Short answers, pulled from the story.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment first licensed thirteen titles for rental to Fotomat on the 4th of March 1980. This agreement spanned four cities including Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Rental fees ranged between 7.95 and 13.95 dollars.
Buena Vista Home Video was legally incorporated on the 13th of February 1987 to handle autonomous distribution of Disney's properties. The label initially distributed tapes of Hopalong Cassidy before expanding to animation and adult music titles. It operated as a division for thirty-seven years until its functions were restructured.
The final VHS release by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment was the film Cars on the 19th of February 2007. This release marked the end of the VHS era for the company and the beginning of a new digital age. The transition followed the introduction of DVD and Blu-ray formats in previous years.
Disney acquired 21st Century Fox film assets in 2019 and folded 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment into Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment in January 2020. This acquisition allowed the company to distribute film titles from 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures. The move expanded Disney's catalog to include live-action blockbusters and animated classics.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment ended its 37 years of in-house physical media distribution in North America in February 2024. The company entered a home video distribution agreement with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The first film distributed by Sony under this deal was 20th Century's The First Omen on the 30th of July 2024.