Shout! Studios

Shout! Factory, LLC
Shout! Studios
Formerly
  • Retropolis Entertainment (2002–2003)
  • Shout! Factory (as trade name; 2003–2023)
Company typePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedApril 19, 2002; 22 years ago (April 19, 2002)
Founders
  • Richard Foos
  • Bob Emmer
  • Garson Foos
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Key people
Products
  • Home video
  • Music
Brands
  • Scream!
  • Shout! Select
  • Shout! Kids
OwnerShout! Factory, LLC[1]
Divisions
  • Shout! TV
  • Westchester Films
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.shoutstudios.com

Shout! Factory, LLC, doing business as Shout! Studios (formerly doing business as Shout! Factory, its current legal name) is an American home video and music distributor founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases, issued in DVD or Blu-ray format, include previously released feature films, classic and contemporary television series, animation, live music, and comedy specials. Considered a boutique Blu-ray label,[2][3] Shout! Studios, in addition to its mainline home video releases, also releases films under the sublabels Scream Factory (for horror film releases), Shout! Select, and Shout! Kids.

Shout! Studios owns and operates Westchester Films, Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, and Video Time Machine.

Their releases are currently distributed by Studio Distribution Services, a joint venture between Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, via a distribution deal formed by the two companies.

  1. ^ "About Us". Shout! Studios.
  2. ^ Kozak, Oktay Ege (December 5, 2017). "The Best Boutique Blu-ray Distributors (Who Aren't Criterion)". Paste. Archived from the original on June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  3. ^ Jarvis, Henry (August 12, 2022). "10 Best Boutique Blu-Ray Brands". CBR.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.