MVD Entertainment Group, (previously Music Video Distributors, Inc.) is an American independent production company and music and film distributor based in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, consisting of three main departments: MVD Visual, MVD Audio, and MVD Distribution. The company was founded by Tom Seaman in 1986 and has released over 8,000 titles for DVD, Blu-ray, CD, vinyl records, and digital. The company was owned by Tom and his son, Ed Seaman, until Tom's death in 2025. MVD works with several recording labels, including Manifesto Records, Metal Mind Productions, Amherst Records, SlipTrick Records, and Cherry Red Records. The company also represents video labels such as Arrow Films, Blue Underground, Cleopatra Entertainment, Severin Films, Synapse Films, Troma Entertainment and others, as well as in-house label MVD Rewind.
Credited On
- Enslaved - Live Retaliation - Enslaved, released May 6, 2003 (
DR-4355). Distributed By, Releasing Label. - Andrew W.K - Who Knows - Andrew W.K, released February 7, 2006 (
DR-4478). Copyright (c), Distributed By, Presented By, Releasing Label.
History
From the en.wikipedia article MVD Entertainment Group (CC BY-SA 4.0), revision 1374886932.
After working at record chain Sam Goody, record label CBS Records, and then JEM Distribution, Tom Seaman launched Music Video Distributors with his wife, Elinor, in 1986. The company began with building a catalog of audiovisual content on DVDs. As such, it largely focused on comedies, cult classics, documentaries, horror movies, and music concert films. In 2006, MVD entered the audio distribution space, launching MVD Audio. It then merged with Big Daddy Music Distribution, acquiring a catalog of CDs, vinyl, and digital audio rights. As of 2013, MVD Entertainment Group also produced and marketed low-budget thriller movies. By mid-2015, Tom Seaman's son, Ed, was MVD's COO. According to Ed, in an interview with Goldmine, the company had expanded beyond its initial and main focus on "audiovisual content", with music films, non-music films, and audio distribution each representing one-third of the business. In March 2023, MVD and Gotham Distribution Corporation, the owner of Oldies.com, announced Old School Ventures, Inc., a new entity formed between the companies to operate Oldies.com., which sells records, CDs, DVDs, books, etc. In April 2024, MVD partnered with horror label Dark Arts Entertainment to launch a new movie distribution company in North America. In November 2024, MVD helped Umbrelic Entertainment revive home video brand Anchor Bay Entertainment by launching three movies—Sean Whalen's Crust (2024), Jeff Daniels Phillips' Cursed in Baja (2024), and Abruptio (2023)—on disc via MVD's distribution arm. In November 2025, MVD founder Tom Seaman passed away at age 85. MVD would then be run by Tom's son, Ed Seaman, and Tom's daughter, Eve Edwards, who had been co-CEOs since 2023. In July 2026, it was announced that MVD had partnered with Video Store Day, to be celebrated on October 17, 2026. Similar to Record Store Day, the event features exclusive Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, DVD, and VHS releases sold only through participating stores.
Sources
- Wikidata entity Q25344693.
- en.wikipedia, MVD Entertainment Group (revision 1374886932), CC BY-SA 4.0.