Magna Home Entertainment

Magna Home Entertainment is a leading independent home entertainment distributor headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, operating within Australia and New Zealand. As of February 2009, Magna Home Entertainment became a fully owned subsidiary of Beyond International (ASX:BYI [2]), one of Australia's premier TV production and distribution companies. Magna Home Entertainment is the sister company of Melbourne-based home entertainment distributor Beyond Home Entertainment, also a subsidiary of Beyond International.

Company history

The company was incorporated in 1983. Principal activities of the company in the 1980s included the import and wholesale distribution of video cassettes, audio cassettes, micro cassettes, and computer equipment. In 1990, the company was publicly listed as Magna Pacific (Holdings) Ltd ^[1]. During the 1990s, the company expanded its activities into intellectual property licensing, acquiring videogram home entertainment distribution rights for a number of licensed properties. Rapid growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s saw Magna listed in Business Review Weekly's Fast 100 List [3], as the company expanded its distribution and acquired several key licensed properties that ensured strong growth in home entertainment revenue. Magna followed the industry migration to DVD media during this period, and now releases home entertainment content via DVD, Blu-ray and digital distribution.

Distribution facility

Magna Home Entertainment's 15,500m² distribution facility at Eagle Farm, Brisbane, Queensland

Opened in July 2006, Magna Home Entertainment's headquarters in Eagle Farm, Brisbane, Queensland is a custom-built greenfield distribution facility incorporating leading distribution and pick-pack-ship technology. The facility was featured in a Microsoft case study and corporate advertisement as a benchmark example for new distribution technology [4]. and also facilitates logistics for Magna's sister company, Beyond Home Entertainment.

Popular Brands, Series and Films

Magna Home Entertainment is a leading home entertainment distributor for many popular children's brands, television series, documentaries and feature films.

Children's Series

Current Licensed Series

• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
• Bananaman
• Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks
• Bolts & Blip
• Bratz
• Care Bears
• Chaotic
• Little Charlie Bear
• Dinosaur King
• The Elephant Princess
• Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
• Fraggle Rock
• H2O: Just Add Water
• Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
• Holly Hobbie and Friends
• Inspector Gadget
• Jibber Jabber
• Larry the Lawnmower
• Little People
• Marvel Knights Motion Comics
• My Little Pony
• Pokémon
• Roary the Racing Car
• Rollbots
• Smurfs
• Strawberry Shortcake
• The Super Hero Squad Show
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 series)
• The Upside Down Show
• Viva Piñata
• Wolverine and the X-Men
• Yu-Gi-Oh!
• Yu-Gi-Oh! GX

Previously Licensed Series

• Archibald the Koala
• Berenstain Bears
• Beyblade V-Force
• Blazing Dragons
• Code Lyoko
• Corduroy
• Corneil and Bernie
• Crush Gear
• Cubix
• Dennis the Menace
• Dog City
• Donkey Kong Country
• Dumb Bunnies
• The Fairly Odd Parents
• Fly Tales
• Franklin
• George and Martha
• Hamtaro
• Kenny The Shark
• Megaman NT Warrior
• Moville Mysteries
• The Neverending Story
• Percy the Park Keeper
• Pet Alien
• Pigeon Boy
• Pippi Longstocking
• Round The Twist
• Rupert
• Sabrina, The Animated Series
• SD Gundam Force
• Seaside Hotel
• Sheeep
• Shinchan
• Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown
• The Three Friends and Jerry
• Totally Spies!
• Tutenstein
• Zoids: Chaotic Century
• Zoids: Fuzors
• Zoids: New Century

Television Series

• American Chopper
• American Hot Rod
• Deadliest Catch
• Cake Boss
• Dirty Jobs
• LA Ink
• Man Vs Wild
• Miami Ink
• Overhaulin'
• The Cosby Show
• Roseanne
• Dog the Bounty Hunter
• Gene Simmons Family Jewels
• Wire In The Blood
• River Monsters
• Trailer Park Boys

Documentaries

• Discovery Channel
• History Channel
• Biography Channel
• The Crocodile Hunter

Feature films

• Just Friends
• Because I Said So
• Bratz: The Movie
• August Rush
• Penelope (2006 film)
• Over Her Dead Body
• Chaos Theory (film)
• The Accidental Husband
• The Mutant Chronicles
• Righteous Kill
• Hong Kong Legends

References

1. ^ (ASX: MPH [1])

External links

• Magna Home Entertainment website
• Beyond Intertanational website