Thorn EMI Video was established in 1977 and produced three made for video films for the British market: Cross Country (film) (1977), and Strange Invaders (1984) and Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984). Thorn EMI became popular with rental stores. In the US Thorn EMI released films on video from various film companies including Orion Pictures (The Terminator, First Blood) and New Line Cinema (The Evil Dead, Xtro).

Thorn EMI joined HBO in 1985 to be named Thorn EMI HBO Video. In 1986, Cannon films bought Thorn EMI's video library, but HBO stayed and became HBO/Cannon Video. Cannon left operations and was eventually just called HBO Video in 1987.

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• List of Thorn EMI video releases

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Demerger and Demise

On August 16, 1996, Thorn EMI shareholders voted in favour of demerger proposals. The company became EMI Group plc, and the electronics and rentals divisions were divested as Thorn plc and the company was acquired by Future Rentals, a subsidiary of Nomura Group in 1998.

Thorn subsequently passed to Terra Firma Capital Partners who set up the Brighthouse chain. The remainder of the company was sold to a private buyer ^[2].

Also see Quadriga, a former division of Thorn.

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