The CBS/Fox Company (Duplicator)

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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)
  • 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 Day/Y. Additionally, there may also be a side label digit.
    • For example, if the day and year code reads "1656", that means the tape was printed on the 165th day of 1986.
    • Technicolor Videocassette continued these printing methods, in very invisible dark ink with a time next to the date and a white barcode sticker on the left side, during the next three years, following its acquisition of CBS/Fox's duplication facilities and spin-off from VCA in 1987.
"MAG 1" etched on the back of the tape. This can only be found on US tapes duplicated by Magnetic Video.

Locations

  • Farmington Hills, Michigan (1967-1985) (moved to Livonia)
  • Livonia, Michigan (1985-1987)
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