videotape
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In the early 80s, Grampian became the first UK regional TV company to gather the day's news footage on videotape - ending the need to spend hours developing and processing film.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Here, Tuason cleverly lifts a conceit from “The Ring,” where a cursed videotape gave the viewer seven days to live after popping it into the VCR.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Any of today’s approaches could easily fail, just as Betamax lost out to VHS in the videotape format war decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Here, we’re in a world of phone booths, pagers and bulky computers no one knows how to work, of Walkmans and videotape, which both simplifies and complicates the action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2024
That’s what you would have seen, if I showed you a videotape of our meeting.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
As I watched Sunday’s fights, I kept asking myself: how did we go from stolen VHS videotapes in the 1990s to all this?
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
In 1987, Mr. Birney’s Conor is a happy nerd, comfortably living alone in a small Baltimore house with a shelf of videotapes and other amusements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
A collection of videotapes that was yet to be moved to an archive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
We spent hours on the phone, and he shared old videotapes and other materials.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Twenty-five witnesses were called, sixty exhibits were displayed, store security videotapes were shown, and photos were employed by both sides.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
Twiggs' videotaped interview with prosecutors was played in July during the hearing.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
After both planes landed in the United Kingdom, Trump was videotaped coming down the steps from the larger jet, before making his way to the new retrofitted Air Force One.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Freeman declined to discuss the claim beyond her videotaped statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Allan initially appeared willing to engage, but grew irate when he realized he was being videotaped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
A film crew videotaped Reggie’s entrance into jail on May 8.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
She was particularly concerned when her favorite show, “Armchair Expert,” started videotaping interviews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
I also remember videotaping one medic’s baby daughter before we returned to deploy with the unit into Iraq.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
Lipman-Stern first met Pespas while working at a telemarketing firm as a teenager in the early 2000s, videotaping the wild goings-on in the office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
But the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, a New York City-based group that focuses on privacy and civil rights, called the videotaping “highly concerning” and that attendees were being surveilled without their consent.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
A camera goes down with you, though, videotaping your simulated death, so you can take it home and relive those 8.5 seconds in the comfort of your living room.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
