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'''Nicknames:''' "The Coke Box", "The Coke Swirl", "The Coca-Cola Box"
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Coca-Cola Telecommunications was a short-lived television distribution arm of The Coca-Cola Company (former owner of Columbia Pictures) that specialized in first-run syndicated programming. It was established on November 24, 1986 under Columbia Pictures Television via a merger between CPT's first-run division and The Television Program Source. A production division was formed 2 months later in January 1987. On December 21, 1987, Coke spun-off its entertainment business and sold it to Tri-Star Pictures, Inc., who then renamed the business to "Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." (now "Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.") and merged the theatrical banners. 10 days later, on New Year's Eve, Coca-Cola Telecommunications closed its doors and was folded into the reorganized Columbia Pictures Television Distribution (now Sony Pictures Television). Today, Sony distributes Punky Brewster in the United States, while NBCUniversal Syndication Studios (formerly "NBCUniversal Television Distribution") owns the show and handles global rights. It also owns The Real Ghostbusters, Dinosaucers, and Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter (international rights of the latter, however, lie with WildBrain, previously Cookie Jar Entertainment), while Sylvanian Families and Starcom: The U.S. Space Force are now owned by WildBrain.
Nicknames: "The Coke Box", "The Coke Swirl", "The Coca-Cola Box"
Logo: On a black background is a red box with the Coca-Cola "Dynamic Ribbon" in it outlined in black (the space under it is decorated with horizontal black lines). Under it is the following text:
In both the main text and byline, "Coca-Cola" appears as its corporate logo, and the second parts (in Friz Quadrata) are sandwiched in between 2 thin lines and both have a larger 1st "T".
Variants:
FX/SFX: Just the logo fading.
Music/Sounds: A light synthesized 6-note flute tune that sounds somewhat similar to the flute solo at the start of "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Very rare, as this logo was short lived.
Editor's Note: This is a very soothing logo. It's a favorite to many, despite its rarity. This also briefly replaced the Colex logo on shows distributed from them.
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