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Recent Examples of videocassette
Both scandals involved high-school athletes from privileged families who liked to beat up strangers, and who filmed their fights—on videocassettes, in the case of the Devil Dogs.
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
Since the 1950s, each new entertainment medium has led to a residuals fight — videocassettes, basic cable, premium cable, the internet, and now streaming.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023
Before long, Japanese companies came to dominate the camcorder and videocassette player market.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2019
The current standoff between the WGA and studios has spanned 14 weeks — eclipsing the 96-day writers’ strike in 1981, which resulted in a landmark deal that guaranteed writers a share of producer revenues from pay TV and home videocassette sales.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
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Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
Since the 1950s, each new entertainment medium has led to a residuals fight — videocassettes, basic cable, premium cable, the internet, and now streaming.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023
Before long, Japanese companies came to dominate the camcorder and videocassette player market.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Jan. 2019
The current standoff between the WGA and studios has spanned 14 weeks — eclipsing the 96-day writers’ strike in 1981, which resulted in a landmark deal that guaranteed writers a share of producer revenues from pay TV and home videocassette sales.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for videocassette
videodisc
Noun
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His assignment was to develop software for RCA’s SelectaVision videodisc project.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
6 Aug. 2021
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After the cassette, Mr. Ottens worked on an unsuccessful videodisc project before shifting to the CD.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2021
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“Videocassette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/videocassette. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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