United American Video began in 1984, by "The Pettus Family" with four employees, 50 public domain titles and 200 professional grade VHS and Betamax recorders.
The founders changed the name a few years later to UAV Corporation to better reflect its entry into the prerecorded music and PC software businesses.
[4] In 1996, UAV relocated from Charlotte to Fort Mill, South Carolina, into a custom built 100,000 square feet headquarters housing manufacturing, distribution and all sales and marketing functions.
[5] Also that year, UAV invested into their own CD-ROM technology and four new animated titles were introduced at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show.
UAV also had the exclusive licenses for the entire MTM Enterprises library which included The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Hill Street Blues and The White Shadow.