Draft:Global Television
Background
Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is an English-language privately owned TV network in Canada, which was a subsidiary of Canwest. Beginning in 1974 as a regional television system serving Southern Ontario, the network gradually expanded its national reach in the subsequent decades, and currently has 11 owned-and-operated stations in the country. Following Canwest's bankruptcy in late 2009, Shaw Communications took over Canwest's broadcasting assets on October 27, 2010. 6 years later, on April 1, 2016, Shaw Media was acquired by Corus Entertainment.
1st Logo (1976-1997)
Logo: TBA
FX/SFX: TBA
Music/Sounds: TBA
Availability: TBA
Editor's Note: None.
2nd Logo (1997-2006)
Nickname: "The Canwest Crescent"
Logo: On a black background, we see a glowing red planet that darkens into a crescent shape. Then, "Global", in white Frutiger, fades in above the crescent, and the byline "A CANWEST COMPANY", in the same typeface, fades in below it.
FX/SFX: The globe turning into a crescent, the fading in of the text.
Music/Sounds: A techno theme followed by a whoosh (which are usually cut out) then a short six-note fanfare, which was the Global network's theme song of the era, or the end theme of the show. This logo was also used as an ID and it uses a completely different piano theme.
Availability: Seen on various shows, most notably Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (two last seasons), Mutant X, and Popular Mechanics For Kids.
Editor's Note: None.
3rd Logo (2006-2010?)
Logo: On a complicated background, we see the black word "Global" next to a red folded ribbon, or a 90-degree turned check-sign. Below, there is a copyright byline, reading:
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.
Availability: No longer current. Was seen on original programming until CanWest became Shaw Media.
Editor's Note: None.
4th Logo (2016)
Nicknames: "The Ribbon II", "The Banner"
Logo: TBA.
FX/SFX: TBA.
Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.
Availability: Rare, due to its short lifespan. Only seen on 2016 episodes of Border Security. This began being replaced by the Corus logo in 2017, alongside the removal of the YTV, Treehouse, Teletoon, ABC Spark, and CMT logos.
Editor's Note: None.
