The Complete History of Home Video
1977
- Magnetic Video Corporation became the first company to release films on videocassette.
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
- In July, Technicolor acquired CBS/Fox's duplication facility; the acquisition was completed sometime in September.
- Shortly after Technicolor's acquisition of CBS/Fox's duplication facility, VCA-Teletronics was spun off from Technicolor.
1988
1989
1990
- Licensed VHS duplicators this year include:
- Rank Video Services America (Northbrook, IL; Garden Grove, CA; and Mexicali, BC)
- Technicolor Videocassette (Hollywood, CA; Newbury Park, CA; and Livonia, MI)
- Premiere Video (Livonia, MI)
- Hauppauge Video Manufacturing (Hauppauge, NY)
- High Speed Video (Philadelphia, PA)
- Crest Cassette Corporation (Wilmington, CA)
- In late March, The CBS/Fox Company switched over to Rank Video Services America from Technicolor Videocassette, though it would not start duplicating their product there until that August.
1991
- Licensed VHS duplicators this year include:
- Rank Video Services America (Northbrook, IL; Garden Grove, CA; and Mexicali, BC)
- Technicolor Videocassette (Hollywood, CA; Newbury Park, CA; and Livonia, MI)
- Premiere Video (Livonia, MI)
- Hauppauge Video Manufacturing (Hauppauge, NY)
- Future Duplicators (Fairlawn, NJ)
- VCA-Teletronics (Leonia, NJ)
- Crest Cassette Corporation (Wilmington, CA)
- Producers Color Service Inc. (Southfield, MI)
- Celebrity Duplicating Services (Canoga Park, CA)
- Video Entertainment Corporation (Canada)
- By late March, West Coast Video Duplicating (Brisbane, CA; and Culver City, CA) has also become formally licensed.
- The following duplicators have also joined the JVC fold by September:
- Allied Film and Video (Bingham Farms, MI)
- Cassette Productions (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Centercom Inc. (Milwaukee, WI)
- Custom Duplication Inc. (Inglewood, CA)
- Denver Dubbing (Englewood, CO)
- Diamond Entertainment Corporation (Anaheim, CA)
- The Duplication Factory (Chaska, MN)
- FP Video Services, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN)
- Resolution Video Production and Duplication (Burlington, VT)
- Video West Productions (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Come November, another JVC license is issued, to Video Duplication Services Inc. (Brooklyn Heights, OH; Columbus, OH; Dayton, OH; and Youngstown, OH).
1992
- Licensed VHS duplicators this year include:
- Celebrity Duplicating Services (Canoga Park, CA)
- Crest Cassette Corporation (Wilmington, CA)
- Custom Duplication Inc. (Inglewood, CA)
- Diamond Entertainment Corporation (Anaheim, CA)
- Technicolor Videocassette (Hollywood, CA; Newbury Park, CA; and Livonia, MI)
- West Coast Video Duplicating (Brisbane, CA)
- Denver Dubbing (Englewood, CO)
- Rank Video Services America (Northbrook, IL; Garden Grove, CA; and Calexico, CA)
- FP Video Services, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN)
- Allied Film and Video (Bingham Farms, MI)
- Premiere Video (Livonia, MI)
- Producers Color Service Inc. (Southfield, MI)
- The Duplication Factory (Chaska, MN)
- Future Duplicators (Fairlawn, NJ)
- VCA-Teletronics (Leonia, NJ)
- Hauppauge Video Manufacturing (Hauppauge, NY)
- Cassette Productions Unlimited (Arden, NC)
- Video Duplication Services Inc. (Brooklyn Heights, OH; Columbus, OH; Dayton, OH; and Youngstown, OH)
- Cassette Duplicators Incorporated (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Cassette Productions (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Video West Productions (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Resolution Video Production and Duplication (Burlington, VT)
- Centercom Inc. (Milwaukee, WI)
- Early in the year, Video Lab Cassette Division (New Brunswick, NJ) also obtained a JVC license.
- New JVC licenses were issued by July to:
- Magnetech Corporation (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- AKO Enterprises (Romeoville, IL)
- American Sound & Video (Warren, MI)
- EMC Productions (St. Paul, MN)
- Mardee (South Plainfield, NJ)
- International Cassette Corp. (Greenville, TX)
- Media Associates Inc. (Fairfax, VA)
- Premiere America Inc. (Seattle, WA)