Two years ago, America's largest chain of video rental stores, Blockbuster, opened 22 outlets in Taiwan at a single stroke. Some people felt that this represented the complete duplication in Taiwan of the US film system, from movie production through to multiplexes, video stores, cable TV and soundtrack releases.
兩年前，全美第一大錄影帶連鎖出租店百視達一口氣在台灣開了二十二家分店，有人認為，這代表好萊塢電影工業從上游製片到中下游的影城、錄影帶、有線電視、唱片等，已在台灣複製出與美國相同的制度體系。