Full Perspective Video Services, Inc.

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History

FPVS started out as a subsidiary of Peoria-based printing services outfit Fleming-Potter. In 1991, it was bought out by Steven L. Whetzel and Charles J. Selden with backing from the Indiana National Bank. Since then, it's provided duplication and other video services for the Public Broadcasting Service and associated institutions, among other organizations.

Former names

  • Fleming Packaging Company (1982-1991)
  • FP Video Services Inc. (1991-1993)

List of Customers

  • Caterpillar
  • Discovery Channel Video
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Major League Baseball Home Video
  • MotorWeek Home Video
  • The New York Times
  • PBS Home Video (tapes distributed directly by PBS)
  • PBS Video
  • Sesame Workshop (some Sesame Street resource tapes)

How to Tell

  • Tapes will have in dark red printing a four-digit number, possibly indicating the time, followed by a six-digit date code. FPVS is printed below. Take a look at the following example:

T-60 0225 090401

FPVS

Locations

  • Indianapolis, Indiana