Astrion

Background

Astrion was a British home video distributor founded in 1995 by Ivor Scholsberg and was acquired by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in June 1998.

Logo (September 25, 1995-1999)

Visuals: On a dark blue space background, a giant blue diamond flies in from just the top right section of the screen and begins to swerve towards the camera. As it gets closer, it rotates up to have its top face the screen and then zooms in extremely close towards the camera, revolving around freely as it does. After a few seconds of this, the text "ASTRION" in a Copperplate Gothic font zooms out and spins towards the bottom of the screen as the diamond rotates into place above the text. A lens flare appears on the diamond and grows to a giant size before the logo freezes.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A low synth note, with a somber string theme playing over it.

Availability: VHS releases that have this logo include the Letterland series (such as the 1997 UK VHS release of The Letterland Story), Wizadora, and a handful of racing VHS releases such as Jeremy Clarkson's Motorsport Mayhem and it's sequel, More Motorcycle Mayhem along with tapes in the Murray series such as Magic Moments, Motorsport Spectacular and Formula One Celebration which it appears after the 1992 Vision Video Ltd. logo (which PolyGram acquired it in 1993) and followed by the 1997 Universal Pictures Home Entertainment logo.

It also appears on the 1997 UK VHS release of Bug Alert: Letters, Colours and Animals.