Entertainment Distribution Company

Entertainment Distribution Company
FormerlyGlenayre Technologies
Company typePublic company
Formerly NasdaqEDCI
IndustryMass Media
Founded1987 (1987)
DefunctJune 2017 (2017-06)
FateInsolvent
Headquarters,
Area served
Europe and America
ProductsPackaging media onto CDs and DVDs and distribution
Subsidiaries
  • EDC UK
  • EDC GmbH (Germany)
  • UML France
Websitewww.edcllc.com 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.

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.