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Background

Blue Ribbon Content is the digital series production unit of Warner Bros. Television that produces and distributes live-action and animated programming for online platforms. It was originally created in 2005 as "Warner Bros. Digital Distribution" and developed mobile games based on Warner Bros. properties until 2013. In 2008, Warner Bros. Studio 2.0 was set up as the company's online division, producing programmes for TheWB.com; it was moved to Warner Premiere the next year. The BRC brand itself was launched in 2014 as a separate entity, though it serves as a spiritual successor to both companies.

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution

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1st Logo (2007-2009)	2nd Logo (2011-2013)

Warner Bros. Studio 2.0

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(2008-April 15, 2016)

Warner Premiere Digital

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(2009-2013)

Blue Ribbon Content

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1st Logo (2014-July 18, 2018)	2nd Logo (July 17, 2017-2019)	3rd Logo (March 21, 2019-)

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution

1st Logo (2007-2009)

White background variant
Cloud background variant
Watchmen variant
Black background variant

Logo: On a white, black or a cloudy background, we see the usual Warner Bros. shield with the banner reading "DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION".

Variants:

On games released in 2009, "TM & © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s09)" appears below the logo.
On the Watchmen mobile game, the logo is made out of stone with its inside colored yellow, being partially covered by shadows.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Appears on mobile games based on Warner Bros. and DC Comics properties, mostly by Glu Mobile.

2nd Logo (2011-2013)

Regular variant
H+: The Digital Series variant

Logo: On a black background, thin light streaks create an electric blue WB shield with "DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION" in black, which wipes on the banner from the left, as the background changes to a dark blue grid pattern. The finished product shines once.

Variants:

A sped-up version is shown on Mortal Kombat Legacy II. A still version was also found.
On H+: The Digital Series, the logo is shown with blue bar code-like lines on the left and right on a cloudy background. After a second, shines occur on the "DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION", causing the banner to zoom in and dissolve. The WB letters open like a door, revealing the series' logo.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A series of electronic swooshes.

Availability: Appears on certain titles on iOS and Android, such as Tapper World Tour and Midway Arcade. Also shown on the Machinima series Mortal Kombat Legacy II and the beginning of H+: The Digital Series.

Warner Bros. Studio 2.0

(2008-April 15, 2016)

"The Show You Watch" variant

Logo: On a black background, a blue "S" is drawn in, with a glow forming around it. The "S" splits apart and the copy rotates as both take different sides of the screen. White bars form and rotate into additional letters, altogether spelling out "Studio2.o". "IN ASSOCIATION WITH WARNER BROS." appears above, with the latter two words fit between the gaps of the "t" and the "2", the space filled by the "d".

Variants:

On early episodes of Alt-Reality and all except one episode of Robin Banks and the Bank Roberts, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" is removed.
On the first episode of Robin Banks and the Bank Roberts, the print logo is on a white background and it is still.
On the Children's Hospital episode "The Show You Watch", fitting the old-time theme of the episode, we see the company name (entitled "Warner Two Point O") written in cursive with a slight shadow effect, against a TV static background.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: None or the closing theme of the show.

Availability: Appeared on various original programs released on TheWB.com, such as Chadam and Children's Hospital, the latter of which proved popular enough to get a second life on Adult Swim and allow this logo to essentially outlive its intended use (albeit as a legacy credit). Aside from TheWB and Children's Hospital, it appeared on Simian Undercover Detective Squad and early episodes of Alt-Reality on Film.com (later episodes just use the Henson Alternative logo) and Robin Banks and the Bank Roberts on Maker Studios' Nacho Punch YouTube channel.

Warner Premiere Digital

(2009-2013)

Logo: Same as the short version of the 2007 Warner Premiere logo, but with "D I G I T A L" below.

Variant: On Peanuts Motion Comics, the logo is still.

Technique: Same as the Warner Premiere logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the Warner Premiere logo. On Peanuts Motion Comics, it's the ending theme.

Availability: Seen on many webseries on the Beyond the Lot YouTube channel, such as H+: The Digital Series, Peanuts Motion Comics, Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series, The Adventures of One EskimO, Mortal Kombat Legacy, Aim High, and DC motion comics videos. The logo is intact on DVDs of those shows. This logo was still used even after Warner Premiere went defunct in 2012.

Blue Ribbon Content

1st Logo (2014-July 18, 2018)

Now We’re Talking variant
Ellen's Pet Dish variant
Vixen, Vixen: The Movie and Freedom Fighters: The Ray variant
JoJoHead variant

Logo: On a orange background, we see a blue colored ribbon. "BLUE RIBBON Content" and the TimeWarner byline is in it. A number date appears in the bottom right corner as well.

Trivia: The name and logo are a reference to the "Blue Ribbon" re-releases of older Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons during the 1950s.

Variants: This logo varies in colors depending on the show.

Play It Again, Dick: Orange background and blue ribbon.
Now We're Talking: Red background and blue and black ribbon.
Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles: Red background and blue and red colored ribbon.
Ellen's Pet Dish: Blue background and yellow ribbon.
JoJoHead: Orange background and cyan and red ribbon.
On Vixen, Vixen: The Movie, and Freedom Fighters: The Ray, TBA.

Technique: Simple computer animation.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on the first season of Now We're Talking, Play It Again, Dick, Vixen, Freedom Fighters: The Ray, JoJoHead, Vixen: The Movie, the Machinima series Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles, and Ellen's Pet Dish on the TheEllenShow YouTube channel.

2nd Logo (July 17, 2017-2019)

Regular variant
Zoomed-in variant
Constantine: City of Demons variant

Logo: On a concrete background, the same logo from before can be seen, but it appears to be a piece of paper. It constantly flashes between different color combinations, with subtle changes in lighting, camera positioning, and also the paper being damaged and repaired in a few shots.

Variants:

On Daphne & Velma, the logo is zoomed in.
On Constantine: City of Demons, TBA.

Technique: Stop-motion animation.

Music/Sounds: None or the ending theme of the show.

Availability: First seen on the infamous Play With Caution on Disney XD's short-lived D|XP block. Also seen on the second season of Now We're Talking, Daphne & Velma, Constantine: City of Demons, Good Girls Get High and Best Shot.

3rd Logo (March 21, 2019-)

Regular variant
Short variant
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons variant

Logo: We see the words "BLUE RIBBON Content" against multiple claymation scenes including:

What appears to be a spaghetti monster with the logo forming in the middle.
A series of triangular mountains/pyramids, one with the all-seeing eye on it and the logo in the middle.
A red deserted island with dancing palm trees and a pair of sunglasses on the ground. The logo appears in the middle of the sun.
A high-stacked burger with the logo appearing in the middle as containers of mustard and ketchup appear on either side and squirt briefly.
The summit of an active volcano with the logo inside the crater.
The face of a monster whose mouth opens to reveal the logo.
A cartoonish version of Earth with the logo on it. A meteor is flying by Earth.
A wave of color lines that form the ribbon logo, which is colored blue and gold and has a (barely visible) WarnerMedia byline on it in white.

Variants:

A more common slightly shorter variant exists, which lacks the final scene.
A short variant uses just a few of the scenes. What scenes appear depends on the show: on Critters: A New Binge, it goes like spaghetti monster, volcano, monster, and Earth.
On Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons, only the mountains/pyramids scene is shown.

Technique: Claymation done by Chris McDonnell at McD Workshop, with additional work by Peter Girardi from Blue Ribbon Content.

Music/Sounds: A funky drum-driven piece with a blender at the end, or the closing theme of the show.

Availability: Current.

The full version was uploaded to McD Workshop's website and YouTube channel and is yet to be used on any of BRC's output.
So far, the shorter version has seen more use. It was first seen at the end of Critters: A New Binge on Shudder, and has since been seen on the infamous The Banana Splits Movie, Critters Attack!, the end of A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish (the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment logo appears at the beginning), Toys of Terror, and Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons.

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 '''Variants:'''
 *A sped-up version is shown on ''Mortal Kombat Legacy II''. A still version was also found.
+*On ''H+: The Digital Series'', the logo is shown with blue bar code-like lines on the left and right on a cloudy background. After a second, shines occur on the "DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION", causing the banner to zoom in and dissolve. The WB letters open like a door, revealing the series' logo.
-*On ''H+: The Digital Series'', TBA.
 '''Technique:''' CGI animation.