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NO better indication of the growing consumer interest in video systems in Britain exists than the number of monthly magazines available on the subject. Excluding journals such as Audio visual and Video which cater mainly for the professional, there are at the time of writing six periodicals dealing with domestic video: Popular video (formerly Music and video), Television and home video, Video review, Video today, Video world and What video? (As a further sign of the times, the established magazine Photoplay has been transformed into Photoplay movies and video, with front cover emphasis on the last three words of the title). By way of contrast, there is only one comparable journal devoted to amateur film making, Movie making having taken over its competitor Film making in late 1980. Movie maker itself has ackowledged the importance of home video by carrying a regular video column and advertisements. The various publishing groups are as follows: