-
Stretched 16:9 variant
rmv pov/dated phrasing Tag: Visual edit |
No edit summary |
||
Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
{{PageCredits|description=Jason Jones, James Fabiano, Jess Williams, Ryan Mead, Michael Bode, bmasters9, Shadeed A. Kelly and Logophile|capture=Shadeed A. Kelly, Eric S, V of Doom, snelfu, James Stanley Barr, Derrick Anderson, ClosingLogosHD, Pygmalion X, JohnnyL80, mr3urious, Michael Bass, TrickyMario7654, snelfu, Logoboy95, Gilblitz112, Sagan Blob, TheEriccorpinc, SloshedMail, Brendan Richards, BaldiBasicsFan and others|edits=Shadeed A. Kelly, Logophile, V of Doom, MrThorax281, CuriousGeorge60, Brendan Richards, BenIsRandom, Vahan Nisanian, KramdenII, Lee Cremeans, Brendan Richards, Kramden II, ccateni28, mario9000seven, Unnepad, BaldiBasicsFan, Nova, TheRealMarcel2000 and Michael Kenchington|video=ChadODell, gman1290, JohnnyL80, mcydodge919, Matthew Mayfield (Logophile), youngleader610 (Mr. Logo), ClassicTVMan1981X, DanDMan16, SloshedMail, and Broken Saw}} |
{{PageCredits|description=Jason Jones, James Fabiano, Jess Williams, Ryan Mead, Michael Bode, bmasters9, Shadeed A. Kelly and Logophile|capture=Shadeed A. Kelly, Eric S, V of Doom, snelfu, James Stanley Barr, Derrick Anderson, ClosingLogosHD, Pygmalion X, JohnnyL80, mr3urious, Michael Bass, TrickyMario7654, snelfu, Logoboy95, Gilblitz112, Sagan Blob, TheEriccorpinc, SloshedMail, Brendan Richards, BaldiBasicsFan and others|edits=Shadeed A. Kelly, Logophile, V of Doom, MrThorax281, CuriousGeorge60, Brendan Richards, BenIsRandom, Vahan Nisanian, KramdenII, Lee Cremeans, Brendan Richards, Kramden II, ccateni28, mario9000seven, Unnepad, BaldiBasicsFan, Nova, TheRealMarcel2000 and Michael Kenchington|video=ChadODell, gman1290, JohnnyL80, mcydodge919, Matthew Mayfield (Logophile), youngleader610 (Mr. Logo), ClassicTVMan1981X, DanDMan16, SloshedMail, and Broken Saw}} |
||
{{Infobox company|image=Col-tv1992a.png|founded=May 6, 1974 ({{age|1974|5|6}} years ago)|founder=Ralph Cohn<br>Jack Cohn|parent=[[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Sony Pictures]]|subsidiaries=See [[:Category:Sony Pictures Television]]|defunct=January 1, 2001 ({{age|2001|1|1}} years ago)|fate=Folded into [[Columbia TriStar Television]]|formerly=Pioneer Telefilms (1947-1948)<br>[[Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems]] (1948-1974)|country=United States}} |
{{Infobox company|image=Col-tv1992a.png|founded=May 6, 1974 ({{age|1974|5|6}} years ago)|founder=Ralph Cohn<br>Jack Cohn|parent=[[Sony Pictures Entertainment|Sony Pictures]]|subsidiaries=See [[:Category:Sony Pictures Television]]|defunct=January 1, 2001 ({{age|2001|1|1}} years ago)|fate=Folded into [[Columbia TriStar Television]]|formerly=Pioneer Telefilms (1947-1948)<br>[[Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems]] (1948-1974)|country=United States}} |
||
===Background=== |
===Background=== |
||
On May 6, 1974, [[Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems]] was reincorporated as "'''Columbia Pictures Television'''". The name change was announced on May 1 and was suggested by David Gerber, who was president of Columbia's television division. In 1984, Coke demerged [[Columbia Pictures]] and Columbia Pictures Television. CPT was transferred to "CPT Holdings, Inc.". On January 30, 1984, CPT joined forces with Lexington Broadcast Services Company, Inc. (later known as "[[LBS Communications|LBS Communications, Inc.]]") and created "[[Colex Enterprises]]". It was created to distribute series by Screen Gems and CPT from the 1950s to the '70s. In October, CPT created "The Television Program Source" with Alan Bennett and former [[King World Productions|King World]] president, Bob King. |
On May 6, 1974, [[Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems]] was reincorporated as "'''Columbia Pictures Television'''". The name change was announced on May 1 and was suggested by David Gerber, who was president of Columbia's television division. In 1984, Coke demerged [[Columbia Pictures]] and Columbia Pictures Television. CPT was transferred to "CPT Holdings, Inc.". On January 30, 1984, CPT joined forces with Lexington Broadcast Services Company, Inc. (later known as "[[LBS Communications|LBS Communications, Inc.]]") and created "[[Colex Enterprises]]". It was created to distribute series by Screen Gems and CPT from the 1950s to the '70s. In October, CPT created "The Television Program Source" with Alan Bennett and former [[King World Productions|King World]] president, Bob King. |
On May 6, 1974, Screen Gems was reincorporated as "Columbia Pictures Television". The name change was announced on May 1 and was suggested by David Gerber, who was president of Columbia's television division. In 1984, Coke demerged Columbia Pictures and Columbia Pictures Television. CPT was transferred to "CPT Holdings, Inc.". On January 30, 1984, CPT joined forces with Lexington Broadcast Services Company, Inc. (later known as "LBS Communications, Inc.") and created "Colex Enterprises". It was created to distribute series by Screen Gems and CPT from the 1950s to the '70s. In October, CPT created "The Television Program Source" with Alan Bennett and former King World president, Bob King.
On November 24, 1986, CPT was merged with Embassy Communications, forming "Columbia/Embassy Television". This was also the birth of Coca-Cola Telecommunications, when CPT's distribution division merged with the Television Program Source. Coke also regrouped CPT, Embassy Communications, and Merv Griffin Enterprises into Coca-Cola Television. On December 21, 1987, Coke's entertainment business was sold to Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. for $3.1 billion. Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. was renamed to "Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." (now "Sony Pictures Entertainment") and CCT was shut down ten days later and folded into the reorganized Columbia Pictures Television Distribution.
In October 1991, CPT, TriStar Television, and MGE were reorganized into the "Sony Pictures Entertainment Television Group" (a.k.a. "Sony Television Entertainment"). On February 21, 1994, Columbia Pictures Television merged with TriStar Television by becoming "Columbia TriStar Television (now Sony Pictures Television)" and Columbia Pictures Television Distribution was renamed to "Columbia TriStar Television Distribution".
On January 1, 2001, Columbia Pictures Television was folded into Columbia TriStar Television in a failed attempt to become a network television syndication division, Columbia TriStar Network Television. However, CTNT's formation was blocked due to FCC-related television and syndication laws (also known as the "Fin-Syn" laws) prohibiting network participation in the financial interest of the television programs they aired beyond first-run exhibition and the creation of in-house syndication arms, especially in the domestic market. Another reason why CTNT's formation failed was due to its Japanese ownership (Sony). Ultimately, on October 25, 2001, CTNT was replaced by Columbia TriStar Domestic Television.
The CPT name was retained as an in-credit notice for The Young and the Restless until October 2002. As of July 2023, a separate entity of CPT continues to exist on paper as an intellectual property holder, and an in-name-only unit, known as "CPT Holdings, Inc." (formed in 1983) to continue holding copyrights for such TV shows including The Young and the Restless and the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, as well as old incarnations from the company's television library such as What's Happening!!.
Currently, the division of what was known as Columbia Pictures Television is known today since September 16, 2002 as Sony Pictures Television.
Contents | |||
---|---|---|---|
1st Logo (June 1974-July 30, 1977) | 2nd Logo (September 21, 1976-September 28, 1982) | 3rd Logo (September 24, 1982-June 18, 1993) | 4th Logo (August 15, 1992-May 19, 2001) |
Visuals: On a red background, the yellow letters "C-P-T" appear one by one (syncing to the first three notes of the theme), zooming out. The "T" appears in the center and above "C" and "P", both of which slide upwards diagonally to merge with the "T" to form a stylized logo, resembling a line combined with a rounded square, or a pretzel. On either side of the logo's stem are the words "COLUMBIA" and "PICTURES", and below that "TELEVISION". Underneath that is the byline "A DIVISION OF COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC.", all in a white bold Eurostile font.
Variant: A stretched 16:9 variant exists. This variant is seen on current airings of some shows.
Technique: Possibly cel or motion-controlled animation.
Audio: A slightly sped-up version of the 1970-1974 Screen Gems Television music, composed by Van Alexander and arranged by Eric Siday, and performed on a Moog modular synthesizer.
Audio Variants:
Availability:
Visuals: A light torch appears, as if in a sunburst, against a black screen and as it shrinks, it changes into a more "abstract" torch: an orange half circle, or a semicircle, with thirteen white light rays in the center and the words "Columbia Pictures Television" in a Souvenir Medium font under it. The entire logo then slowly backs away as it fades out.
Trivia:
Variants:
Technique: Camera-controlled animation.
Audio: A fast paced, redone version of the second half of the theatrical logo's music. Sometimes, it's the closing theme of the show or movie. Otherwise, none (as seen at the end of the final episode of Barney Miller, "Landmark, Part 3").
Audio Variants:
Availability: Newer Columbia/Sony logos plaster this logo on almost all of the shows with this logo.
Legacy: This logo is a favorite among logo enthusiasts for its visual effects and music. The regular variant is also considered to be the first logo to ever be uploaded onto YouTube, uploaded at one point between January and March 2006 (although the original video appears to have been a deleted video).
Visuals: The then-current Columbia Pictures logo is shown, with the torch lady in her 1981-1993 incarnation. The words "Columbia Pictures" in Souvenir are seen on both sides of the torch lady, the word "Television" underneath in the same font. Most of the time, a company byline is seen below. The lady's torch "shines" throughout.
Bylines:
Variants: There are several versions of this logo, namely in bylines, company name, and animation:
Technique: Motion-controlled effects for the torch shine and text, while the Torch Lady and backdrop are a matte painting.
Audio:
Audio Variants:
Availability: Newer Columbia/Sony logos plaster most of these logos (likely due to the Coca-Cola byline used for much of the logo's run). Despite this, it appeared on some older prints of shows.
Visuals: There is a picture of a brand new Columbia Torch Lady, holding a light torch on top of a new pedestal against a cloud background with a blue sky around it. The word "COLUMBIA" appears in giant chiseled silver letters behind her at the very top, similar to the classic Columbia Pictures logo from 1936-1976. Underneath the lady are the words "COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION", or until 1996, "COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" (in the Bank Gothic Condensed Bold font) and underneath that is the byline "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company". When the music is finished, the logo fades out, but the name and the byline stay on-screen for a split second longer before fading out.
Trivia:
Variants:
Technique: A still image of a painting.
Audio: Here are the main versions:
Audio Variants:
Availability: It has managed to pop up on several current prints of Sony series and movies even with the Sony Pictures Television logo plastering over logos.
Here is some information about the copyright stamps on the Columbia Pictures Television shows and TV movies:
Columbia TriStar Television took over for then-current shows formerly ending with this logo by 2001, but the copyright holder at the end of each show would credit "Columbia Pictures Television, Inc." or "CPT Holdings, Inc." until 2002, shortly after the debut of the Sony Pictures Television logo. However, "CPT Holdings, Inc." is still being used today as the copyright holder of The Young and the Restless and old incarnations from their television library such as What's Happening!!, the Sony-owned Pyramid incarnations, and others. It would also be used on foreign shows by Sony Pictures Television International from 2002 to 2010.
|
Columbia Pictures Television |
|
Television logos (Random page) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fox Corporation | |||||
Vine Alternative Investments | |||||
The Walt Disney Company |
| ||||
Bertelsmann |
| ||||
BBC | |||||
ITV |
| ||||
Amazon | |||||
Comcast |
| ||||
Sony Group Corporation |
| ||||
Warner Bros. Discovery |
| ||||
Paramount Global |
| ||||
Amblin Partners | |||||
Corus Entertainment | |||||
AMC Networks | |||||
Hearst Communications | |||||
Lionsgate | |||||
Banijay Group |
| ||||
Lantern Capital | |||||
beIN Media Group |
| ||||
Hasbro Inc. | |||||
Village Roadshow | |||||
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. | |||||
ProSiebenSat.1 Media | |||||
International Olympic Committee | |||||
Availabilities & Others |
| ||||
See also | |||||