Channel 4 DVD
RSX-798
Background
Channel 4 DVD (formerly Channel 4 Video) was a home video arm of 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 VCI.
Channel 4 Video
1st Logo (1995-2000)
Logo: It's the same as the television logo, only "VIDEO" flashes in below once the animation is finished.
Technique: Same as the 1982 TV logo.
Music/Sounds: The same 1992 fanfare from the 1982 TV logo.
Availability: Seen on Channel 4 Video releases from the era, distributed by VCI.
Legacy: Even though Channel 4's ident changed in 1996, this logo continued to be used afterwards until 2000.
2nd Logo (2000-2005)
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Logo: Just the 1999-2004 Channel 4 "Square" logo on a black background.
Variant:
- 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.
- On Bo Selecta! DVDs, the logo transitions to the DVD menu, which depends on the DVD release.
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Seen on Channel 4 VHS and DVD releases from the era, distributed by VCI.
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.
Channel 4 DVD
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.
