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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]], [[Avco Embassy Pictures|Avco Embassy]], [[ITC Entertainment Group|ITC]], [[ABC Video|ABC Video Enterprises]], [[Viacom Productions|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 " | '''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]], [[Avco Embassy Pictures|Avco Embassy]], [[ITC Entertainment Group|ITC]], [[ABC Video|ABC Video Enterprises]], [[Viacom Productions|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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