Video Tape Network

Video Tape Network is a defunct home video distributor that existed in the 1970s and the early 1980s.

History

Video Tape Network was originally founded in 1970 by NBC executive John Lollos and John Friede after the cancellation of Star Trek, the network acquires, produces and distributes programs strictly for college audiences via its affiliations of college stations. Its first project was The Groove Tube. The company's slogan was "Television that rot your mind".

The company expanded in early 1979 to produce pre-recorded videocassettes on VHS and Betamax and its acquisition of public domain films, namely March of the Wooden Soldiers and Night of the Living Dead. Its best-selling title was The Mr. Bill Show, which was its only hit for VTN. The company, along with VCI Home Video and Media Home Entertainment was among those named in the lawsuit involving early Beatles videotapes.

To keep up with the company's struggles, the company contacted with another indie, Independent United Distributors to distribute its tapes in the 1980s. The company went defunct in 1984.

Releases

1979

Catalog number	Title	Country of origin	Original year	Length	Version	MPAA rating	Film format	Tape count	Tape break placement (if applicable)	Color	Released	Note(s)
CY213/C214	The Mr. Bill Show	USA	1979	30 min	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Color	1979	TBD

Duplicators

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