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* Technicolor Supply Chain Services (2018-2022)
 
== List of Home Media Customers ==
* CBS/Fox Video/FoxVideo/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1986-2003) (in 1986, some copies of ''Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi'', the release of which predated the duplicator's Q3 1987 purchase of CBS/Fox's duplication facilities; in the 1990s, some copies of ''Speed'' and ''Independence Day'', perhaps among others; in the early 2000s, ''Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace'' and some copies of ''X-Men''.)
** New World Video (1985-1989)
* A-PIX Entertainment (2000)
* Avon Products (1988-2005)
* Brentwood Home Video/BCI Eclipse (1997-2004)
** Simitar Entertainment (1989-1993)
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* Interactive Learning Group (1999-2000)
* Jay Jay the Jet Plane Productions (1998-1999)
* Kit Parker Films (1985-199?) (tapes marketedreleased byin association with Buena Vista Home Video)
* Knowledge Adventure (1999-2002)
* The LEGO Group (2001) (Jack Stone FREEFree Video Cassette and Wheelersville Moo Cow Mystery)
* Lionsgate Home Entertainment (1999-2007)
** ArtisanAnchor Bay Entertainment (1989-20041995)
*** Vestron Video (1982-1993)
**** Time-Life Video (pre-1982 incarnation) (1980-1982)
** Trimark Home Video (1992-2004)
** Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995, 2006-2007)
*** Video Treasures (1990-1995)
**** Burbank Video (1992-1995)
**** MNTexMNTEX Entertainment (1992-1995)
**** Strand VCI Entertainment/Strand Home Video (1990-19921991, 1994)
**** Teal Entertainment (1994-1995)
**** Strand VCI Entertainment/Strand Home Video (1990-1992, 1994)
**** MNTex Entertainment (1992-1995)
*** Starmaker Entertainment (1989-1995)
** Anchor BayArtisan Entertainment (1995, 20061989-20072004)
* Major League Baseball Productions (1990)
*** Vestron Video (1982-1993)
**** Time-Life Video (pre-1982 incarnation) (1980-1982)
** Trimark Home Video (1992-2004)
* Major League Baseball Productions (19901989-1991)
* MGM Home Entertainment (1980-1990, 2002)
** Cannon Video (1988-1996) (mostly distributedmarketed by Warner Home Video)
** Forum Home Video (1985-1989)
* Monarch Home Video (1988-1989)
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* Paramount Home Entertainment (1987-1993, 1999-present) (some tapes; in 1999 and the early 2000s, some demo tapes, co-duplicated with Deluxe Video Services)
** CBS Video (2005-2007)
** Nickelodeon Video/Nickelodeon Home Entertainment (1995, 1999-present) (in 1995, some copies of ''Rugrats: The Santa Experience'', marketed by Epic Records and Sony Music Video via Sony Wonder; in 1999 and the early 2000s, some demo tapes, co-duplicated with Deluxe Video Services; post-2002 Canadian tapes; post-2005 US tapes)
*** Nick Jr. Video (1999-2007) (in 1999 and the early 2000s, some demo tapes, co-duplicated with Deluxe Video Services)
** Republic Pictures Home Video (1992-2000)
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*** Random House Home Video (1996-1997, 2005-2007)
** Zomba Video
* Columbia House Video (1987-2005)
* Stabur Home Video (1992)
* Starlight Home Entertainment (2002)
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* VCI Home Video (1981)
* Ventura Entertainment (2000)
* Vickilew Inc. (2003)
* VidAmerica, Inc.
* Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company/Buena Vista Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1980-present)
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* Around 70% of Disney's videocassette output was being duplicated at Technicolor's Livonia plant as of 1996.
* The first Macrovision-encoded MCA Home Video tapes, as well as New World Video's lineup around 1985, are among the tapes duplicated at VCA/Technicolor's Newbury Park plant.
* Some Disney tapes beginning in the early 1990s, as well as certain "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" tapes from Family Home Entertainment (sold through the Burger King Kids' Club), a majority of Video Treasures' lineup (including Burbank Video, Media Home Entertainment and MNTEX Entertainment) and Starmaker Entertainment's lineup between the early 1990s and 1995, and Best Film and Video Corporation, Simon Marketing, and Vestron Video's lineups prior to the late 1990s, and select copies of certain tapes from Sony Music Entertainment's divisions and subsidiaries (including a small portion of Sony Wonder's lineup, including "Rugrats: The Santa Experience" from Nickelodeon Video and some post-1995 Random House Home Video releases) were among the tapes duplicated at Technicolor's Livonia plant using Sony Sprinter systems.
* As part of Technicolor's agreement with Video Treasures, which was secured in September 1992, Video Treasures closed its Cincinnati, Ohio duplication plant and sold its equipment there to Technicolor which would add the equipment to its Livonia, Michigan plant.
 
==Known abbreviation letter codes==
* DIS - Buena Vista Home Video (1985-1988)
* DIS - pre-1988 tapes released under the respective subsidiaries of Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company
* BVHV - post-1990 tapes released under the Buena Vista Home Entertainment label and its respective subsidiaries(1990-2007)
* AVN - tapesAvon soldProducts through Avon(1988-2005)
* NWV - tapes released by New World Video (1985-1989)
* WHV4 - tapes released by Warner Home Video prior to (198?-1985)
* WHV - tapes released by Warner Home Video and its respective subsidiaries(198?-2006)
* VT - Video Treasures (1992-1993)
* VT - tapes released by Video Treasures and its respective subsidiaries, including Burbank Video and MNTex Entertainment (regularly engraved in plain black, but sometimes engraved in gold orange)
* VM - tapes released by Trimark Home Video (1992-????)
* RVS - tapes released by companies that normally worked with Rank Video Services America, such as Paramount Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video or MCA/Universal Home Video (sometimes engraved in dark blue)
* RV - Family Home Entertainment (some copies of ''Frosty Returns''; 1993)
* T275 - tapes sold through the Columbia House Club
* RVS - tapes20th releasedCentury byFox companies that normally worked with Rank Video ServicesHome AmericaEntertainment, such as Paramount Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video or, MCA/Universal Home Video (sometimes engraved in dark blue1994-199?)
* T275 - tapes sold through the Columbia House Video Club
* 275T - same as T275
* EP - post-1994 tapes released under the respective subsidiaries of Anchor BayStarmaker Entertainment, duplicatedVideo inTreasures (EP/SLP modetapes; 1994-1995)
* SP - post-1994 tapes released under the respective subsidiaries of Anchor BayStarmaker Entertainment, duplicatedVideo inTreasures (SP modetapes; 1994-1995)
* 2 PK - TBDunknown
* SKG - tapes released by DreamWorks Home Entertainment (1998-2006)
* EHE - tapes released by Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1986)
* MCATM - 1982-1990 tapes released under the MCA Home Video label(1982-1990)
* MCAT - same as MCATM
* MGM - MGM Home Entertainment (some early copies of ''Barbershop''; 2002)
* HW - tapes released exclusively to Hollywood Video stores
* HW - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Hollywood Video exclusive tapes; 199?-200?)
* BB - tapes released exclusively to Blockbuster stores
* BB - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Blockbuster exclusive tapes; 199?-200?)
* BRC - tapes released under the Brentwood Home Video label, prior to 2001
* BRCSPBRC - tapes released under the Brentwood Home Video label, duplicated in SP mode, prior to (1997-2001)
* BRC-EBRCSP - tapes released under the Brentwood Home Video label,(SP duplicated in EP/SLP mode, prior totapes; 1997-2001)
* BRC-E - tapes released under the Brentwood Home Video label,(EP/SLP prior totapes; 1997-2001)
* BCI - tapes released by BCI Eclipse, printed after 2001
* BCI - Brentwood Home Video (2001-2004)
* BFSP - tapes released by Best Film & Video Corp., duplicated in SP mode
* BFSP - Best Film and Video Corporation (SP tapes; 199?-199?)
* BV - tapes released by Family Home Entertainment in association with Broadway Video
* BFEP - Best Film and Video Corporation (EP/SLP tapes; 199?-199?)
* PHV - tapes released by Paramount Home Video prior to 1993(1988-1991)
* PHE - Paramount Home Entertainment (2000-2007 [Canadian]; 2005-2007 [US])
* TCI - Alliance Atlantis (2000-2006), Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2000-2006 [Canadian])
 
==Known batch and stock number prefix codes==
'''NOTE: Most tapes duplicated after 1988 using Sony Sprinter systems will use prefixes indicating the label and/or distributor.'''
* WHV - 1988-2000 tapes released by Warner Home Video and its respective subsidiaries(1988-2000)
* WB - same as WHV
* NL - tapes released under the New Line Home Entertainment label(1997-200?)
* TW - post-2000 tapes released by Warner Home Video and its respective subsidiaries(2000-2006)
* BVH - select 1988-1990 tapes released by Buena Vista Home Video and its respective subsidiaries, duplicated in California.(1988-1990)
* WDTNT - Buena Vista Home Video (1981-1988)
* WDTNT - pre-1988 tapes released under the respective subsidiaries of Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company
* WDT - same as WDTNT
* WD - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1988-2006), Starmaker Entertainment (1995)
* WD - post-1988 tapes released under the Buena Vista Home Entertainment label and its respective subsidiaries, duplicated in California. Beginning in 1990, the arm's Livonia plant also used this prefix. Strangely, this prefix appeared on some Starmaker Entertainment tapes printed in May 1995, when Starmaker Entertainment merged with Video Treasures to form Anchor Bay Entertainment.
* VA - VidAmerica (1981-1992)
* VA - tapes released by VidAmerica
* VTM - 1990-1994Media Home Entertainment (tapes releaseddistributed by Video Treasures; under license from Media Home Entertainment1990-1994)
* VTSV - 1990-1992 tapes released under the Video Treasures label(1990-1992)
* VT - post-1992 tapes released under the Video Treasures label and its respective subsidiaries(1991-1995)
* VTBV - tapes released under the Burbank Video label(1992-1995)
* VTTG - same as VTBV (some tapes)
* VTTR - same as VTTG and VTBV (some tapes)
* VTMN - tapes released under the MNTexMNTEX Entertainment label(1992-1995)
* BRC - tapes released by Brentwood Home Video (1997-2004)
* ES - pre-1989Avon tapesProducts sold through Avon(1989)
* AV - same as ES (1988-2005)
* AVE - post-1989 tapes sold through Avon
* AVONAVE - same as AVEES and AV (1989-1994)
* AVON - same as ES, AV and AVE (1989-1994)
* SM - pre-1993 tapes sold through Simon Marketing/Promotional Concept Group. This prefix later appeared on some tapes released by the respective divisions and subsidiaries of Sony Music Entertainment in the mid-to-late 1990s.
* SM - Simon Marketing (1988-1993), Sony Music Entertainment (199?-199?)
* PCG - post-1993 tapes sold through Simon Marketing/Promotional Concept Group
* PCG - Simon Marketing (1993-199?)
* HBO - pre-2000 tapes released under the HBO Home Entertainment label(1988-2000)
* VV - tapes released under the Vestron Video label
* LVVV - tapesVestron releasedVideo under(1982-1993), the ArtisanLIVE Entertainment label(some tapes; 199?-199?)
* LV - Artisan Entertainment (19??-200?)
* RPE - tapes released under the Republic Pictures Home Video label(1992-2000)
* RNK - pre-1993 tapes released by companies that normally worked with Rank Video Services America
* RNK - Paramount Home Video (1988)
* RK - post-1993 tapes released by companies that normally worked with Rank Video Services America
* WVRK - tapes released under the WorldvisionMCA/Universal Home Video label(199?-199?)
* WV - Worldvision Home Video (1988-1995)
* PA - some tapes released by Paramount Home Entertainment
* PA - Paramount Home Entertainment (demo tapes; 1999-200?)
* VM - tapes released by Trimark Home Video
* SNYVM - tapesTrimark released by SonyHome Video Software(1992-2004)
* SNY - Sony Video Software (1982-1991)
* ST - tapes released under the Starmaker Entertainment label. After 1994, R&G Video tapes, which were distributed by Starmaker Entertainment, also used this prefix.
* RGST - tapes released by Starmaker Entertainment under the(1989-1995), R&G Video label prior to (1994-1995)
* RG - R&G Video (1990-1994)
* LM - tapes released by Shell Oil Company in association with Lee Mendelson Productions
* LM - Shell Oil Company (''Peanuts'' tapes; 1991-1993)
* CV - tapes released by Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment in the early 1980s. This also applied to some tapes sold through the Columbia House Club in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
* CV - Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (1981), Columbia House Video Club (199?-199?)
* MGM - tapes released by MGM/UA Home Video
* CLHS - Columbia House Video Club (199?-199?)
* WDWD - same as WD. Seen on some tapes released by Buena Vista Home Video, printed in late 1994 using Sony Sprinter systems.
* MGM - tapes released by MGM/UA Home Video (1981-1990)
* WDKM - possibly a misprint as seen on some tapes released by Buena Vista Home Video, printed between 1994-1995 using Sony Sprinter systems.
* WDTGWDWD - same as WDKMWD (1994)
* WDWMWDKM - same as WDKMWD and WDTGWDWD (some tapes; 1994-1995)
* WDLWDTG - same as WDKMWD, WDTGWDWD and WDWM. This was spotted onWDKM (some earlytapes; copies of the first four Disney Princess Collection tapes.1994-1995)
* WDWM - same as WD, WDWD, WDKM and WDTG (some tapes; 1994-1995)
* UV - tapes released by Urban Vision
* WDL - same as WD, WDWD, WDKM, WDTG and WDWM (on some copies of the first four Disney Princess Collection tapes; 1995)
* LHV - tapes released by Lorimar Home Video
* UV - Urban Vision Entertainment (????-????)
* RB - tapes released by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows
* LHV - tapes released by Lorimar Home Video (1987-1989)
* CD - tapes released by Family Entertainment Network
* RB - tapes released by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows (199?-199?)
* Random codes (S8, X23, Y1, RC, Y5, X8, X12, M12, S35, etc.) - post-1990 tapes duplicated in Livonia using industrial duplicators or Otari TMD systems
* CD - tapes released by Family Entertainment Network (????-????)
* 000 - no indication
* WC - Strand Home Video (1994)
* Random codes (S8, X23, Y1, RC, Y5, X8, X12, M12, S35, etc.) - post-1990 (tapes duplicated in Livonia after 1990 using industrial duplicators or Otari TMD systems)
* 000 (some tapes; 1986-1988)
 
== Known stock number suffix codes ==
These codes could be seen on tapes printed in Livonia using Sony Sprinter systems, from 1988 to May 1995.
* V -(some no indicationtapes)
* VPD - same as V
* -V - same as V and VPD
* -S - tapes duplicated in SP mode
* LPD - tapes duplicated in LP mode
* EPD - tapes duplicated in EP/SLP mode
 
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