Per PR:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 6, 2023
ACCOUNT SERVICES TRANSITION ADVISORY – SENTAI AND SECTION 23 FILMS ACCOUNTS
Distribution Solutions (DS) (a wholly owned subsidiary of Alliance Entertainment Corporation) will begin handling distribution of Blu-ray, and home entertainment products from the SENTAI® group (“SENTAI”) effective April 3, 2023. SENTAI includes Sentai Filmworks and Section 23.
The following are details and dates for the transition.
- On Monday, April 3rd DS will assume sales order processing, distribution, operational, and back-office services for SENTAI products.
- DS sales staff will begin soliciting SENTAI new release titles starting with June 2023 releases to accounts they will manage.
- Starting with June 2023 new releases, pricing will shift to the DS pricing schedule, and terms will be under your current DS account. Catalog release pricing will remain unchanged.
- SENTAI releases will be included in all current RLJ/DS account vendor support programs.
- DS will begin accepting catalog orders (including June 2023 new release prebooks) starting April 3, 2023.
- If you utilize a wholesaler for your orders, please continue to use it until further notice
- You will be invoiced from Alliance Entertainment LLC
- Sentai/Section 23 title list transitioning to DS is included under a separate attachment
- For Direct Deposit / ACH, please ask your DS Sales / Support Team for account information
- For payments by check, please remit payment to:
Alliance Entertainment LLC
P.O. Box 7410617
Chicago, IL 60674-0617 - Return Requests should be directed to your AEC/DS Returns Contact and Returns should be sent to:
AEC Warehouse Returns
300 Omicron Ct.
Shepherdsville, KY 40165
Warehouse accepts returns M-F 6:45 am – 7:00 pm, Appointments are not required
