Noel Christopher Bloom Sr. (born November 5, 1942) is an American businessman from Los Angeles. He is notable for founding entertainment and home video companies such as Artisan Entertainment, Family Home Entertainment, Celebrity Home Entertainment, Live Entertainment, Caballero Home Video,[1] and Monterey Home Video.[2][3] Three of those companies of which he founded are now owned by Lionsgate, the exceptions being Caballero (which remains self-owned), Celebrity (which has now gone defunct) and Monterey (which was purchased by Bayview Entertainment in 2019). Bloom is married and has a daughter, Nicole (born 1970) and a son, Noel Jr. (born 1977).[4]

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  1. ^ Frederick Wasser – Veni, Vidi, Video: The Hollywood Empire and the Vcr 2001– Page 107 "It was created in 1980 by Noel Bloom, the owner of Cabellero Control, a major adult production /distribution house. ... Through the sixties and seventies, Noel Bloom had progressed from nudie film loops to the sale and rental of 3/4-inch"
  2. ^ "Billboard 30 Nov 1985 NCB Top Executives." Google Books. November 30, 1985. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "A Beverly Hills Paradise Lost". Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "UNLV Rebels". Retrieved September 10, 2014.

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