Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-232) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The video business -- Bringing entertainment home: the consumer electronics industry and the VCR -- Disc to digital: from videodisc to DVD -- Porous media: global diffusion of video and DVD -- Hollywood Home Entertainment: controlling and profiting from video software -- Videocopia: shaping the US market in the digital age -- Illicit business: the global economy of industrialised video piracy -- Conclusion: Video futures.
