CIC Video

CIC Video
TypeLabel
Founded1980 (1980)
Defunct1999 (1999)
FateFully acquired by Paramount Pictures and renamed Paramount Home Entertainment International
Universal titles now going through Universal Pictures Video
SuccessorParamount Home Entertainment International
Universal Pictures Video
ProductsHome video
ParentCinema International Corporation (1980–1981)
United International Pictures (1981–1999)
DivisionsCIC-Taft Video

CIC Video was a home video distributor, established in 1980, owned by Cinema International Corporation (the forerunner of United International Pictures), and operated in some countries (such as United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Japan, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, South Korea, Turkey, Argentina, Colombia, Philippines, Chile and Venezuela) by local operators. Outside of North America, it distributed films by Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures, CIC's partners. DreamWorks films (through DreamWorks Home Entertainment) were added to the company output in 1998, as the fledgling studio that had a worldwide video distribution deal with Universal.