Entertainment Distribution Company
{{Short description |Defunct American packaged CD and DVD manufacturing company }}
{{Infobox company
| name = Entertainment Distribution Company
| former_name = Glenayre Technologies
| logo = EDC_logo_2011.gif
| type = Public company
| traded_as = Formerly {{Nasdaq |EDCI}}
| industry = Mass Media
| founded = {{Start date |1987}}
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| defunct = {{End date|2017|06}}
| fate = Insolvent
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| hq_location_city = New York City
| hq_location_country = United States
| area_served = Europe and America
| key_people =
| products = Packaging media onto CDs and DVDs and distribution
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| subsid = {{UBL |EDC UK |EDC GmbH (Germany) |UML France }}
| website = {{URL|http://www.edcllc.com/}} {{Deadlink|date=May 2025}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727135323/http://www.edcllc.com/ |date=July 27, 2011 }}
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Entertainment Distribution Company (EDC) was an American company that manufactured pre-recorded CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays and vinyl records and distributed them for music and movie companies.{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/808918/000095014408001960/g12251e10vk.htm#102 |title=FORM 10-K - Entertainment Distribution Company |year=2008 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission }}
It was created by consolidating the disc-manufacturing capabilities from a number of different companies in particular Universal Music Group’s British, German, and American optical disc-manufacturing capabilities (Universal Media & Logistics (UML), formerly PolyGram Manufacturing & Distribution Centers Inc.
The move to internet downloads and subsequently streaming of media saw the decline in the business through the 2000s. The company attempted to consolidate and integrate its manufacturing operations and moved operations to Germany as well as sell of parts of the business to reduce costs. Despite this the company became insolvent and its assets were auctioned in May and June 2017.{{cite web |url=https://genius.com/artists/Edc-entertainment-distribution-company-gmbh |title=EDC (Entertainment Distribution Company GmbH) |year=2021 |publisher=Genius }}
History
The company operated a distribution center to which Universal Music Group’s British, German, and American optical disc-manufacturing capabilities (Universal Media & Logistics (UML), formerly PolyGram Manufacturing & Distribution Centers Inc. (PMDC)) were sold during 2004. The company's previous name was Glenayre Technologies.{{cite book |title=Plunkett's Entertainment and Media Industry Almanac 2009 (E-Book): Entertainment and Media Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends and Leading Companies |last=Plunkett |first=Jack W. |year=2009 |publisher=Plunkett Research |isbn=978-1-59392-471-3 |page=629 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wxeZaGcqdLUC&dq=entertainment-distribution-company&pg=PT292 |accessdate=August 14, 2009 }} UML France was sold to Cinram earlier.
Entertainment Distribution Company provided supply chain services to music, movies, and gaming companies. In November 2008, its American optical disc-manufacturing operation was sold to Sony DADC for US$26 million."Fisher's Distribution Company Sold to Sony" (3 November 2008). Retrieved from [http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=32346 Inside Indiana Business.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713040412/http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=32346 |date=2011-07-13 }} on December 15, 2009.
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727135323/http://www.edcllc.com/ |date=July 27, 2011 |title=Archive of official website}}
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