MediaCopy, Inc.

History
The company can date its origins back to 1987 when Media Home Entertainment, a subsidiary of Heron International, spun-off its video duplication arm. As part of the spin-off, Media Home Entertainment had a multi-year duplication contract with this company.

Former names

 * West Coast Video Duplicating (1987-1996)

List of Customers

 * Central Park Media
 * MPI Home Video (199?-????)
 * MGM Home Entertainment (1990-2005)
 * Orion Home Video (1987-1998)
 * Nelson Entertainment (1987-1991)
 * Pacific Arts Video
 * Pioneer Entertainment (1994-2000)
 * Viz Video
 * PolyGram Video
 * HiT Entertainment (2001-2005)
 * Lyrick Studios (1993-2002)
 * Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995)
 * Video Treasures (1994-1995)
 * Strand Home Video (1992-1994)
 * Media Home Entertainment (1987-1993)
 * Starmaker Entertainment (1995)
 * Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment
 * Warner Home Video (1997)
 * Turner Home Entertainment (1990-1997)
 * New Line Home Video (1991-1997)
 * Hanna-Barbera Home Video (1992)

How to Tell

 * After 1988, VHS tapes duplicated by West Coast Video Duplicating (later MediaCopy) have visible ink information on the bottom middle side of the tape that is printed in a couple of different colors, but sometimes the color of the printings is invisible, like dark purple, for example.
 * The information on the tape includes the print date and time on the right. Next to the print date and time are letters that say "WCV" (1988-1990) "WCVD" (1990-1996) which stands for West Coast Video Duplicating or MCI (post-1996) which stands for MediaCopy, Inc.
 * For example, if the print date/time is numbered "020795 1358", then that means the specific VHS tape was printed on February 7, 1995 at 1:58 PM.
 * Post-1990 tapes also have two different length codes on the left of the information: on pre-1996 tapes, the nominal length is above the record tab (usually broken off), while on post-1996 tapes, it is on the bottom label portion with a side label digit on the middle.

Locations

 * Brisbane, California