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VO1<V B8O49GREENLYMONT MONTY 00 MAR8j NEWSPAPER GREENLY 03 3740 ELM VC y LONG BE ACH CA 9CBQ7 gE:a A II A Billboard PublicationuuIIoI1 The International Newsweekly Of Music & Home Entertainment Oct.: 30, 1982 $3 (U.S.) The Video Shakedown Continues COMPILATION RIGHT CLAIMED Vidcom Buyers Selective; Musicland Cuts Investment Chrysalis Warns On By LAURA FOTI By IRV LICHTMAN CANNES -The European video market has evolved to the point of con- NEW YORK -The Musicland/ Airing Of Entire LPs siderable selectivity in program purchases. Nowhere was this more evident Sam Goody retail enterprise is look- than at Vidcom, where many U.S. participants found deal -making to be ing to dramatically reduce its inven- This story prepared by Douglas E. stations serviced by the label of the tougher than in past years. tory in prerecorded video, citing Hall in New York and Bill Holland in new policy. A spot check of major ABC Video Enterprises' Archie Purvis, vice president of video sales, spoke "very soft business." It says future Washington. stations by Billboard failed to turn for many when he noted, "The home video market, both domestically and in- investment in such software will be "We can't let record companies up any other program directors ternationally, is maturing. Catalogs have been established, and now buyers are made on a "much more limited program this radio station. They aware of this, however. looking for quality rather than quantity. They're more selective because they basis." can't dictate how and what I put on. The letter states that "the songs have a better handle on what will sell." Jack Eugster, who heads the na- When they do, I just won't play their contained in said album (`Get Ner- Cynthia Friedland of New York's ATI Video Enterprises, attending Vidcom tion's largest music -related retail op- product." With this comment, DC- vous') were selected and sequenced to buy and sell, said she felt many in the U.S.
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