The CBS/Fox Company (Duplicator)

List of Customers

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1977-1987)
• Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (1981)
• MCA Videocassette, Inc. (1980)
• Paramount Home Video (1979-1980)
• Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company (1987)
  • Walt Disney Home Video (1987)
  • Buena Vista Home Video (1987)
  • Touchstone Home Video (1987)
• Worldvision Home Video (1983)

How to Tell

• Tapes that were duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation would have "MAG1" engraved on the back of the tape.
  • On Canadian copies, the engraving would read "MAG-2".
• 1984 tapes duplicated at CBS/Fox would have engraving on the right side of the tape that says "CBS/FOX."
• 1985-1987 tapes duplicated at CBS/Fox would have printings on the bottom middle side that contain serial numbers and a day and year code that is read in either Day/YY or Day/Y. Additionally, there would also be a side number and a print time.
  • For example, if the day and year code reads "1656" or "165 86", that means the tape was printed on the 165th day of 1986. If the print time next to the code reads "1823", that means the tape was printed at 6:23 PM.

"MAG 1" etched on the back of the tape. This can only be found on US tapes duplicated by Magnetic Video.