EZTakes has already signed distribution agreements with over fifty companies, including some that involve substantial catalogs of movies that number in the thousands. The partners on this page is a partial list of organizations that have selected EZTakes as a distribution channel.

"Our income from EZTakes has grown at a steady and healthy pace. I've also been very impressed with their service, their reporting and their payment procedures. EZTakes really has its act together." Freyr Thor, President, Vanguard Entertainment Read more EZTakes partner quotes

Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group (WMG) is a "big four" major record labels. Since we just recently signed WMG, a great many WMG titles will soon start showing up on EZTakes. WMG also distributes a large catalog of feature films. To learn more visit www.wmg.com.

Kino International

Kino International was founded in 1977 as a theatrical distribution company specializing in classics and foreign language art films. Over the years Kino has grown to become one of the leading distributors of international art and classic cinema to theatrical, DVD and cable markets in the USA and Canada. To learn more visit www.kino.com.

First Look Studios

First Look Studios is a leading independent studio. The guiding force of First Look Studios is to act within a consistent, focused and financially responsible filmmaking strategy, one that integrates development, production and distribution into a single sustained process. First Look sees this as a return to the dynamic entrepreneurial agenda the film industry started out with a century ago. In the current global marketplace, major studio projects are often restricted by multiple corporate loyalties. Personality and the individual voice get lost in answering the disparate and divergent needs of a multi-national enterprise. By contrast, First Look is a maverick. They are primarily accountable to themselves. First Look wants an audience looking at films from First Look to know - as Howard Hawks once said - just who made the picture.

Cinematic Titanic

Joel Hodgson, the creator of hit TV show "Mystery Science Theater 3000," started Cinematic Titanic in 2006. Most of the original crew of MST3K have joined Joel at Cinematic Titanic. Their first production, "The Oozing Skull" is a hilarious riff of the horrible movie, "Brain of Blood." Joel plans to release a series of new riffs through EZTakes, most of which will be available as both downloadable DVDs and as physical DVDs that consumers can order through EZTakes' manufacture on-demand (MOD) offering.

City Lights Pictures

City Lights Pictures in part of City Lights Media Group, a company engaged in the development, acquisition, creation, production, distribution and global licensing of proprietary content, including motion pictures, television programs and series and emerging media, such as wireless, broadband, and video on demand. City Lights has extensive in-house creative and production resources, which includes one of New York's largest post-production facilities - 42 editing suites and 3 surround sound mixing studios - its own high-definition production stage and equipment, as well as its most important asset: a dedicated and motivated team comprised of some of the best talent in the industry.

KOCH Entertainment

KOCH is the largest independent record label and the fifth largest record label overall. The company also has an extensive DVD catalog, which includes many world-famous and award-winning films. KOCH Entertainment's record labels had the largest number of Billboard charting albums among independents in 2004/2005. Founded 18 years ago in North America, KOCH has built unique strengths in the development, acquisition, production, marketing and distribution of recorded music and video.

Palm Pitures

Palm Pictures is a New York-based entertainment company that is owned and run by Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records (known for starting the careers of Bob Marley, U2 and many others). Palm Pictures produces, acquires and distributes innovative films and music. Palm has positioned itself as a leader in the converging music and film markets, placing an emphasis on music documentaries, arthouse cinema, foreign films and music videos. Palm Pictures' entertainment properties also include a music label, sputnik7.com, epitonic.com, Arthouse Films and RES Media Group, publisher of RES magazine. See a listing of Palm Pictures's titles on EZTakes.

Tai Seng Entertainment

Tai Seng is the leading provider of Asian movies to the Asian community in America and non-Asians alike. They currently offer a catalog of over 2,500 high-quality films.

Vision Films

Founded in 1997, and based in Sherman Oaks, CA, Vision Films is an independent, worldwide distributor of Feature Films, Documentary Specials, Series, Music, and Reality Programming. Vision Films licenses all available Theatrical rights, Television, Video/DVD, and New Media rights to both the International and Domestic markets.

Beauty Media

Beauty Media is one of the largest content rights holders in mainland China. Founded in 1994, Beauty is an integrated media company headquartered in Guangzhou, China and with offices in Beijing, Shanghai and more than 10 provincial cities. Beauty Media's international offices are located in Los Angeles, Paris, France and many other countries.

Maverick Entertainment

Maverick Entertainment Group, now over a decade old, has secured its place as a leader in the acquisition and distribution of independent fare to the domestic and global markets. Their mission is to be a vertically integrated entertainment company that creates, distributes, licenses, and markets all forms of entertainment and their related business platforms. Maverick's library, currently at more than 300 films, is growing steadily. Some of Maverick Entertainment Group's top films can be found currently on store shelves; including: This Thing of Ours, starring Vincent Pastore and James Caan; Tears of Kali, an award winning film at Horror festivals around the world; Champagne Gang, an action packed all-girl crime ring thriller; and Army of the Dead, one of the best recent independent sci-fi flicks.

Well Go USA

Well Go USA, Inc. specializes in the acquisition and distribution of entertainment programs in the television, digital and video market throughout South East Asia and North America. Well Go USA, Inc. has extensive retail relationships and currently sells products directly to key mass merchants, specialty chain, record retailers and wide distribution. Since 1993 they have acquired and released over 2000 hours of programming of all genres including children's educational, fitness, special interest/instructional, documentaries, animations, music performance, Broadway shows to major motion pictures. Well Go USA, Inc. continues to be a leader in film distribution by offering to the public diversified and unique programs in a variety of formats. The company has offices in United States, Taiwan and China.

Westlake Entertainment

Chatsworth-based Westlake Entertainment Inc is a 15 year old fully integrated independent entertainment distribution company, engaged primarily in the business of acquiring and selling film and television content. Recognizing the value of its catalog domestically and internationally, Westlake has positioned itself to take advantage of all digital formats, broadcast television and DVD sales opportunities. Westlake owns rights to a wide variety of audio-visual content, including over 500 feature films and hundreds of hours of television programming, including many Emmy Award winning shows. In addition, for 2006 the company distributed over 10 Million DVDs.

Inkwell Imnages

Whether it's commercials, industrials, documentaries, instructional, or entertainment programs, Inkwell Images will provide a cost-effective product with high production value. Inkwell Images is lead by Ray Pointer, the company's president. A self-taught filmmaker, Ray worked on animation for Tom and Jerry, Bebe's Kids, Itsy-Bitsy Spider, Post Pebbles, Sugar Bear, and Polly Pockets commercials. He was the Storyboard Artist for Madeline, Hurricanes, Ultra Force, DIC, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sinbad the Sailor and All Dogs Go To Heaven. Ray was also the Animation director on CatDog for Oh and Yeah! Cartoons, and he was the Animation Timing Director for Dora The Explorer. In 1997, Ray formed Inkwell as a partnership with veteran animator, Ken Southworth.

Content Licensing Agency (CLA)

Based in Berlin, Germany, CLA is one of the largest agregators of video on-demand (VOD) and electronic sell through (EST) rights in Europe. Their massive database includes more than 4.000 VOD/EST rights (download to rent = DTR and download to own = DTO). CLA offers sales and digital distribution services to rights holders by placing their films on every important portal/service worldwide and by providing all the required supplementary services, such as encoding, digital distribution, reporting and accounting.

Magic Play Entertainment

MagicPlay Entertainment is a Los Angeles based film, television and video distribution company. Their production slate includes theatrical films, television dramas, feature animation and direct to video programs scheduled for Broadcast TV, Cable, Satellite, Pay TV and Home Video. In North America, Magic Play's titles can be found in Blockbuster, Movie Galleries, Best Buy, Fry's, FYE, Hastings, on Netflix and at Target. The company also distributes into Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Taiwan, China and Japan. MagicPlay Entertainment is a division to HUNAN TV & BROADCAST INTERMEDIARY CO., LTD. located in Southern China.

Morningstar Entertainment Inc.

Since its inception in 1991, Morningstar Entertainment has been in the privileged position of representing over 30 producers, including the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, Mackinac Media, Facets Multi Media, The World Poker Tour, The Player's Network, FilmsWeLike, Cine Tele Action, Cite Amerique and Big Motion Pictures. In Canada, Morningstar has pioneered retail and consumer acceptance for any and all styles of programming. They have been hugely successful with promoting television and niche market properties in the home entertainment marketplace and have been industry recognized as the source for Canadian programming.

Inspired Distribution

Inspired Corporation's 75-year history of creating great entertainment, joy and well-being is the catalyst for the company's recent change of name. Since 1928, Inspired has built a tradition of bringing great products to people - particularly in the music and video markets with fitness and wellness productions, children's music and books, as well as films. Today, Inspired Corporation's distribution has grown and its product lines have broadened to meet the demands of its discerning customers. Millions of people have turned to Inspired Corporation for entertainment and education, and the company is committed to providing the same quality products to millions more.

Navarre Corporation (BCI division)

BCI, a division of Navarre Corporation (NASDAQ: NAVR), is a leading independent entertainment video and audio supplier. Since 1988, BCI has continually redefined the standards and concepts of this industry, often introducing national success categories through its intuitive mass marketing skills. Its vast collection of titles represent both exclusively licensed titles from around the world, as well as in-house produced CDs and DVDs. BCI offers a wide variety of the best value-priced CDs and DVDs being sold. For over 15 years, BCI has brought the finest music and movies to homes at a value price.

>MPI Media Group

Founded in 1976 by brothers Waleed and Malik Ali, the MPI MEDIA GROUP is one of the largest and most successful independent producers and distributors of movies, home video and music in the world. Today, the multi-million dollar company has amassed a library that encompasses over 60,000 hours of footage and the rights to some of the greatest video, film and music recordings in history. The MPI MEDIA GROUP is comprised of MPI HOME VIDEO, MPI LICENSING, DARK SKY FILMS, and the WPA FILM LIBRARY. Headquartered in Chicago, the company operates from a 42,000 square foot facility in Orland Park, IL.

Razor Digital Entertainment

Razor Digital Entertainment ("RDE") is a full service DVD and digital sales, marketing, and distribution company, licensing, distributing and producing a wide range of exciting titles for both traditional and specialty markets. By utilizing the excellent contacts and knowledge of their staff of long-time home entertainment professionals, RDE's continues to strive toward its goal is to become a recognized leader in independent DVD and digital distribution.

Crystal Entertainment

Crystal Entertainment has a team of seasoned professionals who have excelled in all aspects of television, film and the home video market. Their mission is to offer the most entertaining, innovative and consumer-friendly product in the marketplace. Crystal has signed deals with some of the top television and film producers and distributors in the world. In addition, Crystal Entertainment aims to utilize its numerous vaults, which include over 1000 hours of never before released original programming, to supply retail markets. Crystal's library has aired on major US broadcast networks and affiliates, including: NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, UPN, WB, PAX and PBS in addition to cable networks such as Discovery, TLC, USA, Sci-Fi, Spike, TNT, and ABC Family.

Vanguard Cinema

In the ten years since its founding, Vanguard Cinema has represented the best of independent filmmaking, critically acclaimed, festival award winners, featuring up-and-coming stars and directors that would otherwise would go unnoticed by the public. Vanguard maintains a commitment to the independent filmmaker and the independent audience alike, serving as a portal through which a heightened awareness of a thriving independent film community enriches all involved.

MVD Entertainment Group

MVD Entertainment Group (previously known as Music Video Distributors, Inc) was founded in 1986 by Tom Seaman, an industry veteran of more than 40 years, whose background includes retailing stints with Record Hunter, Sam Goody, Musicland, CBS Retail, and wholesale experience with Jem Records. MVD initially acted primarily as a one-stop, buying all labels' music-related VHS releases and reselling to music and video stores. Getting involved with DVD early, MVD called upon its strong relationships with content holders, labels, artists, and management to become a world leader in music DVD. In 2006, MVD expanded further and launched an audio CD division based on these same strong relationships with suppliers and customers. MVD Entertainment Group is a corporation consisting of three major divisions: MVD Visual, MVD Audio, and MVD Distribution.

Video Service Corp

Video Service Corp is a leading film distribution company in Canada, providing titles or all genres, including high-end fitness, horror and sports.

Media Blasters

Media Blasters is a New York City-based company that translates, packages, and dubs anime and live action films for home video release. Under its half-dozen or so sublabels, Media Blasters has released renowned classics and cult obscurities of horror, anime, Asian action, Euro horror, and other films.

Aberle Media GmbH

Aberle-Media offers a large portfolio of products and services, from movie licensing to TV stations, video and audio editing, colorization services, DVD authoring, CD production, satellite broadcasting services, webhosting, DVD/CD distribution in the USA/Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia and much more. Aberle-Media offers thousands of video titles from a library that includes musicals, horror movies, TV series, documentaries and much more.

Shami Production

Shami Production is a full service video production company. With its technical and creative expertise, extensive range of cameras, the latest editing tools, and top notch facility located in the heart of Manhattan, Shami has produced many locally, nationally, internationally distributed products. Shami's reputation for quality and service has made Shami Production one of the top rated independent production companies specialized in DVD and feature-length production. Shami's most critical goal since the beginning has been and always will be to create the most valuable and interesting products as well as to provide the best and most effective solutions for its clients.

V.I.E.W. Video

For over 20 years, V.I.E.W. Video has been committed to producing and releasing only the finest and exclusive home video entertainment. V.I.E.W. is truly proud that its programs have garnered almost 150 awards from a variety of prestigious festivals and competitions. They are constantly searching the world to bring you a variety of quality collectible programs that compliment your lifestyle.

Trinity Home Entertainment

Trinity Home Entertainment is a leading distributor of high-quality independent movies. They have a large catalog of films, nearly all of which feature big name stars.

Hart Sharp Video

Hart Sharp Video was founded in January 2003 by Joe Amodei, John Hart and Jeff Sharp with a mission to develop, acquire, market and distribute feature films and special interest titles into the home video marketplace. Heading the New York based company is former USA Home Entertainment President, Joe Amodei. Following Amodei into this new venture is USA Home Entertainment's experienced marketing and sales staff. While at USA HE, Amodei and his team of video veterans brought to the home entertainment market USA Films' highest-grossing release, Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic", as well as other highly acclaimed films such as "Being John Malkovich", "Wet Hot American Summer," "Attila," "One Night at McCool's," "The Man Who Wasn't There" and "Map of the World". USA Home Entertainment was also the leader in popular sports titles including "Ultimate Jordan", "Allen Iverson, The Answer," and the top selling "Super Bowl(TM) XXXVI Champions New England Patriots."

Sinister Cinema

Sinister Cinema has one of the world's most comprehensive catalogs of obscure B movies. Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, and Barbara Steele are just some of the classic stars that they specialize in. If you are looking for rare, nostalgic titles in genres like horror, sci-fi, film noir, B westerns, sword & sandal, and other related genres, then Sinister Cinema is the right place to look.

Mill Creek Entertainment

Helmed by a management team with over eighty years of experience in the consumer home entertainment marketplace, our company produces entertainment products that typically sell in quantity, at impulse price-points, while adhering to high standards of quality unsurpassed in the industry. The Mill Creek product line encompasses many genres, speaks to broad consumer tastes and has found favor with both North American and emerging Latin markets. Our DVD product line consists of classic movies, television episodes, historical documentaries and fitness instruction videos hosted by some of today's most noteworthy names and celebrities. Fans of old time radio, easy listening, classical and children's music can choose from a wide variety of CD audio product. We also feature a small, but growing selection of software products geared towards families with small children.

Troma Entertainment

Troma is a film production and distribution company, started by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. Since 1974, Troma has been producing independent movies non-stop. Troma's films have a large and dedicated following. Some of Troma's more famous movies include "The Toxic Avenger" series, "Tromeo and Juliet", "The Class of Nuke 'Em High" series and "Cannibal! The Musical".

Brain Damage Films

Brain Damage Horror Movies is an independent film distribution company dedicated to servicing and selling video stores high quality niche Horror, Goth and Shock VHS & DVD movies. Darrin G. Ramage, with twelve years of domestic US video distribution, founded Brain Damage Films in 2000 to continue the powerful distribution of independent films to video stores in the USA and the licensing & distribution of film rights on the world market. Brain Damage Horror Movies is located & based in Tempe, Arizona (AZ). Brain Damage Films & Brain Damage Horror Movies formed by Darrin Ramage has over eight years experience in international licensing and distribution. Ramage has been involved in the overseas marketing of over 400 feature films.

Gravitas Ventures LLC

Gravitas Ventures bridges compelling entertainment content with evolving distribution platforms in the DVD, gaming, Video On Demand (VOD), broadband, and mobile industries. Gravitas Ventures seeks to partner with innovative artists eager to embrace these new distribution outlets. Gravitas Ventures seeks traditional movies and television product as well as short form content that is ideally suited for viewing in an evolving Video on Demand and portable video landscape. Gravitas was founded in 2006 by Nolan Gallagher, whose entertainment experience includes work at industry leaders Comcast, Warner Home Entertainment, and General Cinema Theatres. Currently Gravitas represents almost a thousand hours of filmed entertainment including feature films, documentaries, television series, wrestling/mixed martial arts, special interest and fitness programming.

WYSIWYG Films, Ltd.

Wysiwyg Films, Ltd. licenses, authors, and markets high quality independent titles. With offices in the United Kingdom and New York, Wysiwyg is an established company with a strong brand identity in independent film. Wysiwyg trades in DVD sales (online and high street stores), cinematic exhibition, TV sales, and download.

IFM World Releasing Inc.

Los Angeles based IFM World Releasing Inc. (with satellite offices in Melbourne, Australia) is an aggressive, young and innovative international sales, licensing and executive production company with a catalog of over 150 films, TV movies and series. Its two principals Antony I. Ginnane and Ann Lyons collectively have over 50 years experience in the motion picture industry.

Tempe Entertainment

Tempe Entertainment has amassed a legion of dedicated fans worldwide with their cult horror productions such as The DEAD NEXT DOOR, OZONE and BLOODLETTING. Celebrating 21 years in 2006, Tempe has remained a home video pioneer fiercely loyal to independent cinema, whether it's distributing cutting-edge films from other producers, creating its own original programming or producing low-budget features for studios such as Full Moon Pictures (including two sequels in the popular Witchouse series and William Shatner's Groom Lake).

Wolfe Video

Wolfe believes strongly that the value of a company lies, not only in its "bottom line," but the extent to which all of its activities and relationships affirm a commitment to quality and integrity. Their business policies and practices reflect our dedication to creating and maintaining an enduring, financially robust business driven by these principles. Wolfe is a premier distributor of gay and lesbian feature films. They take pride in the fact that, for retailers, producers and consumers, the Wolfe logo on a film attests to its quality, presentation and entertainment value. Wolfe values that trust, and has built its business on that strong foundation since 1985.

Water Bearer Films

Water Bearer Films is a US-based distributor of some of the finest gay-themed films from around the world.

Ariztical Entertainment

Ariztical has a wide variety of LGBT films to please even the most discerning customer. Whether you're looking for dramas, comedies or "family" flicks and more, you'll find what you're looking for at Ariztical. Ariztical is proud to see the company grow into what is sure to become one of the leading names in quality LGBT, independent and art house films.

Entertainment Programs Incorporated

EPI provides a catalog of collectable classic, horror and martial arts videos.

Rob Nilsson - 9@Night Films

Rob Nilsson, a San Francisco based director, won the Camera d'Or at Cannes for "NORTHERN LIGHTS" and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for "HEAT AND SUNLIGHT". He is the first American film director to have won both awards. Nilsson is currently at work on the 9@Night film series--a unique cycle of street level dramatic feature films about the lives of 50 inner city characters. These 9@Night films are cast from the Tenderloin yGroup (formerly the Tenderloin Action Group), an acting workshop for homeless, inner city residents and professional actors now in its eleventh year.

Wonderphil Productions

Wonderphil distributes films to the major film markets - Cannes Film Festival, American Film Market, MIPDOC/MIPTV/MIPCOM (in Cannes), Toronto, Berlin, NATPE (in Las Vegas). Buyers from all over the world come to these markets and Wonderphil will have the opportunity to sell the film to individual territories or sell the film outright - all rights, all territories - to a distributor. Inbetween markets, Wonderphil's veteran sales team works to place films for domestic and international TV, Video/DVD, on the Internet through EZTakes.

Video Sound

Video Sound Inc. is a major North American distributor of Indian films for theatres, video and DVD. the company distributes films through a network of Asian Indian exhibitors and sales distributors. The company presently services only Asians from the Indian Sub Continent through Asian Indian exhibitors who own theatres in dominant Asian populated areas of Northa America. Video Sound has published a number of movies that are part of the EZTakes Bollywood collection.

Echelon Entertainment

A leading production, distribution and foreign sales company that is involved in all facets of the entertainment industry.

Kiddie Village

An award-winning maker of educational videos and DVDs for children.

Shokus Video

Shokus Video has been a leader in supplying classic 1950s TV shows to the home video market since 1979! Now you can relive the golden days of live television all over again with our large library of classic programming on both DVD and VHS!

Taylor Twin Pictures

A production company made up of highly-talented young film makers and that also includes noted technology author Allen Taylor. They are the makers of "Evil Cult," a movie destined to be a cult-classic horror film, and they have a number of other projects under development.

Cyan Pictures + Long Tail Releasing

An independent film production and distribution company based in New York City that produces unique, intelligent movies that strive for the difficult intersection of creative and commercial success. They also focus on releasing the great films that screen each year at top-tier festivals to stellar reviews, yet are ignored by traditional distributors.

"If you want to sell video downloads, then EZTakes is a no-brainer. It was very easy for us to get going and they started paying us royalties immediately. The people at EZTakes know their stuff." Ian Warfield, President, Mill Creek Entertainment Read more EZTakes partner quotes