PBS Distribution

PBS Home Video is the home video distribution unit of American television network Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and PBS Distribution. The company releases DVDs (under the name "PBS DVD"), Blu-rays and VHS tapes of PBS series and movies. PBS Home Video has went through a long history of going through commercial distributors. Originally, the company simply released videos on their own, but when they went through wider distribution, newer releases from 1989 onward were distributed by Pacific Arts. In 1994, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) moved distribution over to Turner Home Entertainment, and then Warner Home Video when Turner Home Entertainment's parent company merged with Time Warner in 1997. In 2004, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) began distributing with Paramount Home Media Distribution, before going independent again in 2011.