Channel 4 DVD

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum


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)


Visuals: Just one of the 2004 Channel 4 stings without any video indicator. The background inside the "4" varies upon release.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: None.

Availability: Appears on all Channel 4 DVD releases from the time-period until 2013.

  • Examples include Deal or No Deal, The Inbetweeners, various Jimmy Carr stand-up shows, some Sarah Millican stand-up shows, and reissues of Channel 4 content previously released by VCI.
  • On non-Channel 4 releases, this can also be found on DVD releases of Miranda and I Can Cook.

2nd Logo (2013-2016)


Visuals: There is pieces of the Channel 4 logo (with footage from the 2004 idents in them) form together on a grey background, with the complete result forming the logo with the left block replaced with "DVD". The logo then rotates.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A tribal theme with a clang at the end.

Availability: Unknown. [Examples?]

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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