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===Background=== |
===Background=== |
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'''Channel 4 DVD''' (formerly '''Channel 4 Video''') was a home video arm of [[Channel 4|Channel 4]] that released the channel's programmes on home media, and also select third-party programmes as well. For the first few years of its operation, its releases were distributed by [[Video Collection International|VCI]]. |
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=== 1st Logo (1995-2000) === |
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[[File:Channel4Video.png|300px|center]] |
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{{YouTube|id=gV0vHtkei_A}} |
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'''Logo:''' It's the same as the television logo, only "'''VIDEO'''" flashes in below once the animation is finished. |
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'''Technique:''' Same as the 1982 TV logo. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The same 1992 fanfare from the 1982 TV logo. |
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'''Availability:''' Seen on Channel 4 Video releases from the era, distributed by VCI. |
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'''Legacy:''' Even though Channel 4's ident changed in 1996, this logo continued to be used afterwards until 2000. |
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=== 2nd Logo (2000-2005) === |
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Channel 4 (2001, empty) (From - 2001 UK VHS of Angela Anaconda Series 1 - Episodes 1-6).png |
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Channel 4 (2000, extremely rare animated variant) (From - VCI release of Escape from Colditz).png |
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{{YouTube|id=bRN1zE0SR1Y|id2=WGhl5RtLgkE|id3=bQfG_Vaml5w}} |
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'''Logo:''' Just the 1999-2004 Channel 4 "Square" logo on a black background. |
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'''Variant:''' |
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* Later releases from 2003-2004 have the word "video" in a white box below the Channel 4 Square plus the logo fades in and out. |
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* On ''Bo Selecta!'' DVDs, the logo transitions to the DVD menu, which depends on the DVD release. |
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'''Technique:''' None. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' None. |
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'''Availability:''' Seen on Channel 4 VHS and DVD releases from the era, distributed by VCI. |
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'''Trivia note:''' The YouTube Channel, called "VCI VHS Youtube Archive" had a few number of those tapes released by VCI, with widescreen videos. While it maintains the VCI logo in fullscreen, it does a zoom-in effect during this ident, while preparing for a 16:9 recording. |
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== Channel 4 DVD == |
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=== Background === |
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Shortly after VCI and [[BBC Studios Home Entertainment|BBC Video]] merged to form [[2 Entertain|2 Entertain]], Channel 4 ended their partnership with VCI and began self-distributing their DVD releases. |
Shortly after VCI and [[BBC Studios Home Entertainment|BBC Video]] merged to form [[2 Entertain|2 Entertain]], Channel 4 ended their partnership with VCI and began self-distributing their DVD releases. |
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'''Final Note:''' As of 2016, Channel 4 licenses its DVD and Blu-Ray releases to Dazzler Media, Acorn Media, among other companies. |
'''Final Note:''' As of 2016, Channel 4 licenses its DVD and Blu-Ray releases to Dazzler Media, Acorn Media, among other companies. |
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[[Category:United Kingdom]] |
[[Category:United Kingdom]] |
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[[Category:Home entertainment logos]] |
[[Category:Home entertainment logos]] |
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Revision as of 18:51, 31 March 2023
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Background
Shortly after VCI and BBC Video merged to form 2 Entertain, Channel 4 ended their partnership with VCI and began self-distributing their DVD releases.
1st Logo (2005-2013)
Logo: Just one of the 2004 Channel 4 stings without any video indicator.
Technique: The logo animating.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on Channel 4 DVD releases.
2nd Logo (2013-2016)
Logo: We see pieces of the Channel 4 logo (with footage from the 2004 idents in them) form together on a gray background, with the complete result forming the logo with the left block replaced with "DVD". The logo then rotates.
Technique: The logo animating.
Music/Sounds: A tribal theme with a clang at the end.
Availability: Seen on Channel 4 DVD releases.
Final Note: As of 2016, Channel 4 licenses its DVD and Blu-Ray releases to Dazzler Media, Acorn Media, among other companies.
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