Anchor Bay Entertainment

Anchor Bay Entertainment (formerly |Video Treasures) was an American home entertainment and production company owned by Starz Inc. The company was formed through the merger of |Video Treasures and StarMaker, both subsidiaries of The Handleman Company.

Anchor Bay also had a film studio known as Anchor Bay Films, which mainly distributed direct-to-video or independent films.

It distributed US VHS and DVD releases for the |Thomas & Friends series from 1995 to 2008 in conjunction w ith The Britt Allcroft Company, |Gullane Entertainment and |HiT Entertainment. |Lionsgate fully took over this role in 2009. Anchor Bay also had a Canadian branch by the name of |HGV Video Productions.

On 30 June 2016, |Lionsgate agreed to acquire Anchor Bay's parent company Starz Inc. for $4.4 billion in cash and stock. The merger was completed on 8 December 2016. Not long after, Lionsgate folded Anchor Bay into their own home media division. In June 2021, LionsGate agreed to be purchased by Shake Creations, Inc. for over $7 billion.

1995

 * [Thomas and the Special Letter and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)

1996

 * [Thomas and His Friends Help Out] (2 February 1996)
 * [The Gallant Old Engine and Other Thomas Stories] (6 August 1996)

1997

 * [Sing-Along and Stories] (11 February 1997)
 * [Thomas Meets the Queen and Other Stories] (19 August 1997)

1998

 * [Thomas and His Friends Get Along] (10 February 1998)
 * [homas Comes to Breakfast and Other Thomas Adventures] (18 August 1998)
 * [A Big Day for Thomas] (18 August 1998)

1999

 * [Thomas' Useful Stories] (2 February 1999)
 * [Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories] (2 February 1999)
 * [Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures] (10 August 1999)
 * [10 Years of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends] (14 September 1999)

2000

 * [ Spills and Chills and Other Thomas Thrills] (29 February 2000)
 * [ Make Someone Happy and Other Thomas Adventures] (25 July 2000)
 * [ Thomas' Christmas Wonderland and Other Thomas Adventures] (26 September 2000)

2001

 * [Thomas' Trackside Tunes and Other Thomas Adventures] (13 February 2001)
 * [Best of Percy] (24 July 2001)
 * [Best of Thomas] (25 September 2001)

2002

 * [Best of James] (5 March 2002)
 * [Thomas' Magical Musical Ride] (24 September 2002)
 * [Thomas' Fan Favorite Adventures] (24 September 2002)
 * [Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Adventures] (24 September 2002)

2003

 * [Two Thomas Adventures] (25 February 2003)
 * [Percy's Chocolate Crunch and Other Thomas Adventures] (25 February 2003)
 * [Fun With Thomas] (22 July 2003)
 * [Thomas' Sodor Stories] (22 July 2003)
 * [James and the Red Balloon and Other Thomas Adventures] (22 July 2003)
 * [Thomas' Snowy Surprise and Other Adventures] (14 October 2003)
 * [Best of Gordon] (14 October 2003)

2004

 * [New Friends for Thomas and Other Adventures] (16 March 2004)
 * [Thomas and the Jet Engine and Other Adventures] (20 July 2004)
 * [The Early Years] (26 October 2004)

2005

 * [Quarry Adventures on Sodor] (25 January 2005)
 * [Hooray for Thomas and Other Adventures] (25 January 2005)
 * [Percy Saves the Day and Other Adventures] (26 July 2005)

2006

 * [Thomas and the Really Brave Engines and Other Adventures] (7 February 2006)
 * [On Site with Thomas and Other Adventures] (15 August 2006)
 * [Thomas' Halloween Adventures] (29 August 2006)

2007

 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas'_Trusty_Friends_(DVD) Thomas' Trusty Friends] (1 May 2007)
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas_and_the_Toy_Workshop_(DVD) Thomas and the Toy Workshop] (18 September 2007)
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate_Christmas Ultimate Christmas] (23 October 2007)

2008

 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas_and_the_Treasure_(DVD) Thomas and the Treasure] (29 January 2008)
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Mud_Glorious_Mud_(DVD) Mud Glorious Mud] (6 May 2008)

1995

 * [Thomas Gets Tricked and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)
 * [James Learns a Lesson and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)
 * [Trust Thomas and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)
 * [Thomas Gets Bumped and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)
 * [Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories] (15 August 1995)
 * [Daisy and Other Thomas Stories] (15 August 1995)
 * [Percy's Ghostly Trick and Other Thomas Stories] (15 August 1995)
 * [Thomas' Christmas Party and Other Favorite Stories] (15 August 1995)

1996

 * [James Goes Buzz Buzz and Other Thomas Stories] (2 February 1996)
 * [Rusty to the Rescue and Other Thomas Stories] (6 August 1996)

Canadian releases
All titles are VHS format.


 * Thomas Gets Tricked (1995)
 * James Learns a Lesson (1995)
 * Trust Thomas (1995)
 * Thomas Gets Bumped (1995)
 * Thomas, Percy and the Dragon (1995)
 * Daisy (1995)
 * James Goes Buzz Buzz (1996)
 * Percy's Ghostly Trick (1996)
 * Thomas' Christmas Party (1996)
 * Rusty to the Rescue (1996)
 * Thomas and the Special Letter (1995)
 * Thomas and His Friends Help Out (1996)
 * Gallant Old Engine (1996) (Light Blue Variant)
 * Sing Along Songs (1997)
 * Thomas Meets the Queen (1997)
 * Thomas and His Friends Get Along (1998)
 * Thomas Comes to Breakfast (1998)
 * A Big Day for Thomas (1998)

2003

 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Best_of_Thomas,_Percy_and_James_Platinum_Edition Best of Thomas, Percy and James Platinum Edition]
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Best_of_Collection Best of Collection]

2004

 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally_Thomas_Volume_1 Totally Thomas Volume 1]
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally_Thomas_Volume_2 Totally Thomas Volume 2]
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally_Thomas_Volume_3 Totally Thomas Volume 3]

2008

 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally_Thomas_Volume_4 Totally Thomas Volume 4]
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally_Thomas_Volume_5 Totally Thomas Volume 5]
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally_Thomas_Volume_6 Totally Thomas Volume 6]
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally_Thomas_Volume_7 Totally Thomas Volume 7]
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally_Thomas_Volume_8 Totally Thomas Volume 8]
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Totally_Thomas_Volume_9 Totally Thomas Volume 9]
 * [./https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Ultimate_Thomas_Collection Ultimate Thomas Collection]