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'''Visuals:'''
'''Visuals:'''
*On a black background , there is blue triangular prisms flying forward forming the AT&T sphere logo. As it rotates a bit, there is "'''AT&T'''" slide up and the logo turns 2D.
*Opening: On a black background , there is blue triangular prisms flying forward forming the AT&T sphere logo. As it rotates a bit, there is "'''AT&T'''" slide up and the logo turns 2D.
*Similar to the above; we see a front view of the prisms flying from the left to form the AT&T sphere logo. "'''AT&T'''" fades in below. The logo turns 2D.
*Closing: Similar to the above; we see a front view of the prisms flying from the left to form the AT&T sphere logo. "'''AT&T'''" fades in below. The logo turns 2D.


'''Variant:''' Sometimes, the logo would be still, and the copyright year appears below it.
'''Variant:''' Sometimes, the logo would be still, and the copyright year appears below it.
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'''Technique:''' CGI.
'''Technique:''' CGI.


'''Audio:''' Either a warbly synth bass, followed by five synthesized notes and four synth-piano notes or no music at all.
'''Audio:''' Either a warbly synth bass, followed by five synthesized notes and four synth-piano notes or no music at all. When the music is played, it usually fades out later.


'''Audio Variant:''' One variant had a different synth theme.
'''Audio Variant:'''


* One variant had a different synth theme.
'''Availability:''' Seen on corporate videos from AT&T. This animation was also seen on ''MacNeil/Lehrer'' programs on [[PBS]] which had AT&T as their corporate sponsor, including ''The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour'' and ''My Heart, Your Heart''.
* On one occasion, the closing variant was used with a shortened version of the music, at the beginning of the video.
'''Availability:''' Seen on corporate videos from AT&T. This animation was also seen on ''MacNeil/Lehrer'' programs on [[PBS]] which had AT&T as their corporate sponsor, including ''The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour'' and ''My Heart, Your Heart''. Sometimes the opening could appear as the closing, and the closing as the opening.
{{Navbox-AT&T}}
{{Navbox-AT&T}}
[[Category:American technology logos]]
[[Category:American technology logos]]

Revision as of 15:29, 10 June 2024



1st Logo (1966-1969)

Visuals: On a blue background, there is the Bell System of the time with the text "AT&T" next to it. Below it is "and Associated Companies". A copyright notice is seen below.

Variants:

  • One film/show has the logo in a yellow background, paired with the Audio Productions in-credit notice.
  • On The Incredible Machine, the background is black, and the logo is paired with the Owen Murphy Productions logo.

Technique: A still, printed image.

Audio: The closing theme of the show or none.

Availability: Seen at the end of shows/films like The Incredible Machine.

2nd Logo (1982-1984)

Visuals: Just the logo of the time in dark blue on a blue background, alongside the copyright year below it.

Technique: A still, printed image.

Audio: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Presumably seen on AT&T corporate videos during the government-mandated transitionary period in which the Bell System worked with the government on an acceptable breakup plan, and also appears at the end of 1983-1984 editions of The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour.

3rd Logo (1984-1991)


Visuals:

  • Opening: On a black background , there is blue triangular prisms flying forward forming the AT&T sphere logo. As it rotates a bit, there is "AT&T" slide up and the logo turns 2D.
  • Closing: Similar to the above; we see a front view of the prisms flying from the left to form the AT&T sphere logo. "AT&T" fades in below. The logo turns 2D.

Variant: Sometimes, the logo would be still, and the copyright year appears below it.

Trivia: This logo was designed by Saul Bass, who also did the 1969 logo for the Bell System (which AT&T owned until 1983), and the Warner Bros. "Big W" logo.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Either a warbly synth bass, followed by five synthesized notes and four synth-piano notes or no music at all. When the music is played, it usually fades out later.

Audio Variant:

  • One variant had a different synth theme.
  • On one occasion, the closing variant was used with a shortened version of the music, at the beginning of the video.

Availability: Seen on corporate videos from AT&T. This animation was also seen on MacNeil/Lehrer programs on PBS which had AT&T as their corporate sponsor, including The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and My Heart, Your Heart. Sometimes the opening could appear as the closing, and the closing as the opening.

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