Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!wjh12!foxvax1!brunix!as From: as@brunix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.tv,net.music Subject: Re: Video Awards and Thriller Message-ID: <8250@brunix.UUCP> Date: Thu, 31-May-84 14:14:19 EDT Article-I.D.: brunix.8250 Posted: Thu May 31 14:14:19 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 19:42:26 EDT References: sdccs7.1234, <473@ihlts.UUCP>, <1660@dartvax.UUCP> Lines: 21 >Thriller wasn't shown for the same reason it wasn't shown in its >entirety on any "free" TV station. Because of the high cost of the production, >the record company (RCA?) tried to recoup the cost by selling Thriller to MTV >and releasing a Thriller video tape. > >Paul "I still haven't seen Thriller yet!" van de Graaf @ U. C. San Diego Wrong. "Thriller" was shown on "Friday Night Videos" right before Christmas, about a week after its world premiere on MTV. Although "Thriller" was the first video that wasn't provided free to video shows, the record company did not make the decision to charge for it. In fact, the record company had no say in the matter at all; unlike most other "artists," Jackson has financed his own videos, rather than allowing the record companies to pay for them. As a result, he has rather shrewdly retained the rights to those videos (and can do things like release them on videotape and make lots of money). Alex Stein Brown University ...brunix!as