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The Video Privacy Protection Act Is Passed

Passed by the U.S. Congress to prevent “wrongful disclosure of video tape rental or sale records.” The bill was inspired by the leak of Robert Bork’s video rental history during his Supreme Court nomination.
The First Hollywood Video Opens

The First Hollywood Video Opens

Mark Wattles registers the company name “Hollywood Entertainment” in Oregon on June 6th, 1988, and opens the first Hollywood Video location in Portland. It later becomes a mega chain.
Super Source Video Releases the First 2 S-VHS Titles

Super Source Video Releases the First 2 S-VHS Titles

Super Source Video releases the first two prerecorded S-Video releases. They are for the special interest titles, Impact Zone ($54.95) and River Song ($44.94). Up until 1991, they would release up to 38 titles on the format from various studios, including Paramount,...

The Film Advisory Board Reveals Their Own Rating System

The Film Advisory Board (F.A.B.) announces their own motion picture rating system to compete with the MPAA. Unlike the MPAA’s at the time, theirs included descriptive words indicated the kind of content the program contains. It becomes a cheap rating alternative...