Entertainment Distribution Company

Entertainment Distribution Company
Formerly	Glenayre Technologies
Company type	Public company
Traded as	Formerly Nasdaq: EDCI
Industry	Mass Media
Founded	1987
Defunct	June 2017
Fate	Insolvent
Headquarters	New York City, United States
Area served	Europe and America
Products	Packaging media onto CDs and DVDs and distribution
Subsidiaries	EDC UK; EDC GmbH (Germany); UML France;
Website	www.edcllc.com [dead link] Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3] UML France was sold to Cinram earlier.

Entertainment Distribution Company provided supply chain services to music, movies, and gaming companies.^[3] In November 2008, its American optical disc-manufacturing operation was sold to Sony DADC for US$26 million.^[4]