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|-
|-
| In-credit logo
| In-credit logo
| [[File:Edison Manufacturing Company (1912).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Star Film Company (1897 - After the Ball).png|center|200px]]
| [[Edison Manufacturing Company]]
| [[Star Film Company]]
| 1897
|1894
|-
|-
| Opening logo
| Opening logo
| [[File:Edison Manufacturing Company (1912).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Edison Manufacturing Company (1912).png|center|200px]]
| [[Edison Manufacturing Company]]
| [[Edison Manufacturing Company]]
| December 10, 1903
|1894
|-
|-
|Standalone logo
|Standalone logo
|[[File:Pathé 1904.png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Pathé 1904.png|center|200px]]
|[[Pathé Frères]]
| [[Pathé Frères]]
|October 29, 1904
|October 29, 1904
|-
|-
|Closing logo
|Closing logo
|[[File:Pathé 1904.png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Star Film Company (1897 - After the Ball).png|center|200px]]
|[[Pathé Frères]]
| [[Star Film Company]]
| 1897
|October 29, 1904
|-
|-
| Animated logo
| Animated logo
|[[File:⅍NORDISK FILMS KOMPAGNI.png|center|200px]]
| [[File:⅍NORDISK FILMS KOMPAGNI.png|center|200px]]
|[[Nordisk Film]]
| [[Nordisk Film]]
|October 3, 1907
|October 3, 1907
|-
|-
|Logo variant
|Logo variant
|[[File:Pathe (1907, gold) (From - Le Pêcheur de perles).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Pathe (1907, gold) (From - Le Pêcheur de perles).png|center|200px]]
|[[Pathé Frères]] (gold variant)
| [[Pathé Frères]] (gold variant)
|December 7, 1907
|December 7, 1907
|-
|-
|Color logo
|Color logo
|[[File:Gaumont (1908, Green Variant).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Gaumont (1908, Green Variant).png|center|200px]]
|[[Gaumont (1908-1930)|Gaumont]]
| [[Gaumont (1908-1930)|Gaumont]]
|1908
|1908
|-
|Solid non-black background
| [[File:SECMEI.png|center|200px]]
| [[SECMEI]]
|1908
|-
|Scenic background
| [[File:Solax Studios (1911, 2018) (From - the trailer to Be Natural The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché).png|center|200px]]
| [[Solax Studios]]
| 1911
|-
|-
|Logo with sound
|Logo with sound
|[[File:Istituto_LUCE_(1924-1929)_(Opening_variant).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Istituto_LUCE_(1924-1929)_(Opening_variant).png|center|200px]]
|[[Istituto LUCE]]
| [[Istituto LUCE]]
|1924
|1924
|-
|-
|Logo with a fanfare
|Logo with a fanfare
| [[File:Istituto_LUCE_(1924-1929)_(Opening_variant).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Istituto_LUCE_(1924-1929)_(Opening_variant).png|center|200px]]
|[[Istituto LUCE]]
| [[Istituto LUCE]]
|1924
|1924
|-
|Color logo (multiple colors)
| [[File:Kromocolor Productions (1926) (From - 16mm colorized print of the Mutt and Jeff cartoon Slick Sleuths).png|center|200px]]
| [[Kromocolor Productions]]
|May 28, 1925
|-
|-
|Logo variation
|Logo variation
|[[File:Fa4b604c3f343064ad1ff801428e760f.jpeg|center|200px]]
| [[File:Fa4b604c3f343064ad1ff801428e760f.jpeg|center|200px]]
|[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] ("Davy Jones' Locker")
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] ("Davy Jones' Locker")
|December 9, 1933
|December 9, 1933
|-
|-
|Logo with dialogue
|Logo with dialogue
|[[File:NBC Television (1943) (Credit - retrotxnc).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:NBC Television (1943) (Credit - retrotxnc).png|center|200px]]
|[[NBC National IDs|NBC]]
| [[NBC|NBC]]
|1943
|1943
|}
|}
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|-
|-
|Technology
|Technology
|[[File:Kinemacolor (1910).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Kinemacolor (1910).png|center|200px]]
|[[Kinemacolor Film]]
| [[Kinemacolor Film]]
|1908
|1908
|-
|-
|Animation
|Animation
|[[File:Universal Cartoons.png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Laugh-O-Gram Studios (1921).png|center|200px]]
|[[Universal Cartoons]]
| [[Laugh-O-Gram Studio]]
|September 2, 1929
|March 20, 1921
|-
|Television
| [[File:W2XBSid1932.jpg|center|200px]]
| [[W2XBS]]
|1932
|-
|-
|Home entertainment
|Home entertainment
|[[File:Castle Films (1930s) (From - the end to Yesterday Lives Again).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Castle Films (1930s) (From - the end to Yesterday Lives Again).png|center|200px]]
|[[Castle Films]]
| [[Castle Films]]
|1935
|1935
|-
|Television
|[[File:Bbc.jpeg|center|200px]]
|[[BBC Television Service]]
|November 2, 1936
|-
|-
|Commercial tag
|Commercial tag
|[[File:Bulova (1941) (Credit - Dave Birss).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Bulova (1941) (Credit - Dave Birss).png|center|200px]]
|Bulova
|Bulova
|July 1, 1941
|July 1, 1941
|-
|-
|Cinema
|Cinema
|[[File:Youtu.be-RQeneZqyX7o.jpg|center|200px]]
| [[File:Youtu.be-RQeneZqyX7o.jpg|center|200px]]
|[[Odeon Theatres]]
| [[Odeon Theatres]]
|1945
|1945
|-
|-
|Video games
|Video games
|[[File:Namco_(1988)_(A)_(Taken_from_Kai_no_Bouken_-_The_Quest_of_Ki,_FC).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Namco_(1988)_(A)_(Taken_from_Kai_no_Bouken_-_The_Quest_of_Ki,_FC).png|center|200px]]
|[[Namco]]
| [[Namco]]
|September 15, 1979
|September 15, 1979
|-
|Online
| [[File:Wild Brain (1998).gif|center|200px]]
| [[Wildbrain Entertainment|Wild Brain]]
|October 14, 1997
|}
|}


===Country===
===Country and territory===
''Main article: [[AVID:Oldest logos by country]]''
''Main article: [[AVID:Oldest logos by country and territory]]''


=== Animal===
=== Animal===
''Main article: [[AVID:Oldest logos by animal]]''
''Main article: [[AVID:Oldest logos by animal]]''

===Background===
''Main article: [[AVID:Oldest logos by background]]

===Object===
''Main article: [[AVID:Oldest logos by object]]

===Language===
''Main article: [[AVID:Oldest logos by language]]

===Continents===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; width: 75%; height: 75%;"
|-
! Continent !! Logo Image !! Company's Name !! Debut Date
|-
| North America || [[File:Edison Manufacturing Company (1912).png|center|200px]] || [[Edison Manufacturing Company]] || 1894
|-
| South America || [[File:Arbu Film (1917, Source - Flor de durazno).jpg|center|200px]] || [[Arbu Film]] || February 1, 1917
|-
| Asia || [[File:Shochiku (1921, Source - Souls on the Road).png|center|200px]] || [[Shochiku]] || April 8, 1921
|-
| Europe || [[File:Star Film Company (1897 - After the Ball).png|center|200px]] || [[Star Film Company]] || 1897
|-
| Africa || [[File:Amon Film (1923).png|center|200px]] || Amon Film || September 18, 1923
|-
| Oceania || [[File:Australasian Films Limited (1926).png|center|200px]] || [[Australasian Films Limited]] || June 20, 1927
|}


===Technique===
===Technique===
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|-
|-
|Live-action
|Live-action
|[[File:⅍NORDISK FILMS KOMPAGNI.png|center|200px]]
| [[File:⅍NORDISK FILMS KOMPAGNI.png|center|200px]]
|[[Nordisk Film]]
| [[Nordisk Film]]
|October 3, 1907
|October 3, 1907
|-
|-
|Traditional animation
|Traditional animation
|[[File:Kalem Company (1912, Source - You Remember Ellen).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Kalem Company (1912, Source - You Remember Ellen).png|center|200px]]
|[[Kalem Company]]
| [[Kalem Company]]
|1907
|December 7, 1907
|-
|-
|Stop-motion
|Stop-motion
|[[File:Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I..png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I..png|center|200px]]
|[[Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I.]]
| [[Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I.]]
|February 20, 1935
|February 20, 1935
|-
|-
|Scanimation
|Scanimation
|[[File:WNED (1967).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:WNED (1967).png|center|200px]]
|[[WNED]]
| [[WNED]]
|1966
|1966
|-
|-
|CGI
|CGI
|[[File:Mississippi ETV (1985).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Halftone Animation (1972, A Computer Animated Hand, 1).png|center|200px]]
| [[Halftone Animation]]
|[[Mississippi ETV/Mississippi Educational Television|Mississippi ETV]]
|July 31, 1972
|1978
|}

===Demographic===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; width: 75%; height: 75%;"
!Type
!Logo image
!Company name
|-
|Male
| [[File:Pathé 1904.png|center|200px]]
| [[Pathé Frères]]
|October 29, 1904
|-
|Female
| [[File:Milano Films (1911).png|center|200px]]
| [[Milano Films]]
| March 10, 1911
|-
|Adult
| [[File:Pathé 1904.png|center|200px]]
| [[Pathé Frères]]
|October 29, 1904
|}
|}


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!Company name
!Company name
! data-sort-type="usLongDate" | Debut date
! data-sort-type="usLongDate" | Debut date
|-
|Cultural icon
| [[File:Lux (1912, restored) (From - Eyefilm's restoration print of Cunégonde femme du monde).png|center|200px]]
| [[Lux]]
|1906
|-
|-
|Popular character
|Popular character
|[[File:Ezgif-2-c76b96fcd5.jpg|center|200px]]
| [[File:Ezgif-2-c76b96fcd5.jpg|center|200px]]
|[[Terrytoons]]
| [[Terrytoons]]
|Late 1931
|Late 1931
|-
|-
|Pop culture reference
|Pop culture reference
|[[File:MGM Parody (Looney Tunes, 1933).jpg|center|200px]]
| [[File:MGM Parody (Looney Tunes, 1933).jpg|center|200px]]
|''Looney Tunes'' "Bosko's Picture Show" (MGM logo)
|''Looney Tunes'' "Bosko's Picture Show" (MGM logo)
|August 26, 1933
|August 26, 1933
|-
|-
|Parody
|Parody
|[[File:GGRC Productions (1962) (From - Always on Sunday).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:GGRC Productions (1962) (From - Always on Sunday).png|center|200px]]
|[[GGRC International]]
| [[GGRC International]]
|1962
|July 25, 1962
|-
|Stock footage
| [[File:J.B.Proudctions.png|center|200px]]
| [[J.B. Productions]]
|June 3, 1966
|-
|Film and television footage
| [[File:PNR Pictures (1982-1984).png|center|200px]]
| [[PNR Pictures]]
|December 16, 1983
|-
|Celebrity
| [[File:Dwarakish Chitra.jpg|center|200px]]
| [[Dwarakish Chitra]]
|October 16, 1969
|-
|-
|Concept from another logo
|Concept from another logo
|[[File:Nassour Studios (1949) (From - Africa Screams).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:RCM Productions Incorporated (1941).png|center|200px]]
| [[RCM Productions Incorporated]]
|[[Nassour Studios]]
|May 27, 1949
|November 3, 1941
|-
|-
|Audio from another logo
|Audio from another logo
|[[File:GGRC Productions (1962) (From - Always on Sunday).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:GGRC Productions (1962) (From - Always on Sunday).png|center|200px]]
|[[GGRC International]]
| [[GGRC International]]
|1962
|July 25, 1962
|-
|-
|Visuals from another logo
|Visuals from another logo
|[[File:Televisão Regional de Loures (1985) (Credit - Nunes Forte).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:British Burma Film Company (1940, Source - သူဇာ).png|center|200px]]
|[[Televisão Regional de Loures]]
| [[British Burma Film Company]]
|1940
|1985
|-
|Classical music
| [[File:GW267H203.jpg|center|200px]]
| [[Lumiton]]
|May 19, 1933
|-
|Library music
| [[File:Internacional Filmes (1944, Source - Um Homem às Direitas).png|center|200px]]
| [[Internacional Filmes Ltd.]]
|February 22, 1945
|-
|Popular music
| [[File:TV One ID (1975).png|center|200px]]
| [[TV One]]
|April 1, 1975
|-
|Film and television music
| [[File:Associated Artists Productions Cartoons (1957) (From - reissue of Ancient Fistory).png|center|200px]]
| [[Associated Artists Productions Cartoons]]
|1956
|-
|-
|Swearing
|Swearing
|[[File:Snake.jpg|center|200px]]
| [[File:Snake.jpg|center|200px]]
|[[NBC Studios|NBC Television Network]] (CBS blooper reel variant)
| [[NBC Studios|NBC Television Network]] (CBS blooper reel variant)
|1962
|1962
|-
|-
|Nudity
|Nudity
|{{Spoiler|[[File:Zespół Filmowy Syrena (1964) (From - Życie raz jeszcze).png|center|200px]]}}
|[[File:INCOM (1941, Source - Musica nel tempo).png|center|200px]]
| [[Incom]]
|[[Zespół Filmowy Syrena]]
|1939
|August 6, 1963
|-
|-
|Flashing images
|Flashing images
|[[File:Merdeka Filem Setudio (1965-1981, Early variant v2).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Merdeka Filem Setudio (1965-1981, Early variant v2).png|center|200px]]
| [[Merdeka Filem Setudio]]
| [[Merdeka Filem Setudio]]
|1964
|December 2, 1964
|-
|Jump scare
| [[File:Mirisch Rich.jpeg|center|200px]]
| [[The Mirisch Corporation]]
|September 11, 1966
|-
|-
|Graphic violence
|Graphic violence
| [[File:Xacatrax (1980s) (From - Recopolación de Cortos Vol. 1).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Xacatrax (1980s) (From - Recopolación de Cortos Vol. 1).png|center|200px]]
|[[XacatraX]]
| [[XacatraX]]
| 1980s
| 1980s
|-
|-
|Sexual activity
|Sexual activity
| [[File:Red Tape Productions (1980s) (2).jpg|center|200px]]
| [[File:Red Tape Productions (1980s) (2).jpg|center|200px]]
|[[Red Tape Productions]]
| [[Red Tape Productions]]
|1980
|1980
|-
|-
|360°
|360°
|[[File:Valve (2016) (From - The Lab).png|center|200px]]
| [[File:Valve (2016) (From - The Lab).png|center|200px]]
|[[Valve Corporation]] ("The Lab")
| [[Valve Corporation]] ("The Lab")
|April 5, 2016
|April 5, 2016
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 18:46, 15 August 2024

General

Type Logo image Company name Debut date
In-credit logo
Star Film Company 1897
Opening logo
Edison Manufacturing Company December 10, 1903
Standalone logo
Pathé Frères October 29, 1904
Closing logo
Star Film Company 1897
Animated logo
Nordisk Film October 3, 1907
Logo variant
Pathé Frères (gold variant) December 7, 1907
Color logo
Gaumont 1908
Solid non-black background
SECMEI 1908
Scenic background
Solax Studios 1911
Logo with sound
Istituto LUCE 1924
Logo with a fanfare
Istituto LUCE 1924
Color logo (multiple colors)
Kromocolor Productions May 28, 1925
Logo variation
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ("Davy Jones' Locker") December 9, 1933
Logo with dialogue
NBC 1943

Medium

Type Logo image Company name Debut date
Film
Edison Manufacturing Company 1894
Technology
Kinemacolor Film 1908
Animation
Laugh-O-Gram Studio March 20, 1921
Television
W2XBS 1932
Home entertainment
Castle Films 1935
Commercial tag
Bulova July 1, 1941
Cinema
Odeon Theatres 1945
Video games
Namco September 15, 1979
Online
Wild Brain October 14, 1997

Country and territory

Main article: AVID:Oldest logos by country and territory

Animal

Main article: AVID:Oldest logos by animal

Background

Main article: AVID:Oldest logos by background

Object

Main article: AVID:Oldest logos by object

Language

Main article: AVID:Oldest logos by language

Continents

Continent Logo Image Company's Name Debut Date
North America
Edison Manufacturing Company 1894
South America
Arbu Film February 1, 1917
Asia
Shochiku April 8, 1921
Europe
Star Film Company 1897
Africa
Amon Film September 18, 1923
Oceania
Australasian Films Limited June 20, 1927

Technique

Type Logo image Company name Debut date
Live-action
Nordisk Film October 3, 1907
Traditional animation
Kalem Company December 7, 1907
Stop-motion
Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I. February 20, 1935
Scanimation
WNED 1966
CGI
Halftone Animation July 31, 1972

Demographic

Type Logo image Company name
Male
Pathé Frères October 29, 1904
Female
Milano Films March 10, 1911
Adult
Pathé Frères October 29, 1904

Other

Type Logo image Company name Debut date
Cultural icon
Lux 1906
Popular character
Terrytoons Late 1931
Pop culture reference
Looney Tunes "Bosko's Picture Show" (MGM logo) August 26, 1933
Parody
GGRC International July 25, 1962
Stock footage
J.B. Productions June 3, 1966
Film and television footage
PNR Pictures December 16, 1983
Celebrity
Dwarakish Chitra October 16, 1969
Concept from another logo
RCM Productions Incorporated November 3, 1941
Audio from another logo
GGRC International July 25, 1962
Visuals from another logo
British Burma Film Company 1940
Classical music
Lumiton May 19, 1933
Library music
Internacional Filmes Ltd. February 22, 1945
Popular music
TV One April 1, 1975
Film and television music
Associated Artists Productions Cartoons 1956
Swearing
NBC Television Network (CBS blooper reel variant) 1962
Nudity
Incom 1939
Flashing images
Merdeka Filem Setudio December 2, 1964
Jump scare
The Mirisch Corporation September 11, 1966
Graphic violence
XacatraX 1980s
Sexual activity
Red Tape Productions 1980
360°
Valve Corporation ("The Lab") April 5, 2016
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