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Sep 18, 2018 · He was a loyal Michigan State University Spartan, receiving his B.A. in 1959, his M.B.A. in 1977, and eventually becoming director and president of the MSU Foundation. Andre served his country in the ROTC and U.S. Army Reserves. Blay is survived by Nancy, his wife of 60 years, their children Robert (Miriam) of Granby, CO, and Cynthia (David) of ...
Sep 14, 2018 · Andre Blay Blay in 1969 founded the Magnetic Video Corporation, which was the first company ever to release movies via videocassette eight years later, “marking the beginning of an era in which people could bring movies from the theater into their own homes,” Variety reported.
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 Bonita ...
Sep 6, 2018 · Fox bought Magnetic Video in 1979 to create 20 th Century Fox Video with Blay as CEO. He left Fox in 1981 to start the Andre Blay Corporation, which he later sold to Embassy Pictures, to start Embassy Home Entertainment. Blay, who was born in Mount Clemens, Mich., was inducted to the Video Hall of Fame and the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame ...
Dec 14, 2016 · Andre Blay is recognized as creating the idea (Home Video) that "sparked a retail revolution as hundreds of mom-and-pop video rental and sales stores popped ...
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Andre Blay (1937-2018) was born in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. He received his BA in 1959 and MBA in 1970 both from Michigan State University. From 1960 to 1966 he worked at Corning Glass Works.
Sep 6, 2018 · Andre Blay, Pioneer of Home Video, Dies at 81. 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.
