LIONSGATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT

'Lionsgate Home Entertainment' is the home video and DVD distribution arm of Lions Gate Entertainment. Its library of more than 8000 films owes some of its size to output deals with other studios. Mainly concerned with the distribution of the Lions Gate film library, it also distributes Mattel's Barbie-branded videos, as well as Clifford the Big Red Dog videos from Scholastic and Stickin' Around videos from Nelvana.
It was previously named Cinépix Film Properties Inc. (CFP). In 2001, in Québec, the company renamed it Crystial Films, and in Ontario and other Canadian countries, Maple Pictures.

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Criticism

Criticism

When Lions Gate Home Entertainment released the first season of ALF''' on DVD in 2004, many fans were dismayed when they discovered that the DVDs contained the edited-for-syndication versions of the episodes instead of the full-length NBC versions. Lions Gate insisted that they used the syndication versions because the NBC versions were poorer in video quality, but this is not the case because several years earlier, a Canadian company called VSC released a single disc with 3 uncut episodes and the video quality was excellent. Shortly after the release of the first season, tvshowsondvd.com posted a news item in response, and Lions Gate requested that they remove the news item so they could give a better explanation. However, the better explanation they promised never came. Even though hundreds of fans complained to Lions Gate about the edited episodes on the first season set, they refused to listen and released all the remaining episodes edited as well. This behavior has caused many to question Lionsgate's loyalty and respect to their customers.