Collection and operations
The collection consists of theatrical films, television shows, and television films from the libraries of Warner Bros. Pictures, Turner Entertainment Co. (including pre-May 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Associated Artists Productions, RKO Radio Pictures, Brut Productions), Hanna-Barbera Productions, pre-1991 Ruby-Spears Enterprises, HBO, The Saul Zaentz Company, Lorimar Productions, Warner Bros. Television, post-1970 The Wolper Organization, post-August 1946 Allied Artists Pictures, post-1946 Monogram Pictures, post-November 1984 New Line Cinema and post-1994 Castle Rock Entertainment.
Sony Pictures (including Columbia Pictures titles), Paramount Pictures,[10][11] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,[12] Universal Pictures,[13] Walt Disney Studios,[14] and 20th Century Studios[15] also started MOD services after the success of Warner Archive. Their services are named Sony Pictures Choice Collection (formerly Screen Classics By Request), MGM Limited Edition Collection, Universal Vault Series, Disney Generations Collection, and Fox Cinema Archives, respectively. Including Warner, major film studios and including Lionsgate,[16] CBS, MTV, and Nickelodeon also started to offer MOD discs of catalog titles through Amazon CreateSpace.[14] On April 13, 2011, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced that Warner Archive would offer on-demand titles from Sony.[17] MGM Limited Edition titles are also sold through Warner Archive.[18] In 2013, as part of Paramount's agreement with Warner Bros., select Paramount titles were released under the Warner Archive moniker.
Blu-ray
The Archive Collection began releasing titles on Blu-ray in November 2012, with the first two releases being Deathtrap and Gypsy.[19] Unlike their DVDs, all Warner Archive Blu-Rays use pressed discs.
Over the years, Warner Archive's Blu-ray releases expanded to include season sets of current television series, such as iZombie, The 100, Longmire, The Originals, Lucifer, Lethal Weapon, Ballers and Final Space.
The Warner Archive Collection began releasing titles on Ultra HD Blu-ray in November 2024, starting with The Searchers.[20]
Streaming
Expanding their films' availability to Internet streaming, in July 2014, Warner Archive introduced the Warner Archive Instant service.
