As far as Europe is concerned, Sony France had three prototypes of this equipment, adapted to European technical norms, at its disposal at about the same time, in 1967. One of these prototypes was given to Fred Forest as part of a promotional campaign by Sony’s public relations department, which was planning on the equipment’s commercial distribution in France by the end of 1967. Fred Forest learned of the existence of this equipment from Pierre Schaeffer, who had just returned from a trip to the USA with some examples. See Tom Sherman's account of Forest's role in the beginnings of video art at http://newsgrist.typepad.com/underbelly/2007/01/the_premature_b.html
