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of the products. More than a million videocassettes were sold in the first year of operation. In 1998, due to the rapid expansion of the company, Imavision 21 became
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was at the height of her popularity in Quebec. The company then turned towards the production of documentaries, namely the 13 episodes of the television series
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to promote and distribute classic (i.e. nostalgic) television series from the 1950s on VHS, in particular those from the
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Imavision owned its own building where it operated, located at 1313 Saint-Jacques Street in
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