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At the peak of its popularity in the mid-1980s, ''Video Jukebox'' spawned many "special editions", including ''Christmas Jukebox'', ''Country Jukebox'', ''Comedy Jukebox'', ''Heavy Metal Jukebox'', ''Sixties Jukebox'', and other editions featuring songs from movies and [[Grammy]] winners.

At the peak of its popularity in the mid-1980s, ''Video Jukebox'' spawned many "special editions", including ''Christmas Jukebox'', ''Country Jukebox'', ''Comedy Jukebox'', ''Heavy Metal Jukebox'', ''Sixties Jukebox'', and other editions featuring songs from movies and [[Grammy]] winners.


Other Uses of the Term "Video Jukebox" or "Video Jukebox"


Video Juke Box – (Digital Video Music) - The TV or another display device hooks directly to the “Juke Box,” often a set-top box, (though it can be a much larger unit, and could have a video screen built-into it.) Whatever network it's hooked up to, (the transmissions could come via satellite,) the Video Juke Box regularly receives, and often is automatically updated with, different music videos. The least played tracks are automatically deleted upon each transmission of new material.


A video Jukebox may also refer to small electronic devices like iPods that record and playback music. (Slang)


Video JukeBox (Internet) – The presentation of Videos in a media player on a website, usually a flash player similar to those found on youtube, google or vnertia.






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Video Jukebox was an American television program that aired from 1981 to 1986 on HBO. It was a monthly series that showcased music videos from the popular recording artists of the time such as Duran Duran, Prince, Madonna, REO Speedwagon, Culture Club, David Bowie, Blondie and Human League to name a few. A typical episode of Video Jukebox consisted of seven or eight music videos and lasted roughly 30 minutes, and the lineup changed in the middle of each month.

In the late 1970s (and before the MTV network debuted), HBO was already airing one or two music videos (or "promotional clips" as they were known at the time) as filler in between their feature films and other series. These short clips also carried the Video Jukebox moniker. When Video Jukebox premiered as a half-hour series in December 1981, HBO reached more households than MTV (which was launched only four months earlier), so a video that aired on Video Jukebox may have received a little more exposure than it would on MTV, a claim that would be short-lived as MTV quickly gained more cable markets by around 1983. [1] [2]

The series had no host until September 1985, when Dennis Elsas was brought on as voiceover talent, introducing the videos that were shown on the program. Elsas served as host of Video Jukebox until its final airing in November 1986.

At the peak of its popularity in the mid-1980s, Video Jukebox spawned many "special editions", including Christmas Jukebox, Country Jukebox, Comedy Jukebox, Heavy Metal Jukebox, Sixties Jukebox, and other editions featuring songs from movies and Grammy winners.

Other Uses of the Term "Video Jukebox" or "Video Jukebox"

Video Juke Box – (Digital Video Music) - The TV or another display device hooks directly to the “Juke Box,” often a set-top box, (though it can be a much larger unit, and could have a video screen built-into it.) Whatever network it's hooked up to, (the transmissions could come via satellite,) the Video Juke Box regularly receives, and often is automatically updated with, different music videos. The least played tracks are automatically deleted upon each transmission of new material.

A video Jukebox may also refer to small electronic devices like iPods that record and playback music. (Slang)

Video JukeBox (Internet) – The presentation of Videos in a media player on a website, usually a flash player similar to those found on youtube, google or vnertia.


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