founded june 19 2003 ; 13 years ago june 19 2003 headquarters los angeles california key people richard foos ceo founder bob emmer coo founder garson foos president founder products home video music subsidiaries timeless media group scream factory website www.shoutfactory.com shout factory is an american home video and music company founded in 2003 . its video releases include previously released feature films classic and contemporary tv series animation live music and comedy specials . shout factory also owns and operates timeless media group biograph records majordomo records hightone records and video time machine . contents 1 history 2 licensing deals 3 related companies 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit shout factory was founded in 2003 by bob emmer garson foos and richard foos three principals from rhino records . after selling rhino to warner bros. the three set out to launch a new retro pop culture label . their first releases included blues and jazz cds from the biograph label a fats domino cd and dvd and several documentaries superstar the life and times of andy warhol what happened to kerouac . with the release of freaks & geeks in 2004 shout hit its stride and shifted towards a reputable and celebrated tv on dvd company . that same year they released a brand new cd with actor william shatner produced by ben folds and started releasing classic sctv box sets . in 2005 shout factory obtained the rights to herb alpert s catalog launching the herb alpert signature series of cds . these included the lonely bull south of the border lost treasures whipped cream & other delights and others . they also got the rights to talk show host dick cavett s library and started releasing theme sets focused on rock icons ray charles including all his visits to the show john lennon and yoko ono and others . they also jumped into children s animation with a deal with dic entertainment . c.o.p.s. the animated series and heathcliff and the catillac cats were the first releases from that deal . on the sports side they entered into a licensing deal with major league baseball releasing themed and world series dvds through 2010 . in 2006 shout got the rights to cartoon network staple home movies and released each season set and ultimately a complete series box . other pop culture releases ensued including a pair of the electric company multidisc sets the re envisioned herb alpert s whipped cream & other delights rewhipped a series of elvira s movie macabre dvds and the first of what would be three cover cds with matthew sweet and susanna hoffs called under the covers vol . 1 ; sweet himself was also added as a featured solo artist . 1 still earning a reputation for classic tv shout acquired the rights to america s funniest home videos that girl punky brewster and the weird al show all of which debuted in 2006 . by 2007 classic tv on dvd was a major focus with season sets of mchale s navy ironside the adventures of ozzie and harriet and themed and actor specific editions of inside the actor s studio . meanwhile they also started releasing mickey hart s catalogs . in 2008 shout bought the hightone records catalog and added artists tom russell joe ely and rosie flores to its brand . at the same time the company was ramping up its place as a children s animation destination and continuing with a tv on dvd schedule . it took over the mystery science theater 3000 dvd series and released a 20th anniversary set and have continued to put out box sets of episodes never before released on dvd . in 2009 shout reached another milestone when it struck a deal with children s tv producers hasbro releasing the original transformers and g.i. joe animated series box sets . that same year it released the first my little pony dvd my little pony twinkle wish collection . shout continues to release several hasbro properties including the series my little pony friendship is magic . in 2012 shout started releasing titles by both saban power rangers mutant turtles and marvel super hero squad show marvel knights . at the end of 2012 shout also launched a sublabel called scream factory in which horror films both new and old were licensed from major studios such as mgm fox and universal . for 2014 shout continued to release complete series sets of classic tv both bob newhart the complete series and hill street blues the complete series . they join complete releases such as all in the family route 66 and barney miller . 2 on may 8 2014 shout announced 3 their acquisition of the rights to wkrp in cincinnati 4 with the intention of restoring all four seasons of the show complete with their original musical scores . 5 the 2014 release was a monumental event for fans of the show since the original dvd release in 2007 had been mired in squabbles regarding music rights . 6 on june 9 2014 shout factory announced that it had acquired the rights to the my little pony series and it released my little pony the complete series on dvd on september 30 2014 . 7 the four disc set contains all 65 episodes of the series . in october 2014 shout acquired westchester films an independent film company whose library includes the films of john cassavetes elia kazan and orson welles as well as some early united artists films that were previously owned by the films producers . in november 2015 shout licensed sequart organization s documentary film the image revolution . 8 on november 10 2015 shout announced that it had acquired the rights to mystery science theater 3000 from best brains inc. and launched a bring back mst3k kickstarter with the goal of producing up to 12 new feature length episodes of the series with series creator joel hodgson serving as executive producer . 9 licensing deals edit shout factory has agreements with among others marvel entertainment hasbro studios nickelodeon paramount home media distribution classic media universal pictures mgm and saban capital group . releases under these agreements have included the complete joss whedon john cassaday series of astonishing x men plus thor & loki blood brothers and iron man extremis on dvd and blu ray ; 10 the original transformers g.i. joe jem and my little pony cartoons power rangers and vr troopers . 11 in mid 2012 shout factory announced a horror sub label called scream factory specializing in classic and cult horror films such as halloween ii halloween iii season of the witch they live the howling lifeforce deadly eyes and others being released to dvd and blu ray . 12 related companies edit in 2012 shout factory acquired oregon based home entertainment company timeless media group adding programs to its ever expanding catalog the red skelton show peter gunn the gene autry show the virginian wagon train laramie and the roy rogers show among others . 13 shout factory also acquired blues roots label hightone records and continues to oversee its back catalog . 14 see also edit majordomo records an indie record label formed as an imprint and partnership with shout factory 15 references edit https www.shoutfactory.com music rock pop sunshine lies about shout . shout factory . retrieved 2014 05 17 . twitter shout factory yep dvd plans for wkrp in . twitter.com . retrieved 2014 05 17 . wkrp in cincinnati 1978 1982 . imdb.com . retrieved 2014 05 17 . wkrp in cincinnati dvd news dvd plans for wkrp in cincinnati the complete series . tvshowsondvd.com . retrieved 2014 05 17 . wkrp in cincinnati dvd news exclusive more on the music replacement and comments by fox wilson . tvshowsondvd.com . 2007 04 23 . retrieved 2014 05 17 . the complete series of the original 80s cartoon shout factory picks up the image revolution for distribution . sequart.org . 2015 11 01 . retrieved 2015 12 17 . http deadline.com 2015 11 mystery science theater shout factory 1201617524 shout factory to release more marvel animated titles . geeksofdoom.com . 2010 05 26 . retrieved 2014 05 17 . shout factory saban sign home entertainment distribution deal . the hollywood reporter . 2012 12 03 . retrieved 2014 05 17 . scream factory . shout factory . retrieved 2014 05 17 . site news dvd news press release announcing shout factory acquires timeless media group . tvshowsondvd.com . 2012 05 18 . retrieved 2014 05 17 . downbeat magazine . downbeat.com . 2008 02 04 . retrieved 2014 05 17 . majordomo records . majordomo records . 2009 02 03 . retrieved 2014 05 17 . external links edit official website v t e region 1 home video lines studios disney walt disney treasures the classics masterpiece collection gold classic collection platinum editions diamond editions fox cinema archives cinema classics collection film noir marquee musicals studio classics lionsgate vestron video collector s series mgm limited edition collection midnite movies mgm kids soul cinema miramax collector s series new line infinifilm platinum series sony choice collection martini movies superbit twc dragon dynasty universal universal backlot series universal cinema classics warner bros. hanna barbera classics collection warner archive collection twisted terror collection licensees criterion laserdisc dvd and blu ray eclipse kino kino lorber studio classics olive films dvd and blu ray oscilloscope dvd and blu ray shout factory scream factory shout select roger corman s cult classics twilight time dvd and blu ray retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shout factory & oldid 743513174 categories companies established in 2003american record labelshome video companies of the united statesreissue record labelsrecord labels established in 2003privately held companies based in californiacompanies based in los angelesfilm distributors of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages t rk e edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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