only Universal Pictures Home Entertainment’s biggest release ever, but the highest-selling Blu-ray and DVD title of 2015 as well as the industry’s biggest…

The studio co-founded by Robert Simonds and TPG Capital plans to release as many as 15 movies a year beginning in 2016. And while it will distribute its theatrical releases, it says today that Comcast’s Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will market, sell, and distribute discs, electronic sell-through, and VOD…

More fallout from the fading of home video disc sales: Paramount Home Entertainment has agreed to let Universal Pictures Home Entertainment distribute its DVD and Blu-ray discs in overseas markets where Paramount has an office. The five-year deal begins in the UK on July 1. Paramount will make an annual payment to…

Andrew Karpen’s Bleecker Street is continuing to shore up deals for its nascent slate of films, inking a multi-year distribution deal with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment for Blu-ray, DVD, electronic sell-through and VOD. UPHE will handle marketing, sales and distribution services on those platforms under terms…

Big changes at Universal Pictures Home Entertainment today as it continues to adjust to the growing importance of overseas markets: As you may have noticed, the name has been changed (it was Universal Studios Home Entertainment). And the Comcast-owned company says it will centralize its global leadership in Los…