CBS Studios International

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


Background

In 2009, CBS' rights to use the Paramount name from them expired, which led to the division being renamed to CBS Studios International.

1st Logo (2009-2022)


Visuals: Same as the CBS Television Studios logo, which also debuted in 2009 until 2020, except the eye and "CBS" are smaller, "CBS" is bolder, and the words "TELEVISION STUDIOS" are replaced by the stacked words "STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL".

Variants:

  • This logo is available in the standard 4:3 and widescreen 16:9 formats.
  • On Tollywood Squares (the Indian adaptation of Hollywood Squares), the text "Format Distributed by" appears above the logo.

Technique: Same as the CBS Television Studios logo.

Audio: The same theme as the CBS Television Studios logo.

Audio Variants:

  • Sometimes, the ending theme of the show plays instead. This happens on GREAT! TV UK airings of Touched by an Angel.
  • A silent version exists.
  • A speedup/triple pitch version of the theme also exists, which is heard on some international prints of late 2000s/2010s episodes America's Next Top Model and the DVD release of Survivor: Samoa, respectively.
  • On Challenge UK airings of some episodes of the UK version of Wheel of Fortune, it uses the music from the 2006 CBS Paramount Television "Eye In The Sky" logo.

Availability:

  • Seen on the DVD release of Survivor: Nicaragua and Survivor: Samoa, international adaptations of America's Next Top Model, among other series.
  • It is also seen on newer international airings of CBS-owned shows like Cheers and Everybody Loves Raymond.
  • It is also preserved on Netflix prints and H&I airings of season 3 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
  • This logo has also been spotted on later episodes (mainly the "updated" prints of season 7) of Diagnosis: Murder on Me-TV, after the 1999 Viacom "ViaBot" logo, but not on older episodes with the 1990 or 1998 logos or even S2 episodes which have the 1990 and 1995 Paramount logos after the Viacom logo.
  • It is also seen at the end of the 2009 adaption of Angel and the Bad Man when aired on LEGEND.
  • When CBS Studios International changed its name to ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, the logo was mostly retired, but Indonesia's Next Top Model continues to use this logo until Season 3.

2nd Logo (2012)


Visuals: There is the CBS Eyemark rotating and placing itself beside the following words on a black background with a blue spotlight in the middle:

CBS
STUDIOS
INTERNATIONAL

When the Eyemark settles, a flash occurs and several sparks fly out from it. The Eyemark then flies close to the screen and then to the left, transitioning to black.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The last few seconds of the reel, followed by a whoosh from the Eyemark.

Availability: Seen at the end of a CBS sizzle reel.

CBS Paramount International Television
CBS Studios International
ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group