Cairo-MTM Television Distribution

Cairo-MTM Television Distribution (formerly Argosy/MTM Television Distribution) is the television distribution arm of the Cairo-MTM Television Group in the United States, and is a subsidiary of the Argosy Media Group. Its predecessors include MTM Enterprises, Cairo Pictures Domestic Television, Visual Arts Television, Hexagon Television, Westward Entertainment, Cinema City Television and Entertainment One Television.

The company distributes television series produced by MTM (after 1973), Cairo Pictures Television, Westward Entertainment, Entertainment One, Televiva Studios, Cinema City Television, Cairo/MTM Digital Entertainment, Argosy Animation Studios, and its own series. The division distributes the film libraries of Cairo Pictures, Argosy Pictures, Cinema City Pictures, Visual Arts Pictures, all 1996-99 Hexagon Filmed Entertainment films and some from before 1996, Entertainment One Films, and FremantleMedia Motion Pictures North America. Beginning in 2018, CMTD began distributing the libraries from Argosy Animation Studios.

The name was changed to reflect the Argosy/MTM brand between September 13, 2004 and January 31, 2011. CMTD is considered the third broadcast syndication arm of MTM, with MTM Enterprises was the second and MTM Films (now part of Claster Television) as the first, dating back to Spring 1953. CMTD is also considered the sixth broadcast syndication arm of Cairo Pictures Television with ATV Network as the first, Cairo Pictures Television Enterprises as the second, Entertainment One Television Distribution as the third, Cairo Pictures Domestic Television as the fourth, and Cairo Pictures Television Distribution as the fifth.

since 2011, it was known as Cairo-MTM Television Distribution to distribute all shows from Cairo, Visual Arts, EOne, Argosy, MTM, Fremantle, and ITV.

Background
In 1956, Cairo Pictures started a subsidiary, Cairo National Productions, for merchandising, syndication and opera stage production. Cairo National started producing Silent Services that year. By 1957, Cairo planned to remove the opera department from Cairo National and Carl Johnson was named president. Cairo also was in discussion with MTM-TV about handling syndication distribution for the latter's series.