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Rewind, Replay : Britain and the Video Boom, 1978-1992 /
Charts the introduction and rise of video entertainment in Britain from the launch of Betamax and VHS in 1978 to the development of the video superstore in the early 1990sPresents the first book dedicated to Britain's video boomConsiders the development of the video distribution industry in the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Charts the introduction and rise of video entertainment in Britain from the launch of Betamax and VHS in 1978 to the development of the video superstore in the early 1990sPresents the first book dedicated to Britain's video boomConsiders the development of the video distribution industry in the UK, identifying the key playersAppraises the development of video shops and clubs, from the late 1970s to arrival of BlockbusterRewind, Replay explores the birth and maturation of the pre-recorded video entertainment business in the UK. Informed by archival research and the examination of contemporaneous trade periodicals, industrial documentation and ephemera, it scrutinises distributors, wholesalers and shops. It explores industry shifts previoulsy unconsidered in scholarship, including video rental, market rationalisation and the development of 'sell-though' videocassettes to identify the key factors that led to the video boom. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (264 p.) : 43 B/W illustrations 2 B/W tables |
| ISBN: | 9781474454490 9783110992809 9783110992816 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110780390 |
| Acceso: | restricted access |