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CEO of Enterprise Software. Death. Awards. References. Andre Blay (July 27, 1937 – August 24, 2018) was an American businessman, film producer, and studio executive. Early life and education. Blay was born July 27, 1937, in Mount Clemens, Michigan, to homemaker Agnes and factory manager Robert.
- Businessman, Film producer, Studio executive
- July 27, 1937, Mount Clemens, Michigan, U.S.
- 1966–2018
- August 24, 2018 (aged 81), Bonita Springs, Florida, U.S.
Sep 6, 2018 · Sep 6, 2018 2:26pm PT. Home Video Pioneer Andre Blay Dies at 81. By Margeaux Sippell. Blay: Courtesy of Blay Family. Andre Blay , founder of Magnetic Video and the first CEO of 20th Century...
Sep 13, 2018 · Andre Blay, whose innovative idea of marketing Hollywood movies on videocassettes sparked an entertainment industry bonanza and a revolution in television viewing, died on Aug. 24 in Bonita...
Sep 6, 2018 · Andre Blay, who came up with the idea of putting films on videotape and served as the first CEO of the home video division at 20th Century Fox, has died. He was 81. Blay, who later produced...
Sep 6, 2018 · Andre Blay, a home video pioneer who founded the Magnetic Video Corporation in 1969 and ten years later became the first president and CEO of Twentieth Century Home Video, died August 24 in...
Oct 26, 2022 · In 1976, Twentieth Century-Fox struck a deal with Andre Blay of Magnetic Video—a Michigan-based producer of corporate videos and duplicator of audiocassettes and 8-track tapes—to license fifty films for a $300,000 advance plus royalties on each tape sold. The model for selling Hollywood films on home video directly to the consumer was born.
