Prism Leisure Corporation

Overview

Prism Leisure Corporation Plc

type	Public limited company
genre	Publisher and distributor of DVDs and videos, CDs and cassettes, video games and toys
fate	Administration Entertainment assets acquired by FremantleMedia Music assets acquired by Prism Leisure Ltd.
successors	Prism Leisure Ltd FremantleMedia Home Entertainment
foundation	1980
defunct	June 4, 2007
founder	Geoff Young
location city	Enfield, Middlesex
location country	UK
key people	Geoff Young
subsid	Odyssey Video

Prism Leisure Corporation Plc was a distribution and publishing company that primarily focused on reissues and compilations, often at low prices. The company was located in Enfield, Middlesex, United Kingdom until it was placed into administration in June 2007.[1]

History

The company was founded in 1980 as Geoff's Records by chairman Geoff Young.[2]

The company was taken private in November 1998 after a management buyout.[3]

The company launched an online store in 2001.[4]

The company expanded in 2002 by acquiring competitors[5]

Products

DVD/video

Prism Leisure became a major publisher and distributor of budget home video on DVD and VHS. Titles include films such as Doomwatch, The Jigsaw Man, March or Die, The Brave Little Toaster, The Shawshank Redemption, Help! I'm a Fish, Treasure Island and The Whistle Blower. They also released television series including Birds of a Feather.

List of studios distributed by Prism Leisure

This is a selection of companies that had their DVDs released by Prism Leisure.

Abbey Home Media
Addictive Films
Arrow Films (a few titles including Fritz the Cat and The Kentucky Fried Movie)
Carlton Video
DIC Entertainment
Digital Entertainment Limited
Film 2000
FremantleMedia[12]
Full Moon Entertainment
Granada Ventures (done after the Carlton-Granada merger)
Lionsgate Home Entertainment (a few of their old films)
Medusa Pictures
Metrodome Distribution
M.I.A (also known as "Missing In Action", not to be confused with the 1984 film)
Momentum Pictures
Odyssey Video
Redbus Film Distribution (at this time, Redbus Home Entertainment)
Sanctuary Visual Entertainment
Second Sight Films
Tartan Films
Third Millennium
Troma

List of studios distributed by Prism Leisure

This is a selection of companies that had their DVDs released by Prism Leisure.

Abbey Home Media
Addictive Films
Arrow Films (a few titles including Fritz the Cat and The Kentucky Fried Movie)
Carlton Video
DIC Entertainment
Digital Entertainment Limited
Film 2000
FremantleMedia[12]
Full Moon Entertainment
Granada Ventures (done after the Carlton-Granada merger)
Lionsgate Home Entertainment (a few of their old films)

CD/cassette

The majority of Prism's musical catalogue were compilations and reissued material, including Jefferson Airplane's Feed Your Head: Live '67–'69. Several compilations by country music singer Kenny Rogers were also released and/or distributed by Prism throughout their existence, of both his solo and group material.

Video games

Prism Leisure entered the video game industry in 1986 by creating the label Endurance Games to publish the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad re-releases of System 3's International Karate[2] and purchasing Addictive Games, home of the best-selling Football Manager, the following year.[13] Addictive was used as a full price label (with releases including HotShot, The Kristal and further Football Manager games) while the Paxman Promotions name was used for compilations. Prism also became the UK publisher for the US company First Star Software and saw them release new versions of some of their games, including Superman: The Game and Boulder Dash II. Many old games were licensed for compilations with some getting individual releases.[14]

Other merchandise

Prism Leisure also distributed board games and toys.

Prism Leisure Corporation

History

Collapse and Sale

Products

DVD/video

List of studios distributed by Prism Leisure

List of studios distributed by Prism Leisure

CD/cassette

Video games

Other merchandise

References