by slasherindex | Jan 1, 1985
Partners Joe Malugen and Harrison Parrish open the very first Movie Gallery store in Dothan, Alabama.
by slasherindex | Nov 23, 1984
Courts decided that renting out private booths for the viewing of movies constitutes as a public viewing, and therefore, violates copyright. The store in question was Maxwell’s Video Showcase in Eerie, Pennsylvania.
by slasherindex | Oct 14, 1982
The world’s first videocassette vending machine, the “Videomat,” is distributed throughout Germany, mainly at grocery stores and gas stations. With the machine, a patron can either rent or purchase a cassette. It holds a total of 200 videocassettes.
by slasherindex | May 10, 1980
To first test the home videocassette market, Disney makes their titles available to Fotomat’s Drive-Thru Movies program.
by slasherindex | Jun 1, 1979
Still skeptical of the home video market, Paramount decides to license its films for videocassette rental through Fotomat, a nationwide photo development chain.