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Artists Videotape Distribution Service

Date
1973
Subjects
Collection Texts
Howard Wise initiated the Artists Videotape Distribution Service at Electronic Arts Intermix.
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"Artists Videotape Distribution Service." Video History Project, Experimental Television Center, 2026. https://www.videohistoryproject.org/node/6213.

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