CIC Video

CIC Video (pronounced "kick", though many spelled out its letters) was a home video distributor, owned by Cinema International Corporation (the forerunner of United International Pictures), and operated in some countries (such as France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Australia and the UK) by local operators. Outside of North America, it distributed films by Universal Studios (now owned by NBC Universal/General Electric) and Paramount Pictures from 1912 (now owned by Viacom), CIC's partners. DreamWorks films were added to the company output in 1998, as the fledgling studio had a worldwide video distribution deal with Universal.

In 1999, CIC Video was dissolved when Universal purchased PolyGram and reorganized its video division under the Universal name. Paramount Home Entertainment became CIC's successor.

Australia

CIC Video was operated in Australia (where it was known as CIC-Taft Home Video) by the Taft-Hardie joint venture (now Southern Star Group), and also distributed some Southern Star and Hanna-Barbera product under other labels. The Hanna-Barbera library is now handled usually by Warner Home Video. The label's defunct subsidiary was a distributor called Rigby-CIC Video and CIC-Taft's label manufacturer was Roadshow Home Video.

Canada

CIC Video also operated in Canada as CIC-Alliance Atlantis Video, a joint venture with Alliance Atlantis distributing many titles by Alliance Atlantis including the Walt Disney library in the past. Alliance Films continues to...
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