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[[File:Technicolor Ad (1991).jpg|thumb|right|An ad for the company when it was known as Technicolor Videocassette, circa 1991]]
== Former names ==
* The Vidtronics Company (1966-1985)
* VCA/Technicolor Duplicating Corp. (1985-1987)
** Teletronics International (1968-1972)
** [[VCA-Teletronics|VCA-Teletronics, Inc.]] (1972-1987)
*** S/T Videocassette Duplicating Corp.Corporation (East Coast plants)
*** Teletronics-Texas, Inc. (Houston plant)
* Technicolor Videocassette, Inc. (1985-1997)
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* Technicolor Entertainment Services (2013-2018)
* Technicolor Supply Chain Solutions (2018-2022)
 
==History==
TBD
 
== List of Home Media Customers ==
* ABC Kidavision (1988) (one known copy of a ''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' promotional tape)
* 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'', ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' and ''Independence Day'', perhaps among others, and tapes produced for the Mexican market; in 1998, ''Miracle on 34th Street'' is sold through Avon; in the early 2000s, ''Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace'', and somemany copies of ''X-Men'', and screener copies beginning in late 2000.)
** New World Video (1985-1989)
* A-PIX Entertainment (2000)
** Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995)
*** Starmaker Entertainment (1989-1995)
*** Video Treasures (1990-1995)
**** Burbank Video (1992-1995)
*** Drive Entertainment (1994)
**** MNTEX Entertainment (1992-1995)
**** Strand VCI Entertainment/Strand Home Video (1990-1991, 1994-1995)
**** Teal Entertainment (1994-1995)
* Avon Products (1988-2005)
* Brentwood Home Video/BCI Eclipse (1997-2004)
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* Bell Canyon Entertainment Inc. (2000)
* Best Film and Video Corporation
* Bridgestone Group/Bridgestone Multimedia Group (1989-1995; tapes sold through Avon)
* Cabin Fever Entertainment (some copies of ''Lonesome Dove''; tapes sold through Avon)
* Capitol Video (1989-1990)
* Company for Home Entertainment Inc. (1992) (one known copy of ''George Harrison’s Birds of the Backyard: Winter Into Spring'')
* DawnSignPress
* Drive Entertainment (1994)
* Family Entertainment Network (1991)
* Feature Films for Families (1995-1996) (someone tapesknown copy of ''Sarah Plain and Tall'')
* Fox Racing (2000-2001)
* FUNimation Entertainment (2001-2002) (some copies of DragonBall Z: Fusion - Losing Battle and DragonBall Z: Fusion - Playing for Time)
* General Motors (1991)
* GoodTimes Home Video (1993-1999; tapes sold through Avon)
* Harley-Davidson Motor Company (2003)
* HIT Entertainment (2001-2006)
** Lyrick Studios (1997-2001)
*** The Lyons Group (1993; in 1989, ''Barney and the Backyard Gang: Three Wishes'' sold through Avon)
* Integrity Music
* Interactive Learning Group (1999-2000)
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* Kit Parker Films (1985-199?) (tapes released in association with Buena Vista Home Video)
* Knowledge Adventure (1999-2002)
* The LEGO Group (2001) (one known copy each of ''Jack Stone: Free Video Cassette'' and ''The Wheelersville Moo Cow Mystery'')
* Leucadia Family Films (one known copy of ''Wild Flower'')
* Lionsgate Home Entertainment (1999-2007)
** Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995)
*** Video Treasures (1990-1995)
**** Burbank Video (1992-1995)
**** MNTEX Entertainment (1992-1995)
**** Strand VCI Entertainment/Strand Home Video (1990-1991, 1994)
**** Teal Entertainment (1994-1995)
*** Starmaker Entertainment (1989-1995)
** Artisan Entertainment (1989-2004)
*** Vestron Video (1982-1993)
**** Children's Video Library (1983-1992)
**** Time-Life Video (pre-1982 incarnation) (1980-1982)
** Trimark Home Video (1992-2004)
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* MPI Home Video (1985-19??)
* New Yorker Films (2004)
* Nick Jr. (1999) (one known copy of ''Little Bill: Special Teacher's Edition'')
* The Nostalgia Merchant (1984)
* 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)
** Worldvision Home Video (1987-1995)
* Pioneer Entertainment (1998)
* Playboy Home Video (Canada)
* PM Entertainment Group, Inc. (1995-1997; tapes sold through Avon)
* POINT Entertainment Ltd. (1999)
* PolyGram Video (1989-2000; tapes sold through Avon)
* Real Entertainment
* Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows
* Shell Oil Company
* Simon Marketing (1988-199?)
* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (1981-1982, 1987-1988, 1995-2004; tapes sold through Avon, 2005-2007)
** SVS/Triumph Home Video (1981-1992)
* Sony Music Entertainment/Sony BMG Music Entertainment (1995-1997, 2005-2007)
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* Tiger Electronics (1990s)
* Time-Life Video
* Toddler Television Video (1993; one known copy each of ''Gerbert is Tom Sawyer'' and ''Gerbert: The Best Things in Life are Free!'')
* Tokyopop (2001)
* Tommy Nelson (2000)
* Tyco Industries (1980s-1990s)
* Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (1982-1996, 1998-2004; tapes sold through Avon, 2005-present)
* Urban Vision Entertainment
* VCI Home Video (1981)
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* Vickilew Inc. (2003)
* VidAmerica, Inc.
* The Video Station
* Viz Media (2004)
* Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company/Buena Vista Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1980-present)
** DIC Entertainment/DIC Toon-Time Video
** Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
** Muppets Home Video/Jim Henson Video
** Touchstone Home Entertainment
** Walt Disney Home Video/Walt Disney Home Entertainment/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
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**** Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1986)
* Weston Woods Studios
* Wizards of the Coast (1998)
* Word Entertainment (1997-2000)
 
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* VTHR - Hal Roach Studios Film Classics (tapes distributed by Video Treasures; 1992-1995)
* VTMN - MNTEX Entertainment (1992-1995)
* VTDE - Drive Entertainment (1994)
* BRC - Brentwood Home Video (1997-2004)
* ES - Avon Products (1989)
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* WC - Strand Home Video (1994)
* Random codes (S8, X23, Y1, RC, Y5, X8, X12, M12, S35, etc.) (tapes duplicated in Livonia using industrial duplicators or Otari TMD systems; 1990-2006)
* 000 (some tapes; 19861985-1988)
 
== Known stock number suffix codes ==
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File:Disney Sing Along Songs - Very Merry Christmas Songs (1990 Walt Disney Home Video, eBay Photo).jpg
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File:Bear in the Big Blue House - Tidy Time with Bear! (2004 Walt Disney Home Entertainment).jpg|An example of what the printings looked like on tapes duplicated in Livonia using industrial duplicators during the mid-2000s.
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===== Sony Sprinter =====
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File:The Point (Vestron).jpg|This is an example of what the sticker on one known copy of a The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh promotional tape as well as some tapes by Vestron Video, Forum Home Video, Tyco and Monarch Home Video, using the Sony Sprinter, looked like during 1987-1988.
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File:Dino Riders Volume 2 (1988, Tyco Industries) (eBay Listing).png
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File:Bear in the Big Blue House - Tidy Time with Bear! (2004 Walt Disney Home Entertainment).jpg
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== Locations ==
=== USA ===
* Beverly Hills, California (1999-????) (acquired as part of Central Video purchase)
* Camarillo, California (1993-2007) (acquired from Everest & Jennings and sold to Sandstone Properties)
* Camarillo, California (1994-2007) (expansion of initial Camarillo site)
* Cincinnati, Ohio (1992) (assets acquired from Video Treasures, building ultimately consolidated into Technicolor's Livonia operations)
* Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal (1999-????) (acquired as part of Central Video purchase)
* Dallas, Texas (1980-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, acquired from Inovision, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff)
* Des Plaines, Illinois (1979-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff)
* Don Mills, Ontario (1999-????) (acquired as part of VTR Video purchase)
* Guadalajara, Jalisco (2001-present)
* Hollywood, California (????-????) (originated with Technicolor, unknown status)
* Houston, Texas (1980-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff)
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* Leonia, New Jersey (1972-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff)
* Livonia, Michigan (1987-2016) (first facility acquired from CBS/Fox, building later sold to battery supplier A123 Systems as their headquarters before it was ultimately demolished for a Beaumont Health medical center. Most of the work from the first facility was transferred to a second facility around 2010. The second facility was later sold to Ford Motor Company, which currently uses the site as an auto parts warehouse)
* Mexicali, Baja California (1999-present) (acquired as part of Central Video purchase)
* Montreal, Quebec (2000-????) (acquired from Astral Media)
* Naperville, Illinois (198?-198?) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, currently used by cleanup and restoration company Servpro)
* New York City, New York (198?-????) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, unknown status)
* Newbury Park, California (1981-1993) (originated with Technicolor, moved to Camarillo)
 
=== Canada ===
* Don Mills, Ontario (1999-????) (acquired as part of VTR Video purchase)
* Montreal, Quebec (2000-????) (acquired from Astral Media)
* Toronto, Ontario (1999-????) (acquired as part of VTR Video purchase)
 
=== Mexico ===
* Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal (1999-????) (acquired as part of Central Video purchase)
* Guadalajara, Jalisco (2001-present)
* Mexicali, Baja California (1999-present) (acquired as part of Central Video purchase)
 
== Trivia ==
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* The original Camarillo site had S-VHS duplication capabilities.
* The VHS release of ''Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace'' from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment had an on-screen logo for the arm with the words "Manufactured by" above at the end of the tape. It is unknown if any other video releases had this logo.
 
== Website ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19990601000000*/technicolor.com technicolor.com] (via the WayBack Machine)
* [http://vantiva.com vantiva.com]
 
==See also==