Editing Karaoke (section)

===Later developments===
Shortly after the development of the [[LaserDisc]], [[Pioneer Corporation|Pioneer]] started to offer Video Karaoke machines in the 1980s. These are capable of displaying lyrics over a video that accompanies the music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jg8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41-IA3|title=Billboard – Karaoke Japan|date=30 May 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=U.S. Dealers Set To Chime In On Karaoke Sing-A-Long Profits / Japanese Karaoke Craze Ready To Roll Into Lucrative American Music Market |magazine=[[Vending Times]] |date=August 1989 |volume=29 |issue=10 |pages=100, 107 |url=https://archive.org/details/VendingTimesVOL29NO10August1989Clearscan/page/n91}}</ref>
[[File:Taipei KTV-Eingangshalle.jpg|250px|thumb|Entrance hall of a karaoke box in [[Taipei]], Taiwan]] In 1992, a scientist named Yuichi Yasutomo created a networked karaoke system for [[Brother Industries]]. Called {{Nihongo|''{{ill|tsūshin karaoke|ja|通信カラオケ}}''|通信カラオケ|{{literal translation|communications karaoke}}}}, it served up songs in [[MIDI]] format via phone lines to [[modem]]-equipped karaoke machines. This new technology swept Japan; by 1998, 94% of karaoke was being sung on networked karaoke machines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.karaoke.or.jp/03nenpyo/03_02.php|title=Karoke History Chart}}</ref> As an early form of music on demand, it could be called the first successful [[audio streaming]] service. It also allowed for [[big data]] analysis of songs popularity in realtime.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World|last=Alt|first=Matt|publisher=Crown|year=2021|isbn=978-1-9848-2671-8|pages=177–178}}</ref>

Karaoke soon spread to the rest of Asia and other countries all over the world. In-home karaoke machines soon followed but lacked success in the American and Canadian markets. When creators became aware of this problem, karaoke machines were no longer being sold strictly for the purpose of karaoke but as [[home cinema|home theater]] systems to enhance television watching to "movie theater like quality". Home theater systems took off, and karaoke went from being the main purpose of the stereo system to a side feature.

As more music became available for karaoke machines, more people within the industry saw karaoke as a profitable form of [[Bar (counter)|lounge]] and [[nightclub]] entertainment. It is not uncommon for some bars to have karaoke performances seven nights a week, <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nVTqAQAAQBAJ&q=karaoke+performances+seven+nights+a+week&pg=PA67|title=Karaoke: The Global Phenomenon|last1=Zhou|first1=Xun|last2=Tarocco|first2=Francesca|date=1 June 2013|publisher=Reaktion Books|isbn=9781780232409|language=en}}</ref> commonly with high-end sound equipment superior to the small, stand-alone consumer versions. [[:wikt:dance floor|Dance floor]]s and lighting effects are also becoming common sights in karaoke bars. Lyrics are often displayed on multiple television screens around the bar.