Introduction : the video business -- 1. Bringing entertainment home : the consumer electronics industry and the VCR -- 2. Disc to digital : from videodisc to DVD -- 3. Porous media : global diffusion of video and DVD -- 4. Hollywood home entertainment : controlling and profiting from video software -- 5. Videocopia : shaping the US market in the digital age -- 6. Illicit business : the global economy of industrialised video piracy -- Conclusion : video futures