[1][2] Their first batch of movie titles, released on both VHS and Betamax format, were: Around the same time, the company launched a label, Vibrant Video, which was dedicated to primarily R-rated adult fare and horror films, but the label itself did not last very long, as some of the titles have been moved to Palace.
[3] 1984: Palace Films was started as a home video distributor between Roadshow, Blake Films and private investor Antony Veccola, with Roadshow handling home video distribution of its titles.
On 21 September 2020, Warner Bros. announced that its distribution deal with Village Roadshow would expire at the end of 2020.
The unit was originally formed in 1968 by the owners of Village Cinemas as quite simply Roadshow, initially to distribute drive-in pictures, often in collaboration with fellow Australian distributor Blake Films under the joint releasing label of Blake-Roadshow, and the acquisition of reissue rights of South Pacific.
[17][18][16] In 1971, it entered a long-standing partnership with Warner Bros. to distribute and market its films in Australia and New Zealand under a joint venture, called Roadshow International, with the distribution side for international producers being renamed to Roadshow Distributors.
[21][22][23][24] When Hexagon went dormant in the 1970s, the company continued to distribute local productions by other studios, including the smash hit Mad Max by Kennedy Miller, and the international film Rebel by Phillip Emanuel.
[18] In 1998, Buena Vista International parted ways with the company in order to set up its own Australian distribution arm.
[28] Also that year, when Village Roadshow Pictures shuttered its international division, Beyond Films begin representing the sales for Australian productions.