AVID:Oldest logos by language
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Language | Logo Image | Logo's Name | Year | Native Territory |
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English | Edison Manufacturing Company | 1894 | United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland | |
Spanish | SECMEI | 1908 | Spain, Latin America | |
French | Star Film Company | 1896 | France | |
Italian | Itala Film | 1908 | Italy | |
Portuguese | Sociedade Portuguesa De Actualidades Cinematográficas | September 19, 1931 | Portugal, Brazil | |
Mandarin Chinese | Mingxing Film Company | 1931 | China | |
Cantonese | Hsin Wha Motion Picture Co. | 1936? | China | |
Russian | Mezhrapom-Rus' | 1924 | Russia | |
Arabic | Orient Films | 30 December 1934 | Arab World, Middle East, North Africa | |
Hindi | Agarwal Film Co. | 4 October 1931 | India | |
Urdu | Shaukat Art Production | 23 May 1947 | Pakistan, India | |
Japanese | Shochiku | 8 April 1921 | Japan | |
Korean | Koryo Film Association | 1940 | Korea | |
German | Decla Film | 26 February 1920 | Germany | |
Greek | Skouras Films | 15 April 1940 | Greece | |
Turkish | İpek Film | 19 July 1941 | Turkey | |
Icelandic | Rikisútvarpið Sjónvarp | 1966 | Iceland | |
Faroese | Krigvarp Foroya | 2017 | Faroe Islands | |
Norwegian | Merkur-Film | 26 December 1941 | Norway | |
Swedish | Svensk Filmindustri | 1920 | Sweden | |
Danish | Nordisk Film | 3 October 1907 | Denmark | |
Finnish | Suomen Filmiteollisuus | 1933 | Finland | |
Welsh | BBC Cymru | 1953 | Wales (United Kingdom) | |
Irish | RTÉ | 31 December 1961 | Ireland | |
Dutch | HAP Film | 12 September 1912? | Netherlands, Belgium | |
Luxembourgish | RTL Television | 23 January 1955 | Luxembourg | |
Catalan | Antena 7 | 1986 | Spain (Region of Catalunya) | |
Basque | ETA | 2007 | Spain (Basque Region) | |
Polish | BWB Film | 29 September 1932 | Poland | |
Czech | Studio Bratři v Triku | 1945 | Czech Republic | |
Slovak | Slovak Film Institute | 15 February 1963 | Slovakia | |
Ukrainian | All-Ukrainian Photo & Cinema Administration | 1927 | Ukraine | |
Belarusian | Belarusfilm | 1930s | Belarus | |
Hungarian | Lux Film (Hungary) | 17 March 1936 | Hungary | |
Lithuanian | Litovskoy Kinostudii | 14 December 1972 | Lithuania | |
Latvian | Riga Television Studio | 20 November 1954 | Latvia | |
Estonian | Eesti Kulturfilm | 1937 | Estonia | |
Slovene | Triglav Film | 21 November 1948 | Slovenia | |
Serbo-Croatian | Balkan Film | 1934 | Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia | |
Croatian | Jadran Film | 22 December 1950 | Croatia | |
Bosnian | Bosna Film | 25 July 1951 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Romanian | Studioul Cinematografic București | 20 September 1951 | Romania | |
Bulgarian | BNT1 | 25 December 1959 | Bulgaria | |
Albanian | Shqiperiafilm | 17 August 1958 | Albania | |
Macedonian | Vardar Film | 26 June 1952 | North Macedonia | |
Hebrew | Instructional Television Trust | 1966 | Israel | |
Persian | Pars Film | 1950 | Iran | |
Georgian | Tbilisi Film Studio | 26 September 1949 | Georgia | |
Armenian | Armenfilm | September 1938 | Armenia | |
Azerbaijani (Azeri) | Baku Television Studio | 14 February 1956 | Azerbaijan | |
Kurdish | Abdul Khaleq Al-Samarrai Films | 20 February 1956 | Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria | |
Pashto | Afghan Film | 1989 | Afghanistan, Pakistan | |
Tamil | Jupiter Pictures | 11 April 1947 | India (Region of Tamil Nadu) | |
Telugu | Sri Sarathi Studios | 25 September 1938 | India | |
Malayalam | K&K Combines | 15 March 1951 | India (Region of Kerala) | |
Kannada | Kenparaj Productions | 1957 | India (Region of Karnataka) | |
Bengali | H.G. Productions | 1 October 1965 | India (Region of West Bengal), Bangladesh | |
Gujarati | Chitra Kala Mandir | 1973 | India (Region of Gujarat) | |
Nepali | Royal Nepal Film Corporation | 7 October 1964 | Nepal | |
Bhojpuri | Devi Darshan Films | 1992 | India | |
Odia | Gopinatha Pictures | 1985 | India (Region of Orissa) | |
Sinhala | Sri Murugan Navakala Films Ltd. | 27 August 1955 | Sri Lanka | |
Dhivehi | Maldives Film Company | 1980s | Maldives | |
Dzongkha | Tashi Nencha | 1990 | Bhutan | |
Mizo | Film and Drama Youth Organisation (FADYO) | 2002 | India (Region of Mizoram) | |
Thai | Amporn Films | 1929 | Thailand | |
Burmese | Burma Films | 2 June 1934 | Myanmar (Burma) | |
Laotian | The Building Factory of the Central Lao People's Party | 3 November 1973 | Laos | |
Khmer | National Propaganda Film Team | 1960 | Cambodia | |
Vietnamese | Kim-Chung Điện-Anh | 1953 | Vietnam | |
Malay | Cathay Organisation | 1950s | Malaysia | |
Indonesian | Nippon Eigasha (Dutch East Indies) | 1943 | Indonesia | |
Filipino | Sampaguita Pictures | 1937 | Philippines | |
Taiwanese Hokkien | Chung Hwa Film Company | 6 December 1958 | Taiwan | |
Kazakh | Kazakhfilm | March 1963 | Kazakhstan | |
Turkmen | Nusay | 1992 | Turkmenistan | |
Uzbek | Uzbekfilm | November 1959 | Uzbekistan | |
Tajik | Tajikfilm | 9 April 1957 | Tajikistan | |
Kyrgyz | Kyrgyzfilm | 2 October 1961 | Kyrgyzstan | |
Uyghur | Xinjiang A&V Publishing House | 2000s | China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan | |
Mongolian | Mongolian Film Company | 1948 | Mongolia | |
Aymara | Instituto Cinematografico Boliviano | 1958 | Bolivia, Chile, Peru | |
Inuktitut | Inuit Broadcasting Corporation | 1982 | Canada (Region of Nunavut) | |
Greenlandic | Qanorooq | 1 September 1989 | Greenland | |
Afrikaans | Film Produksie Fasiliteite Afrika | 1956 | South Africa | |
Sotho | SABC TV3 Ditaba | 1981 | South Africa | |
Xhosa | SABC TV2 Iindaba Ngo 6 | Late 1984 | South Africa | |
Wolof | Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise | 1992 | Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia | |
Balanta | Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise | 1992 | Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia | |
Bassari (Oniyan) | ETBS | 2000s | Senegal, Guinea | |
Bambara | Mali Jaw | 1986 | Mali | |
Minyanka (Mamara) | Mali Jaw | 1986 | Mali | |
Kpelle | Radio Television Guinea | mid-2000s | Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast | |
Dioula | Voltavision | 1984 | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali | |
Gourmanché | Télévision Scolaire du Niger | 1982 | Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Niger, Ghana, Nigeria | |
Songhay-Zarma | Télévision Scolaire du Niger | 1982 | Mali, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria | |
Anii | ORTB (Radiodiffusion et Télévision du Bénin) | 1999? | Ghana, Togo, Benin | |
Ewe | OMC Production | 2017 | Ghana, Togo, Benin | |
Kabiyé | OMC Production | 2017 | Togo, Benin, Ghana | |
Ga | Ghanafilm | 13 January 1970 | Ghana | |
Gonja | Ghanafilm | 13 January 1970 | Ghana | |
Igbo | Benue-Plateau Television | 1 October 1975 | Nigeria | |
Hausa | Benue-Plateau Television | 1 October 1975 | Nigeria, Niger | |
Sango | MINUSCA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) | 2010s | Central African Republic | |
Amharic | S. P. Films | 1 November 1982 | Ethiopia | |
Tigrinya | EPLF Cine-Selection | 1991 | Eritrea, Ethiopia | |
Somali | SNTV | 2010s | Somalia, Somaliland | |
Swahili | Voice of Kenya | 1984 | Tanzania, Kenya, East Africa | |
Luganda | Ramon Film Productions | 2011 | Uganda | |
Kinyarwanda | RTV | 2010s | Rwanda | |
Kirundi | Jabatan Hal Ehwal Ugama Brunei | 23 October 1968 | Burundi | |
Malagasy | Radio Television Malagasy | 24 December 1967 | Madagascar | |
Comorian | ORTC (Office de Radio et Télévision des Comores) | 2010 | Comoros | |
Chewa | Malawi Broadcasting Corporation | 2010s | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia | |
Namlish | Suidwes-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie/South West African Broadcasting Corporation | 1988 | Namibia | |
Setswana | Botswana Television | 2000 | Botswana | |
Tshwa | ZTV | 1982 | Botswana, Zimbabwe | |
Swazi | Channel Swazi | 2000s | Swaziland | |
Sesotho | LNBS | 2021 | Lesotho | |
Sundanese | Televisi Republik Indonesia | 1979 | Indonesia | |
Javanese | TVRI Jawa Timur | 3 March 1978 | Indonesia | |
Palauan | Oceania Television Network (OTV/OTN) | December 2006 | Palau | |
Tetum | TVTL | 2003 | East Timor | |
Tok Pisin | EM TV | 1987 | Papua New Guinea | |
Hiri Motu | EM TV | 1987 | Papua New Guinea | |
Māori | Te Māngai Pāho | 1991 | New Zealand | |
Fijian | Fiji One | 1994 | Fiji | |
Bislama | Television Blong Vanuatu | 1993 | Vanuatu | |
Tuvaluan | .tv News | 2020 | Tuvalu | |
Tongan | Television Tonga | 2013 | Tonga | |
Samoan | TV1 Samoa | 2018 | Samoa | |
Haitian Creole | Télévision Nationale d'Haïti | 23 December 1979 | Haiti | |
Papiamento | Telecurcao | 1980s | Dutch Caribbean | |
Llanito | Gibraltar Brodcasting Corporation | 1982 | Gibraltar | |
Maltese | Malta Television Service | 29 September 1962 | Malta | |
Esperanto | Contempo III | 1966 | Constructed |