Silver Vision

Silver Vision is a United Kingdom distribution, owned by Clear Vision Ltd and was the official licensee for World Wrestling Entertainment videos, DVDs and Blu-rays in the EMEA region. It is based in Enfield, Middlesex, England. Clear Vision was held the official World Wrestling Entertainment license for WWE Home Video from 1988 until 2012.

Silver Vision
Silver Vision logo
IndustryVideo production and distribution
Founded1988
Defunct2012
ProductsVHS, DVDs, Blu-rays

History

Silver Vision had exclusively released the WWE Tagged Classics range, a unique range of DVDs that are exempt from the well-documented legal restraints imposed by the federal lawsuits initiated by the World Wide Fund For Nature (Formerly The World Wildlife Fund) in the year 2002 which prohibit the referencing and use of the scratch logo and initials "WWF", with only the DVD covers and most DVD menu screens of the "Tagged Classics" displaying the initials "WWE".

In July 2012 WWE came to a new agreement with the World Wide Fund For Nature which permitted the WWE to no longer censor the WWF scratch logo or WWF initials when spoken. The WWE however cannot use any old World Wrestling Federation logos in the present day on retro programming for example, only in archival footage.[1]

The two companies parted ways on 31 December 2012 with nWo: The Revolution being the final WWE Silver Vision release. On 19 November it was announced that FremantleMedia Enterprises would be the new WWE Home Video distributor for the UK and Europe.[2]

Clear Vision also released UFC, Gaiam, NBA, Gormiti and Marvel Animation DVDs at retail and through its websites. Shortly after losing distribution rights Clear Vision took over as distributor of TNA Wrestling DVDs in the UK and Europe. In December 2013 the company was called into the administration.

References
  1. Bradford, C.J. (22 August 2012), "WWE and World Wildlife Fund reach a settlement", Cageside Seats, Vox Media, archived from the original on 9 March 2016
  2. FremantleMedia Enterprises Archived 27 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Gets Into the Ring with WWE .
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