1970s
- 1970 -
- 1971 - Year U-matic launched
- 1972 - Year Cartrivision launched
- 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 laserdisc 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; Video Store Magazine (now Home Media Magazine) established as the industry's first trade.
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