and major independent studios such as Lions Gate Entertainment. Hoyts also operated a home video arm in concert with Sony, beginning in 1983 as RCA/Columbia/Hoyts Video Pty. Ltd. In addition to Columbia Pictures and TriStar fare through the main label, the company also held rights to Cannon and other releases via Hoyts, and starting in 1990, Orion Pictures releases via that company's worldwide distribution deal with Columbia. RCA/Columbia/Hoyts (later renamed to Columbia TriStar/Hoyts Home Video) also released product through two alternate labels, First Release Home Entertainment and Video Box Office. Hoyts also had for much of the 1980s a joint venture with PolyGram, Hoyts PolyGram Video. In 2012, Hoyts Distribution was sold to StudioCanal, and took the StudioCanal name in Australia and New Zealand in March 2013. References External links Hoyts Cinemas Australia Hoyts Cinemas New Zealand Bloomberg Australian companies established in 1909 Cinema chains in Australia Cinema chains in New Zealand Companies based in Sydney Entertainment companies established in 1909 Dalian Wanda Group Australian subsidiaries of foreign companies 2015 mergers and acquisitions