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
Ampex invented the first videotape recorder for professional use in 1956, a $50,000 machine that CBS used to tape and broadcast reruns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
“Adriana was afraid that, since there was nothing in the contract about videotape back when she did the voice and ‘Snow White’ was about to come out on videotape,” recalled Woodman.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025
"They were supported by hundreds of hours of videotape, evidence, eyewitness testimony, they're indisputable."
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2025
He thinks it’s horrible that my parents didn’t videotape Mr. Neck’s class or stick up for me the way his folks did.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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
He said he had taught himself how to read English by looking at videotapes of people like Dave Chappelle and me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
We spent hours on the phone, and he shared old videotapes and other materials.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
He resigned just as he was starting a third term and fled the country in disgrace after leaked videotapes showed his spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, bribing lawmakers.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
The Bureau had kept surveillance videotapes of comings and goings into the Soviet embassy, filmed from a secret location across the street.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Detectives then read him his Miranda rights, and he made a second videotaped confession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Two years later, I had my first videotaped film audition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Jurors heard from former OpenAI board members and executives - some in person, others via videotaped sworn depositions - detailing first-hand experiences of Altman allegedly failing to be forthright.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
“I refuse to have us videotaped throwing someone to the ground while they have a child in their hands,” one ICE agent told a police officer at the scene.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 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
Terry said they started videotaping “Let’s Get Haunted” about a year ago solely to produce short clips to promote the show on TikTok and other platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
“A lot of times they’ll be secretly videotaping you or recording you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024
I also remember videotaping one medic’s baby daughter before we returned to deploy with the unit into Iraq.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
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
Except for my dad, because he was too busy videotaping everyone with a camera he rented from the video store.
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
