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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Matsushita is cautious but forward looking. The company has never had Sony's cosmopolitan polish, yet it was Matsushita's subsidiary JVC that developed the original VHS video technology in 1976. Tanii, then the youthful chief of Matsushita's fledgling VCR division, convinced his superiors that consumers would choose VHS over Sony's Betamax if they could also buy compatible videotaped entertainment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let Us Entertain You | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...movement is also a lifesaver for club owners and festival producers, promising them new audiences and exciting artists at a time when older, long- established stars are disappearing from the scene. George Wein, who produces the Newport, JVC, Boston Globe and New Orleans festivals, calls the advent of charismatic young players like Marsalis "not only good for jazz but absolutely necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wynton Marsalis: Horns of Plenty | 10/22/1990 | See Source »

Matsushita (1989 revenues: $44 billion) commands an array of brands, like Panasonic, Pioneer, Technics, Quasar and JVC. The company makes products ranging from stereos to refrigerators to bicycles to semiconductors. It is twice Sony's size, and developed the VHS videocassette format, which prevailed over Sony's Beta in a bloody competitive battle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Ape for Entertainment | 10/8/1990 | See Source »

...colleagues ran into the same objections to their dual-deck technology in 1984. They were also unable to find any electronics companies willing to manufacture their machines or supply the needed parts. In 1987 Dunlap's company filed a $1.5 billion antitrust lawsuit against 28 defendants, charging that JVC, NEC and other large consumer-electronics firms, as well as the Motion Picture Association of America, were illegally blocking the new product...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Double Vision In the Den | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL. The son of the famed Newport Festival returns to New York City with more than 100 jazz greats and future greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Roberta Flack, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, Dave Brubeck and Wynton Marsalis. Through June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics Voices: Jul. 2, 1990 | 7/2/1990 | See Source »

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