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Founded in 1980 by home video visionary Richard Stadin, Mastervision was a leader in bringing cultural and informational videos to families and libraries across America. Stadin saw the potential for VCRs before almost everyone and put together a potent catalog of instructional videos and recordings of theater, film, and opera performances.
Richard soon saw that while his library of licensed titles was selling, he was going to have to create his own programs for the business to reach its potential. In the coming years he worked with committed producers on a series of projects that came from their hearts involving the civil war, bird identification, baseball, tax preparation, languages, and butterflies.
Seeing the value in trusted names attached to quality products, Mastervision partnered with the Audubon Society, the Smithsonian, Little League Baseball, Thornton Wilder, and the Touche Ross accounting firm, releasing many hours of video, first on VHS, then on DVD, that garnered excellent reviews and touched peoples’ passions across America.