Video Stores and the Invention of Movies on Video
From Betamax to Blockbuster Video Stores and the Invention of Movies on Video Joshua M. Greenberg The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any elec- tronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information stor- age and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. For information about special quantity discounts, please e-mail special_sales@mitpress .mit.edu. This book was set in Stone Sans and Stone Serif by SPi Publisher Services, Pondicherry, India. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Greenberg, Joshua. From betamax to blockbuster : video stores and the invention of movies on video / by Josh Greenberg. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-07290-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Videocassette recorders. 2. Video recordings industry—History. I. Title. TK6655.V5G74 2007 384.55'8—dc22 2007018942 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Index Academy of Motion Picture Arts and B&S Sales, 55 Sciences, 138 Bach, Arthur, 55 Actors, 131 Baird, Logie, 42 “Adult Blue” (adult video series), 95 Bakelite, 115 Adult movies, 171n17 Barnako, Frank, 117 home theater and, 95–96 Barrett, Craig, 150 increase of, 95 Becker, Michael, 94 marketing of, 51–52 business methods of, 68–70, 77, 102 retailers and, 64, 72, 93, 106, 109, 111 fi lm knowledge and, 107 trade shows and, 118 trade shows and, 117 Adult Video News newsletter,
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