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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Magnetic Video Corporation''' was a home media and audio duplication service established in 1968 by Andre Blay and based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. In 1976, they became the first company to release theatrical films to home media for consumers, making exclusive deals with [[United Artists]], [[Embassy Film Associates|Avco Embassy]], [[ITC Entertainment Group|ITC]], ABC Video Enterprises, [[Viacom (1971-2006)|Viacom]] (now [[Paramount Global]]), RBC Films (then an exclusive licensee of several of Charles Chaplin's films), [[New Line Cinema]], [[Brut Pictures]], Bill Burrud Productions, American Film Theatre and 20th Century-Fox. In 1979, the latter purchased Magnetic Video from Blay, reincorporating it as "'''20th Century-Fox Video'''" in 1981. | '''Magnetic Video Corporation''' was a home media and audio duplication service established in 1968 by Andre Blay and based in Farmington Hills, Michigan. In 1976, they became the first company to release theatrical films to home media for consumers, making exclusive deals with [[United Artists]], [[Embassy Film Associates|Avco Embassy]], [[ITC Entertainment Group|ITC]], ABC Video Enterprises, [[Viacom (1971-2006)|Viacom]] (now [[Paramount Global]]), RBC Films (then an exclusive licensee of several of Charles Chaplin's films), [[New Line Cinema]], [[Brut Pictures]], Bill Burrud Productions, American Film Theatre and 20th Century-Fox. In 1979, the latter purchased Magnetic Video from Blay, reincorporating it as "'''20th Century-Fox Video'''" in 1981. | ||
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|Magnetic Video Corporation (1980).png|1st Logo (November 1977-September 1982) | |||
|Magnetic Video (RARE, 1981) (OPENING).jpeg|2nd Logo (1981) | |||
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===1st Logo (November 1977-September 1982)=== | ===1st Logo (November 1977-September 1982)=== | ||