A video rental shop/store is a physical retail business that rents home videos such as movies, prerecorded TV shows, video game discs and other content. Typically, a rental shop conducts business with customers under conditions and terms agreed upon in a rental agreement or contract, which may be implied, explicit, or written. Many video rental stores also sell previously-viewed movies and/or new unopened movies.
Professional baseball in Taiwan started with the founding of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 1989. At its 1997 peak, Taiwan had two leagues and 11 professional teams. The competing Taiwan Major League ran from 1997 until its absorption by the CPBL in 2003.
AllMusic is an American online music database. It catalogs more than 3 million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne.
Captain N: The Game Master is an American-Canadian animated television series that aired on television from 1989 to 1991 as part of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup on NBC. The show was produced by DIC Animation City and incorporated elements from many of the most popular video games of the time from the Japanese company Nintendo. There was also a comic book version by Valiant Comics, despite only featuring characters from games produced by Nintendo. The show is also part of an hour-long block in Season 2 with The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and with Super Mario World in Season 3 in a half-hour block.
GameStop Corp. is an American video game, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise retailer. The company is headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, United States, and is the world's largest video game retailer, operating 5,509 retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe as of February 1, 2020. The company was founded in Dallas in 1984 as Babbage's, and took on its current name in 1999. The company's retail stores primarily operate under the GameStop, EB Games, ThinkGeek, and Micromania-Zing brands. The company declined during the mid-late 2010s due to the shift of video game sales to online storefronts and failed investments by GameStop in smartphone retail. However, in 2021, the company's stock price skyrocketed due to a short squeeze orchestrated by users of the Internet forum r/wallstreetbets.
Kevin "Captain N" Keene, is the titular fictional character in the toyline, and animated television series, Captain N: The Game Master (1989–91), which is part of the Nintendo franchise, the character additionally serving as the mascot of Nintendo of America. In the comic series of the same name, Kevin serves as the primary love interest for Samus Aran, both united against their archenemy Mother Brain.
Alice in Videoland was an electroclash band from Sweden. They were compared to bands like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Missing Persons and The Sounds, although they are more electronic.
Videoland Television Network is a cable television network program provider in Taiwan, founded in 1983 by Koos Group. Videoland is one of Taiwan's major satellite television providers, offering seven channels of programming. Videoland is also sales agent for the Pili Channel and the Discovery Channel.
RTL Nederland Holding B.V. is a subsidiary of the RTL Group. The media company is located in Hilversum. Although the licences of its TV-stations RTL 4, RTL 5, RTL 7, RTL 8, RTL Z, RTL Lounge, RTL Crime, and RTL Telekids are issued by Luxembourg, the company targets the Dutch market. Its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Sven Sauvé, who used to be the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of RTL Nederland.
Artoffact Records is a Canadian/Icelandic record label that concentrates on industrial, postpunk, heavy metal, and electronic music. The label was founded in 1999.
The Taipei Fubon Braves is a professional basketball team that played in the semi-professional Super Basketball League (SBL) in Taiwan from 2014 to 2019. They joined the professional ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) since the 2019–20 ABL season.
Chung T'ien Television, is a nationwide cable TV network based in Taiwan. It belongs to Want Want China Times group, which also owns China Television (CTV).
Baantjer is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier as Dick Vledder, his helper. The series is based on the novels of writer A. C. Baantjer.
Red Bee Media, formerly Ericsson Broadcast and Media Services (EBMS), is an international broadcasting and media services company and the largest access provider in Europe. Red Bee is headquartered in White City, west London, United Kingdom, with offices in Glasgow, Cardiff, MediaCityUK in Salford and Newcastle upon Tyne, and international offices in Australia, France, Spain, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Canada, United States and Abu Dhabi. It has 2,500 employees worldwide across eight media hubs and distributes over 2.7 million hours of programming each year worldwide. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ericsson.
A Million Thoughts and They're All About You is the fourth studio album by Swedish electronic band Alice in Videoland, released in Sweden on 11 February 2011 by Artoffact Records. It includes the singles "Spaceship" and "Something New" as well as the hit anthem "Little Bird."
The Taiwan eSports League (TeSL) is a professional eSports league in Taiwan. They have recently just started up their StarCraft II league in 2011. TeSL is the first league in the world to show StarCraft II games on their live television. And they are also the first StarCraft II league where all players have a base salary. Every player of the five teams has a steady monthly salary. Their goal is to help all of their players get to the point where they are able to play and compete at the same level as their famed player Yang "Sen" Chia Cheng. Games are broadcast on the Videoland Television Network.
Videoland is a Dutch OTT online service provider owned by RTL Nederland. Originally it was a retail chain of video rental stores. Its main competitor is Netflix.
Drag Race Holland is a reality competition web television series produced by Vincent TV as part of the Drag Race franchise. The series premiered on Videoland in the Netherlands and on WOW Presents Plus internationally on 18 September 2020.
