[2] The initial printings of all 24 films were packaged in brown leather clamshell cases with gold lettering; they were presented to CBS executives.

[3] In 1982, a year after MGM bought and merged with the near-bankrupt United Artists (UA) from Transamerica, CBS dropped out of the video partnership with MGM and moved to 20th Century Fox to create CBS/Fox Video (Samuel Goldwyn titles moved to CBS/Fox, as they were distributed via CBS).

In 1982, the company entered into an agreement with The Cannon Group to release titles from the mini-major film studio through 1985.

[4][5] In 1985, it entered into an agreement with Rene Malo Video to handle Canadian distribution of MGM/UA product.

[8] The Pathé merger also meant MGM acquired a majority of the Cannon Films library (certain rights for other media and select films during the Thorn EMI merger now lie with other entities with few exceptions), ironic considering MGM/UA had previously distributed Cannon output in the 1980s.

In 1994, MGM/UA Home Video launched the MGM/UA Family Entertainment label for family-friendly releases.

In 1996, Warner made an exclusive deal with Image Entertainment to distribute MGM/UA titles on LaserDisc.

[9] In 1997, MGM/UA, along with the other studios that were distributed by Warner Home Video, began releasing its titles on DVD.

[15] On May 27, 2003, MGM reinstated full distribution rights to their products in regions like the United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Germany, although 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment continued to distribute for MGM in a majority of developing regions.

[19] Since then, only a handful of MGM's most recent movies, such as Skyfall, Red Dawn,[20] Carrie,[21] RoboCop,[22] If I Stay,[23] Poltergeist (which Fox 2000 Pictures co-produced) and Spectre have been released on DVD and Blu-ray by its home video output via 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

On May 26, 2021, it was officially announced that MGM would be acquired by Amazon for $8.45 billion, subject to regulatory approvals and other routine closing conditions; with MGM continuing to operate as a label under Amazon, but leaving the future of the physical home video releases of its titles other than its current distribution deal with Studio Distribution Services and several third-party boutique labels in question.

MGM also licenses out some of its film and television library to Kino Lorber, the Criterion Collection, Shout!