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Disney has a package of films, mostly from subsidiaries that no longer operate, that for whatever reason they wish to keep in print. Mill Creek previously licensed that package for several years. When their license expired, Disney then licensed that same package to Kino. When Kino’s license...

As I said above, most likely - Sony has been mastering titles in HD for a couple decades. They were smart enough to understand HD broadcast and home video was coming and started future proofing very early. If you have any DVDs from Sony in your collection, check out the grid on the back of the...

Most likely. Sony has been mastering their titles in at least HD resolution since the beginning of the DVD era, over two decades ago.

The deal appears to be exclusively about reissuing certain less popular back catalog titles using the existing masters and in the same format as the previous releases. This deal does not include any format upgrades. This deal does not include new masters. This deal does not include new-to-disc...

A lot of these are likely titles that Mill Creek once distributed, that had then gone to Kino for the past few years, and are now returning to Mill Creek. It’s probably very little work to put them back into print under their label. For whatever reason, Disney feels it’s important to keep...

Some more details from the Digital Bits that seem to confirm my earlier guess:

I think this is likely the same package of films and shows that Kino previously had a deal for. The Kino deal ended, and it looks like they’ve re-upped with another distributor.