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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]] |
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== Former names == |
== Former names == |
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* The Vidtronics Company (1966-1985) |
* The Vidtronics Company (1966-1985) |
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** Teletronics International (1968-1972) |
** Teletronics International (1968-1972) |
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** VCA-Teletronics, Inc. (1972-1987) |
** VCA-Teletronics, Inc. (1972-1987) |
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*** S/T Videocassette Duplicating |
*** S/T Videocassette Duplicating Corporation (East Coast plants) |
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*** Teletronics-Texas, Inc. (Houston plant) |
*** Teletronics-Texas, Inc. (Houston plant) |
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* Technicolor Videocassette, Inc. (1985-1997) |
* Technicolor Videocassette, Inc. (1985-1997) |
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* Technicolor Supply Chain Solutions (2018-2022) |
* Technicolor Supply Chain Solutions (2018-2022) |
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==History== |
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== List of Home Media Customers == |
== List of Home Media Customers == |
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* ABC Kidavision (1988) (one known copy of a ''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'' promotional tape) |
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* 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'' |
* 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 the early 2000s, ''Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace'', many copies of ''X-Men'', and screener copies beginning in late 2000.) |
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** New World Video (1985-1989) |
** New World Video (1985-1989) |
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* A-PIX Entertainment (2000) |
* A-PIX Entertainment (2000) |
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* Avon Products (1988-2005) |
* Avon Products (1988-2005) |
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* Brentwood Home Video/BCI Eclipse (1997-2004) |
* Brentwood Home Video/BCI Eclipse (1997-2004) |
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* Best Film and Video Corporation |
* Best Film and Video Corporation |
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* Cabin Fever Entertainment (some copies of Lonesome Dove) |
* Cabin Fever Entertainment (some copies of Lonesome Dove) |
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* Capitol Video (1990) |
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* DawnSignPress |
* DawnSignPress |
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* Family Entertainment Network (1991) |
* Family Entertainment Network (1991) |
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* Feature Films for Families (1995-1996) (some tapes) |
* Feature Films for Families (1995-1996) (some tapes) |
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* Fox Racing (2000-2001) |
* Fox Racing (2000-2001) |
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* FUNimation Entertainment (2002 |
* FUNimation Entertainment (2001-2002) |
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* General Motors (1991) |
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* Harley-Davidson Motor Company (2003) |
* Harley-Davidson Motor Company (2003) |
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* HIT Entertainment (2001-2006) |
* HIT Entertainment (2001-2006) |
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* The LEGO Group (2001) (Jack Stone Free Video Cassette and Wheelersville Moo Cow Mystery) |
* The LEGO Group (2001) (Jack Stone Free Video Cassette and Wheelersville Moo Cow Mystery) |
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* Lionsgate Home Entertainment (1999-2007) |
* Lionsgate Home Entertainment (1999-2007) |
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** Artisan Entertainment (1989-2004) |
** Artisan Entertainment (1989-2004) |
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*** Vestron Video (1982-1993) |
*** Vestron Video (1982-1993) |
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** CBS Video (2005-2007) |
** CBS Video (2005-2007) |
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** 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) |
** 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) |
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*** Nick Jr. Video (1999-2007) (in 1999 and the early 2000s, some demo tapes, co-duplicated with Deluxe Video Services) |
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** Republic Pictures Home Video (1992-2000) |
** Republic Pictures Home Video (1992-2000) |
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** Worldvision Home Video (1987-1995) |
** Worldvision Home Video (1987-1995) |
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* Pioneer Entertainment (1998) |
* Pioneer Entertainment (1998) |
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* POINT Entertainment Ltd. (1999) |
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* Real Entertainment |
* Real Entertainment |
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* Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows |
* Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows |
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* Vickilew Inc. (2003) |
* Vickilew Inc. (2003) |
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* VidAmerica, Inc. |
* VidAmerica, Inc. |
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* Viz Media (2004) |
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* Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company/Buena Vista Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1980-present) |
* Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company/Buena Vista Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1980-present) |
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** Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment |
** Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment |
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**** Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1986) |
**** Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1986) |
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* Weston Woods Studios |
* Weston Woods Studios |
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* Wizards of the Coast (1998) |
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* Word Entertainment (1997-2000) |
* Word Entertainment (1997-2000) |
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* VTHR - Hal Roach Studios Film Classics (tapes distributed by Video Treasures; 1992-1995) |
* VTHR - Hal Roach Studios Film Classics (tapes distributed by Video Treasures; 1992-1995) |
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* VTMN - MNTEX Entertainment (1992-1995) |
* VTMN - MNTEX Entertainment (1992-1995) |
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* VTDE - Drive Entertainment (1994) |
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* BRC - Brentwood Home Video (1997-2004) |
* BRC - Brentwood Home Video (1997-2004) |
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* ES - Avon Products (1989) |
* ES - Avon Products (1989) |
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* WC - Strand Home Video (1994) |
* WC - Strand Home Video (1994) |
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* 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) |
* 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) |
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* 000 (some tapes; |
* 000 (some tapes; 1985-1988) |
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== Known stock number suffix codes == |
== Known stock number suffix codes == |
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File:The Little Mermaid.jpg |
File:The Little Mermaid.jpg |
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File:There's No Business Like Show Business 032690.jpg |
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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:Where the Heart Is 072690.jpg |
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File:080995 (Legends of the Fall).jpg |
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File:102697 (Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas).jpg |
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===== Sony Sprinter ===== |
===== Sony Sprinter ===== |
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File:The Point (Vestron).jpg|This is an example of what the sticker on some tapes by Vestron Video, Forum Home Video, Tyco and Monarch Home Video, using the Sony Sprinter, looked like during 1987-1988. |
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:Message in a Bottle (2001 Warner Home Video Benelux).jpg |
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== Locations == |
== Locations == |
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=== USA === |
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* Beverly Hills, California (1999-????) (acquired as part of Central Video purchase) |
* Beverly Hills, California (1999-????) (acquired as part of Central Video purchase) |
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* Camarillo, California (1993-2007) (acquired from Everest & Jennings and sold to Sandstone Properties) |
* Camarillo, California (1993-2007) (acquired from Everest & Jennings and sold to Sandstone Properties) |
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* Camarillo, California (1994-2007) (expansion of initial Camarillo site) |
* Camarillo, California (1994-2007) (expansion of initial Camarillo site) |
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* Cincinnati, Ohio (1992) (assets acquired from Video Treasures, building ultimately consolidated into Technicolor's Livonia operations) |
* Cincinnati, Ohio (1992) (assets acquired from Video Treasures, building ultimately consolidated into Technicolor's Livonia operations) |
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* Dallas, Texas (1980-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, acquired from Inovision, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff) |
* Dallas, Texas (1980-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, acquired from Inovision, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff) |
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* Des Plaines, Illinois (1979-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff) |
* Des Plaines, Illinois (1979-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff) |
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* Hollywood, California (????-????) (originated with Technicolor, unknown status) |
* Hollywood, California (????-????) (originated with Technicolor, unknown status) |
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* Houston, Texas (1980-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff) |
* 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) |
* Leonia, New Jersey (1972-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff) |
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* 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) |
* 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) |
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* Naperville, Illinois (198?-198?) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, currently used by cleanup and restoration company Servpro) |
* Naperville, Illinois (198?-198?) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, currently used by cleanup and restoration company Servpro) |
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* New York City, New York (198?-????) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, unknown status) |
* New York City, New York (198?-????) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, unknown status) |
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* Newbury Park, California (1981-1993) (originated with Technicolor, moved to Camarillo) |
* Newbury Park, California (1981-1993) (originated with Technicolor, moved to Camarillo) |
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* Toronto, Ontario (1999-????) (acquired as part of VTR Video purchase) |
* Toronto, Ontario (1999-????) (acquired as part of VTR Video purchase) |
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=== Mexico === |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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* The original Camarillo site had S-VHS duplication capabilities. |
* The original Camarillo site had S-VHS duplication capabilities. |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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== Website == |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/19990601000000*/technicolor.com technicolor.com] (via the WayBack Machine) |
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* [http://vantiva.com vantiva.com] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Latest revision as of 11:23, 11 July 2024
Former names Edit
- The Vidtronics Company (1966-1985)
- VCA/Technicolor Duplicating Corp. (1985-1987)
- Teletronics International (1968-1972)
- VCA-Teletronics, Inc. (1972-1987)
- S/T Videocassette Duplicating Corporation (East Coast plants)
- Teletronics-Texas, Inc. (Houston plant)
- Technicolor Videocassette, Inc. (1985-1997)
- Technicolor Video Services (1993-1997)
- Technicolor Optical Media Services (1994-1997)
- Technicolor Video/CD/DVD Services (1997-2002)
- Technicolor Home Entertainment Services (2002-2013)
- Technicolor Entertainment Services (2013-2018)
- Technicolor Supply Chain Solutions (2018-2022)
History Edit
List of Home Media Customers Edit
- 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 the early 2000s, Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace, many 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)
- Teal Entertainment (1994-1995)
- Avon Products (1988-2005)
- Brentwood Home Video/BCI Eclipse (1997-2004)
- Simitar Entertainment (1989-1993)
- Bell Canyon Entertainment Inc. (2000)
- Best Film and Video Corporation
- Cabin Fever Entertainment (some copies of Lonesome Dove)
- Capitol Video (1990)
- DawnSignPress
- Family Entertainment Network (1991)
- Feature Films for Families (1995-1996) (some tapes)
- Fox Racing (2000-2001)
- FUNimation Entertainment (2001-2002)
- General Motors (1991)
- Harley-Davidson Motor Company (2003)
- HIT Entertainment (2001-2006)
- Lyrick Studios (1997-2001)
- The Lyons Group (1993)
- Lyrick Studios (1997-2001)
- Integrity Music
- Interactive Learning Group (1999-2000)
- Jay Jay the Jet Plane Productions (1998-1999)
- Kit Parker Films (1985-199?) (tapes released in association with Buena Vista Home Video)
- Knowledge Adventure (1999-2002)
- The LEGO Group (2001) (Jack Stone Free Video Cassette and Wheelersville Moo Cow Mystery)
- Lionsgate Home Entertainment (1999-2007)
- Artisan Entertainment (1989-2004)
- Vestron Video (1982-1993)
- Time-Life Video (pre-1982 incarnation) (1980-1982)
- Vestron Video (1982-1993)
- Trimark Home Video (1992-2004)
- Artisan Entertainment (1989-2004)
- Major League Baseball Productions (1989-1991)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1980-1990, 2002)
- Cannon Video (1988-1996) (marketed by Warner Home Video)
- Forum Home Video (1985-1989)
- Monarch Home Video (1988-1989)
- Monterey Home Video (1991-2006)
- MPI Home Video (1985-19??)
- New Yorker Films (2004)
- Nick Jr. (1999) (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)
- Republic Pictures Home Video (1992-2000)
- Worldvision Home Video (1987-1995)
- Pioneer Entertainment (1998)
- POINT Entertainment Ltd. (1999)
- Real Entertainment
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows
- Shell Oil Company
- Simon Marketing (1988-199?)
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (1981-1982, 1987-1988, 2005-2007)
- SVS/Triumph Home Video (1981-1992)
- Sony Music Entertainment/Sony BMG Music Entertainment (1995-1997, 2005-2007)
- Jive Records (Backstreet Boys: For The Fans)
- Sony Wonder (1995-1997, 2005-2007)
- Random House Home Video (1990-1992, 1996-1997, 2005-2007; in 1991, Richard Scarry's Best ABC Video Ever! sold through Simon Marketing; in the early 1990s, tapes sold through Avon)
- Zomba Video
- Columbia House (1987-2005)
- Stabur Home Video (1992)
- Starlight Home Entertainment (2002)
- StudioWorks Entertainment (2003)
- Sundance Channel Home Entertainment (2003) (some copies of The Slaughter Rule)
- Super Video
- Synch-Point (2001)
- Tiger Electronics (1990s)
- Time-Life Video
- Tokyopop (2001)
- Tommy Nelson (2000)
- Tyco Industries (1980s-1990s)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (1982-1996, 2005-present)
- Urban Vision Entertainment
- VCI Home Video (1981)
- Ventura Entertainment (2000)
- Vickilew Inc. (2003)
- VidAmerica, Inc.
- Viz Media (2004)
- Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company/Buena Vista Home Video/Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1980-present)
- Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
- Touchstone Home Entertainment
- Walt Disney Home Video/Walt Disney Home Entertainment/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
- Warner Home Video (1980-present)
- HBO Home Entertainment (1981-1982, 1986-present)
- Lorimar Home Video (1985-1989)
- Turner Home Entertainment (1987, 1997)
- Nelson Entertainment (1987-1992)
- Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1986)
- Nelson Entertainment (1987-1992)
- Weston Woods Studios
- Wizards of the Coast (1998)
- Word Entertainment (1997-2000)
How to Tell Edit
- Tapes duplicated at VCA from 1980-1982 would have a sticker with numbers on it on the tape guard.
- Pre-1991 tapes duplicated at VCA, S/T and Technicolor have 2 different types of stickers (with or without print dates): Tapes duplicated at Technicolor between 1981 and 1991 have a blue (sometimes white) sticker on the bottom left or middle side, while tapes duplicated at VCA and S/T between 1982 and 1987 have a white sticker on the tape guard (and later on the bottom middle side starting in 1985). Sometimes, the print date is read in YY/MM/DD format, but most of the time it is in MM/DD/YY.
- Pre-April 1989 tapes duplicated at Technicolor in California have two different types of a screen test pattern at the end: Some 1985-1986 tapes have a black test pattern with a 410 hz tone, or a 420 hz tone, while most 1986-1989 tapes have either a 400 hz tone, or a 1010 hz tone.
- Most 1986-2007 tapes duplicated at Technicolor have an ink print date instead of a sticker.
- Starting in 1993, some tapes duplicated at Technicolor in Camarillo with an ink print date on the bottom middle side had a time. The following year, the Livonia plant implemented this, mainly for tapes duplicated there on the Sprinters.
- The time was directly next to the date on post-June 1995 tapes duplicated in Livonia and some duplicated in California. However, on most 1993-1999 tapes duplicated in Camarillo, it would be next to the length code.
- For example, if the print date/time on the VHS tape reads "010196-1729", that means the tape was printed at 5:29 PM on January 1, 1996.
- Tapes duplicated in Livonia on the Sprinters prior to 1995 had a sticker on the bottom middle side.
- Most 1989-2006 tapes duplicated in Livonia had the DTMF tones at the start and/or end of the tape.
- Most 1981-1999 tapes had a digit for the shift next to the print date, which was usually either 1, 2 or 3 letters or numbers.
- Most 1985-2007 tapes have an abbreviation engraved in either gold orange, dark blue, plain black or plain white on either the left or right side of the tape that usually indicates the company that distributed it.
- Some post-2001 tapes would have "MADE IN MEXICO" printed in either watermark ink on the plastic wrap, or on a sticker, on the back.
- Many 1986-2005 tapes would have an assembly date in addition to a print date, sometimes in dark ink. Starting in the beginning of 1992, the assembly date on tapes assembled in California would include a time.
- On some tapes printed in California and Livonia that had a sticker during the 1990s, the sticker was either white or yellow with information like this for example:
Example (California plants):
DRACULA A.D. (1972) WHV
0285337 V25100
09/29/94 S-3 P-X
113-01-7
- Some tapes had a white sticker on the right side of the tape, with information like the following examples:
Example 1:
ROUGH CUT V
11111 1 113 113
Example 2:
THE BOY
38381 3 332 1292
- Occasionally, a few tapes from this duplicator may have the static roll of death at the end.
Fun Facts Edit
- VCA-Teletronics was spun off in 1987, shortly after the acquisition of CBS/Fox's duplication facility.
- Technicolor Videocassette, Inc. adopted the name "Technicolor Video Services" as its DBA name by October 1993, as the arm was completing a move from Newbury Park to Camarillo. "Technicolor Videocassette, Inc." remained the arm's legal name until 1997 when the arm began DVD replication by which point both the arm's legal and DBA names, as well as its CD replication counterpart Technicolor Optical Media Services, were combined to become "Technicolor Video/CD/DVD Services".
- S/T Videocassette Duplicating Corp. was a joint venture between Sony Corporation and VCA-Teletronics, set up not long after VCA-Teletronics itself was founded.
- S/T = Sony/Teletronics
- 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 Edit
- DIS - Buena Vista Home Video (1985-1988)
- BVHV - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1990-2007)
- AVN - Avon Products (1988-2005)
- NWV - New World Video (1985-1989)
- WHV4 - Warner Home Video (198?-1985)
- WHV - Warner Home Video (198?-2006)
- VT - Video Treasures (1992-1993)
- VM - Trimark Home Video (1992-????)
- RV - Family Home Entertainment (some copies of Frosty Returns; 1993)
- RVS - 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video (1994-199?)
- T275 - Columbia House Video Club
- 275T - same as T275
- EP - Starmaker Entertainment, Video Treasures (EP/SLP tapes; 1994-1995)
- SP - Starmaker Entertainment, Video Treasures (SP tapes; 1994-1995)
- 2 PK - unknown
- SKG - DreamWorks Home Entertainment (1998-2006)
- EHE - Embassy Home Entertainment (1982-1986)
- MCATM - MCA Home Video (1982-1990)
- MCAT - same as MCATM
- MGM - MGM Home Entertainment (some early copies of Barbershop; 2002)
- HW - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Hollywood Video exclusive tapes; 199?-200?)
- BB - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Blockbuster exclusive tapes; 199?-200?)
- BRC - Brentwood Home Video (1997-2001)
- BRCSP - same as BRC (SP tapes; 1997-2001)
- BRC-E - same as BRC (EP/SLP tapes; 1997-2001)
- BCI - BCI Eclipse (2001-2004)
- BFSP - Best Film and Video Corporation (SP tapes; 199?-199?)
- BFEP - Best Film and Video Corporation (EP/SLP tapes; 199?-199?)
- PHV - Paramount Home Video (1988-1991)
- PHE - Paramount Home Entertainment (2000-2007 [Canadian]; 2005-2007 [US])
- TCI - Universal/Alliance Video Distribution (2000-2006 [Canadian])
Known batch and stock number prefix codes Edit
NOTE: Most tapes duplicated after 1988 using Sony Sprinter systems will use prefixes indicating the label and/or distributor.
- WHV - Warner Home Video (1988-2000)
- WB - same as WHV
- NE - Nelson Entertainment (1987-1992)
- NL - New Line Home Entertainment (1997-200?)
- TW - Warner Home Video (2000-2006)
- BVH - Buena Vista Home Video (1988-1990)
- WDTNT - Buena Vista Home Video (1981-1988)
- WDT - same as WDTNT
- WD - Buena Vista Home Entertainment (1988-2006), Starmaker Entertainment (1995)
- VA - VidAmerica (1981-1992)
- VTM - Media Home Entertainment (tapes distributed by Video Treasures; 1990-1994)
- VTSV - Video Treasures (1990-1992)
- VT - same as VTSV (1991-1995)
- VTBV - Burbank Video (1992-1995)
- VTTG - same as VTBV (some tapes; 1992-1995)
- VTTR - same as VTTG and VTBV (some tapes; 1992-1995)
- 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)
- AV - same as ES (1988-2005)
- AVE - same as ES and AV (1989-1994)
- AVON - same as ES, AV and AVE (1989-1994)
- SM - Simon Marketing (1988-1993), Sony Music Entertainment (199?-199?)
- PCG - Simon Marketing (1993-199?)
- HBO - HBO Home Entertainment (1988-2000)
- VV - Vestron Video (1982-1993), LIVE Entertainment (some tapes; 199?-199?)
- LV - Artisan Entertainment (19??-200?)
- RPE - Republic Pictures Home Video (1992-2000)
- RNK - Paramount Home Video (1988)
- RK - Paramount Home Video (1990), MCA/Universal Home Video (199?-199?)
- WV - Worldvision Home Video (1988-1995)
- PA - Paramount Home Entertainment (demo tapes; 1999-200?)
- VM - Trimark Home Video (1992-2004)
- SNY - Sony Video Software (1982-1991)
- ST - Starmaker Entertainment (1989-1995), R&G Video (1994-1995)
- RG - R&G Video (1990-1994)
- LM - Shell Oil Company (Peanuts tapes; 1991-1993)
- CV - Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (1981), Columbia House Video Club (199?-199?)
- CLHS - Columbia House Video Club (199?-199?)
- MGM - MGM/UA Home Video (1981-1990)
- WDWD - same as WD (1994)
- WDKM - same as WD and WDWD (some tapes; 1994-1995)
- WDTG - same as WD, WDWD and WDKM (some tapes; 1994-1995)
- WDWM - same as WD, WDWD, WDKM and WDTG (some tapes; 1994-1995)
- WDL - same as WD, WDWD, WDKM, WDTG and WDWM (on some copies of the first four Disney Princess Collection tapes; 1995)
- UV - Urban Vision Entertainment (????-????)
- LHV - Lorimar Home Video (1987-1989)
- RB - Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows (199?-199?)
- CD - Family Entertainment Network (????-????)
- 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; 1985-1988)
Known stock number suffix codes Edit
These codes could be seen on tapes printed in Livonia using Sony Sprinter systems, from 1988 to May 1995.
- V (some tapes)
- VPD - same as V
- -V - same as V and VPD
- -S - SP
- LPD - LP
- EPD - EP/SLP
Gallery Edit
Sony/Teletronics Edit
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This is what the "no print date" sticker looked like on some tapes printed in Leonia prior to around 1986.
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Same example as picture #1, sans the VCA logo.
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This is what the print date sticker looked like on tapes printed in Leonia from 1982 to 1987.
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This is what the print date sticker looked like on some tapes printed in the East Coast, beginning in the mid-1980s.
Vidtronics Edit
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This is what the print date sticker looked like on some tapes printed in California, beginning in 1981.
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This is what the print date sticker looked like on some tapes printed in California, beginning in 1981.
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Same example as picture #1.
VCA/Technicolor Edit
East Coast plants Edit
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Same example as picture #1 in the "Sony/Teletronics" section.
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Same example as picture #2, sans the VCA logo.
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California plants Edit
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Same example as picture #5 in the "Vidtronics" section, except the font used is slightly different and the sticker itself was colored normal blue.
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Same example as picture #2, except the font used is slightly different.
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This is what the ink printing, used on some tapes printed in California from July 1986 to 1988, looks like with the print date on it.
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This is what the ink printing, used on some tapes printed in California beginning in early 1987, looks like with the print date on it.
Technicolor Edit
California plants Edit
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Same example as picture #4 in the "VCA/Technicolor California" section, though slightly akin to the ink printing used on tapes duplicated at Video Technology Services in Newbury Park.
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This is what the ink printing, used on tapes printed in California from late 1985 to 1994, looks like with the print date on it. Notice that there is an assembly date below the print date in dark ink in this picture.
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This is what the print date sticker looked like on tapes printed in California prior to early 1991.
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Notice that there is an assembly date below the print date in dark gray ink in this picture.
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Livonia plant (acquired from CBS/Fox) Edit
Industrial Duplicators and Otari TMD Edit
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This is what the ink printing, used on tapes printed in Livonia using industrial duplicators, from 1987 to 1990, looks like. The printing you see on the far bottom was also used on some tapes duplicated at the plant, although some tapes duplicated at the company's California plants also used these printings and so did some tapes from different duplicators (e.g. Rank Video Services America, Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation, VTR Video and WRS Motion Picture & Video Laboratory).
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An example of what the printings looked like on tapes duplicated in Livonia using industrial duplicators during the mid-2000s.
Sony Sprinter Edit
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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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This is what the ink printing, used on some tapes printed in Livonia using the Sony Sprinter, from early October 1992 to mid-May 1995, looks like with the print date on it. These kind of printings had the distributor's prefix, stock number and tape speed on the left of the lot number, akin to the "no print date" barcode stickers used by the same facility from 1988 to 1995. If the letters following the stock number did not indicate the speed, they would always be either VPD or -V.
Other plants Edit
Montreal plant (acquired from Astral Media) Edit
Ciudad de México plant (acquired from Televisa) Edit
VBI codes Edit
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An example of what the code on the VBI looks like on tapes duplicated in Livonia using industrial duplicators and Otari TMDs prior to 1999.
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Same as the previous example, but with the Macrovision signal.
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An example of what the code on the VBI looks like on tapes duplicated in Livonia using Sony Sprinters, beginning in Q2 1994. On this variant, the second set of digits consisted of a number followed by a minus and a three-digit number. This variant of the code was used until late 1994, except for some later post-late 1994 pressings of pre-late 1994 tapes that used it until mid-1996.
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Beginning in late 1994, the second set of digits had either "MN#" or "MM#" (in place of a number followed by a minus) followed by a three-digit number. This variant of the code was used until late 1995, except for some later post-late 1995 pressings of pre-late 1995 tapes that used it until mid-1996. Allied Digital Technologies had reused masters from this duplicator for later post-July 1995 pressings of certain pre-July 1995 releases from distributor Anchor Bay Entertainment, particularly labels Video Treasures, Burbank Video and MNTEX Entertainment.
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An example of what the code on the VBI looks like on tapes duplicated in Livonia using Sony Sprinters between late 1996 and the 2000s.
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On some tapes duplicated in California between 1994 and the 2000s, the text in the VBI scrolls to the left and there is a date code in it, possibly implying when the master tape was last copied. This variation usually appeared at the beginning and the end of these tapes. This is an attempted re-creation of an example of the full code.
Locations Edit
USA Edit
- 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)
- 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)
- Hollywood, California (????-????) (originated with Technicolor, unknown status)
- Houston, Texas (1980-1987) (originated with VCA-Teletronics, divested as part of VCA-Teletronics spinoff)
- Huntington Beach, California (198?-1990s) (originated with Technicolor, unknown status)
- 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)
- 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 Edit
- 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 Edit
- 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 Edit
- Some tapes that used the arm's masters, particularly post-July 1995 pressings of pre-July 1995 Video Treasures, Burbank Video and MNTEX Entertainment releases, as well as some post-July 1995 pressings of pre-July 1995 Starmaker Entertainment releases that still came in their original packaging with the "Video by Technicolor" notation intact, were instead duplicated at Allied Digital Technologies.
- 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 Edit
- technicolor.com (via the WayBack Machine)
- vantiva.com