Regency Media Group

Not to be confused with Regency Enterprises.

Regency Media Group
IndustryDistribution
FoundedMid-1950s
DefunctFebruary 2023
Headquarters
Australia
ProductsFilms, DVD, music
DivisionsRegency Home Entertainment

Regency Media Group was an Australian media conglomerate, active in the Australian entertainment industry since the mid-1950s. The corporation was latterly focused on the production of digital media, until its demise in February 2023.

As of 2008 Regency owned a 74% stake in a joint venture in India with Sa Re Ga Ma to produce compact discs, video CDs, and DVDs for the Indian market.[1]

In August 2010, Regency acquired some of the assets of Shock Records,[2] after the company went bankrupt, which it rebranded Shock Entertainment.[3][4] In 2012 Shock DVD changed its name to Regency Home Entertainment, and had licensing and distribution deals with partners including WWE, CBS, E!, and Time–Life.[citation needed]

The company launched Regency Film Distribution in June 2012, headed by Ivan Vukusic, a former Shock employee.[5]

Regency Media entered voluntary administration in February 2023.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Saregama forms JV with Australian company". 8 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Regency Media take over Shock". 2 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Shock (2)". Discogs. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Shock Entertainment". Discogs. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  5. ^ Fitzsimons, Scott (5 June 2012). "Shock's Parent Company Launches Film Distribution Arm". The Music. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Five Mile owner Regency Media appoints administrators". Books+Publishing. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  7. ^ "REGENCY MEDIA PTY LTD 006 495 414 — Voluntary Administration — Meeting — VIC — Published : 02/03/2023". Australian Government. Australian Securities & Investments Commission. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2023.