Big growth seen

for video sales

The South Pacific, served very thinly with broadcast television, has become a major market for video machines and tapes, according to Alan Tibbitts, the newly-appointed general manager of Showcase Video, Pty Ltd., the leading Australian electronic entertainment com pany.

“We realise that the islands are an important area of growth for us,” he told PIM. “At pre sent we are looking at estab

lishing sales outlets throughout the main islands, “Meantime, we currently run a very successful mail order company which offers a good title range at a good price to the consumer and with prompt service, “Anyone who would like to join our mail order club need only drop us a line asking for a catalogue, ” he said, Showcase’s present range in eludes 75 movies with some

coming from the Samuel Gold wyn list. The balance of this important list will be released progressively during 1985 and 1986.

Showcase Video began in a small shop on the outskirts of Sydney in August, 1983, and has now grown into a major independent movie distributor with representation all over Australia, and with sales offices in Los Angeles and New Zealane. New offices will soon be opened in Hongkong and Singapore.

“We now know exactly where we are going and what we and the marketplace want. ”In the beginning anything you

put out on video sold, but now the market will no longer accept poor movies. We recognised this demand well ahead of our competitors,” Mr Tibbitts said.

Alan Tibbitts