List of years in home video
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This page indexes the individual year in home video pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.
- 20th century in home video:
- 21st century in home video:
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20th century
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1970s
See also: 1970s in home video
- 1970 -
- 1971 - Year U-matic launched
- 1972 -
- 1973 -
- 1974 -
- 1975 - Year Beta launched
- 1976 - Year VHS launched
- 1977 - Magnetic Video, the first home video company to release theatrical films to tape, licenses 50 films from 20th Century Fox for VHS and Betamax release.
- 1978 - Year laser disc launched. MCA issues Universal Studios film library onto laserdisc, and later adds Warner Bros. and Disney product as well.
- 1979 - Paramount and Columbia Pictures form Home Entertainment Divisions.
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1980s
See also: 1980s in home video
- 1980 - Walt Disney Productions enters home video market. MCA establishes MCA Videocasssette, Inc. for VHS and Betamax releases of the Universal Studios product.
- 1981 - Year CED and Wizard Video launched. Magnetic Video reorganized into Twentieth Century Fox Video.
- 1982 - PBV Distribution (Publishing & Broadcasting Video) becomes one of the biggest selling Australian video companies. Star Wars is released on home videocassette, becoming one of the most demanded videos of all time.
- 1983 - Following a merger in 1982 between Twentieth Century Fox Video and CBS Video Enterprises, CBS/Fox is launched to the home video market, with divisions Key Video and Playhouse Video
- 1984 - The Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. decision (aka Betamax case)
- 1985 - Hi-Tops Video puts "My Pet Monster" to the home video market
- 1986 -
- 1987 -
- 1988 -
- 1989 -
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1990s
See also: 1990s in home video
- 1990 - CBS/FOX Reorganized. Fox Video is formed to release mainstream Fox product in the U.S., while CBS/FOX remains for other products such as BBC Video and other non-Fox projects.
- 1991 -
- 1992 -
- 1993 -
- 1994 -
- 1995 - Fox Video assumes the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Name for the first time with the release of the Star Wars Trilogy for the last time in its original format, while keeping the Fox Video name
- 1996 - DVD is launched in Japan
- 1997 - DVD is launched in the United States
- 1998 - DVD is launched in Europe
- 1999 - The Fox Video name is dropped.
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21st century
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2000s
See also: 2000s in home video
