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==How to Tell==
* Tapes duplicated by AstralTech (formerly Pathé Video)here prior to 1995 have a coloured sticker, usually white, on the tape guard. These stickers always have SKU numbers on them. Sometimes they would have a red ink side label number and/or a handwritten title label number.
** Tapes duplicated in the early 80's also have the distributor's name on the sticker.
* Most tapes duplicated by Pathé Videohere may have an abbreviation engraved on the left/right side or back of the tape.
** For some distributors, there may also be a month-year code engraved next to it (e.g. RCP 5 4 = May 1984).
* In the fall of 1994, AstralTechthis company printed out print dates on their tapes that were similar to the ones on those duplicated by [[Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions|Technicolor]].
* Beginning in 1995, tapes duplicated by AstralTechhere have ink information on the bottom middle side akin to the information on those duplicated by [[Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions|Technicolor]], except the information reads the name of the release and cartridge number.
** E.G. if the cartridge number reads "13/40", that means the tape is cartridge number 13 out of the 40 cartridges, although in some ways, this does not reliably guarantee that only 40 copies of the VHS release were produced by this arm. Or, if it reads "089/510", that means the tape is cartridge number 89 out of 510 cartridges.
* Tapes duplicated by Pathéhere may have a code on the vertical-blanking interval that begins with "PATH".
* Most tapes from this company were duplicated on cassettes manufactured by Fujifilm.
 
==Known abbreviation letter codes==
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==Fun Facts==
* Astral Media sold its video duplication and distribution arm to [[Vantiva Supply Chain Solutions|Technicolor Video Services]] in 2000; however, the sale did not include the Astral Home Entertainment video wholesaling and marketing division.
 
== Gallery ==
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File:Sticker on Tape Guard (Pathé) (3 Different Copies of Sleeping Beauty, 1986 Disney).jpg|Prior to 1995, AstralTech used stickers on the top of the tape guard, with SKU numbers and a red ink side label number on them.
File:Sticker on Tape Guard (Pathé) (The Exorcist, 1981 Warner).jpg|In the early 1980s, Pathéthis Videocompany used the distributor's name on the sticker.
File:Sticker on Tape Guard (Pathé) (Charlotte's Web, 1980's Astral).jpg|If the name did not indicate the distributor, it would always be PATHE.
File:PATH Interval (Pathé) (Dumbo, 1986 Disney).jpg|An example of what the code on the vertical-blanking interval used on tapes duplicated by Pathéhere looks like.
</gallery>
 
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