- 3-G Home Video
- 10th Ave. Video
- 4 Play Video
- Academy Entertainment
- Action International Pictures
- Active Home Video
- AdultX
- AIX Media Group
- All Seasons Entertainment
- Alpha Video Classics
- American Home Video
- Amvest Video
- Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks Video
- Anime Crash
- Arman Julian Productions
- Astronics Tele-Cine Ltd.
- Axon Video
- Barr Entertainment
- BC Video
- Best Film & Video Corp.
- Big Top Video
- Bingo Video, Inc.
- Brentwood Communications
- Bullfrog Films
- BWE Video
- Caballero Home Video
- Caesar's Video
- Cal Vista Video (See countries)
- Camp Video
- Children's Learning Video
- ChoiceMark Corp.
- Cindy V Video
- Cinema Home Video
- Cinescope Enterprises/Panorama International
- Classic Family Entertainment
- Cobra Media
- Coliseum Video
- Crown Movie Classics
- Dave Hood Entertainment
- Dead Alive Productions
- Diamond Entertainment Corporation
- DIC Home Entertainment
- Digiview Entertainment
- Disc Plaza Entertainment
- Dollar Entertainment
- Dreamland Home Video
- E Realbiz
- Edde Entertainment
- Elite Entertainment
- Ergo Home Video
- Essex Video
- Evil Angel Video
- Fat Dog Productions
- Films Incorporated
- Film Threat Video
- First Look Home Entertainment
- First Run Video
- Fotomat Video
- Front Row Entertainment, Inc.
- Genesis Home Video
- Golden Dragon Cambodian Video (See countries)
- Gospel Films Video
- Gourmet Video Collection
- Green Light Media
- Grindhouse Releasing
- Guthy-Renker
- Happy Face Home Video
- Harmony Vision
- Hart Sharp Video
- HIS Video
- Hollywood Video Library
- Hosca Home Video Productions
- IN-X-CESS International Films
- J2 Communications
- JTC Video
- Jane Fonda Workout
- Jingle Cats Home Video
- K-Tel Video
- Kaiju Productions
- Kid Time Video
- Kideo Incorporated
- King of Video
- Kodak Video
- Kultur
- KVC Home Video
- L.A. Hero
- LatinAmerica Films & Video
- Lumivision
- MPI Home Video
- MTI Home Video
- Maier Communications, Inc.
- Malibu Video
- Mark V International
- Master Arts Video
- Minolta Audio-Visual (See countries)
- Monarch Home Video
- Morgan Creek DVD
- Morris Video
- Muther Video
- National Geographic Video
- NCircle Entertainment
- New Horizons Home Video
- New Star Entertainment
- NFL Films Video Library
- North American Releasing
- NuTech Digital
- Omega Entertainment
- Pacific Arts
- Palisades Home Video
- Parade Video
- Paragon Video Productions
- Parents Approved Video
- Passion Productions
- Passport International Productions, Inc.
- PC Treasures
- Penthouse Video
- Pentrex
- Pioneer Special Interests
- Planet Video
- Playboy Home Video
- Player Home Entertainment
- PorchLight Home Entertainment
- Premiere Video
- Prism Entertainment
- Producers' Video Inc.
- Quality Video, Inc.
- Quality X Video
- Questar Home Video
- RCA SelectaVision
- RNJ Corporation
- Raedon Home Video
- Rainbow Home Video
- Reader's Digest Home Entertainment (See countries)
- Right Stuf Inc.
- Shapiro Glickenhaus Home Video (See countries)
- Shokus Video
- SISU Home Entertainment
- Slingshot Entertainment
- Soft Touch Video
- Something Weird Video
- SouthGate Entertainment
- Standard Video
- Star Anime Enterprises
- Starling Films
- Sterling Entertainment Group
- Super Video Inc.
- Synch-Point
- TGA Video
- TGG Direct
- Tidewater Productions
- Travelview International
- Tribe First Rites (See countries)
- Troma Team Video
- Twin Tower Entertainment
- Urban Vision
- UVI Video Productions
- Valentine Video
- Valley of the Sun Video
- VCI Entertainment
- VCX
- Velocity Home Entertainment
- Ventura Distribution
- Victor King Video
- VIDCO - The Video Company
- Video-X-Pix
- Video City Productions
- Video Gems
- Video Outlaw
- VideoTours
- View Video
- Vina Distributor
- Vintage Home Entertainment
- Virgin Video (See countries)
- Vivid Entertainment
- Voyage Productions
- Wellspring Media
- WesternWorld Television
- Westlake Entertainment
- Wizard Video
- Woodhaven Entertainment
- York Entertainment
- Young Generation Video
Granada Video
Mark Paltingca and Dison
Captures by
Henrynguye5 and RSX-798
Editions by
Henrynguye5, RSX-798 and Dison
Video captures courtesy of
Mayday51
Background
Granada Video was the home video imprint of Granada Television. It closed in 1990, and Granada instead resorted to distributing through companies such as PolyGram Video or Warner Vision International.
In March 1998, Granada Media Group signed a five-year agreement with Video Collection International to launch the "Granada Video" label beginning in September 1998.
In September 2004, following the merger of Granada Media and Carlton Communications in February, ITV plc ended their existing contract with VCI, with Granada Video folding into Carlton's home video unit and rebranding as Granada Ventures. This was because of VCI's merger with BBC Video to form 2 Entertain.
1st Logo (1983-1990)
Visuals: Same as the 1968 Granada Television ident of that time, with the text now reading "GRANADA VIDEO", and the G-Arrow logo set on top of the text. The logo is also much bigger, taking up the whole screen.
Variant: At the end of the tapes, a copyright notice is shown below the logo. The logo is also smaller and set at the top of the screen.
Technique: A printed graphic card.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen at the beginning of older Granada VHS releases in the UK, such as Coronation Street.
2nd Logo (September 1998-1999)
Visuals: On the same background of the 1995 Granada Television ident, a giant outline of the Granada logo at the time, which is just "GRANADA" in a customized version of Optima, take up the entire screen width all the way off-screen, and then starts to slowly zoom out. In front of it, a hazy copy of "GRANADA" stretches in while fading in, followed by another copy rotating into view, and they merge together into a single "GRANADA" in white. Meanwhile, two copies of "VIDEO" in the same font slide through each other and intersect, while a 3rd copy rises up barely visible and then fades in fully under "GRANADA". The background continues to move and the outline zooms out until the entire name can be seen.
Variant: On Yorkshire's programmes, the text "A YORKSHIRE TELEVISION PRODUCTION" fades in below the logo.
Technique: Computer effects.
Audio: None.
Availability: This logo was only used for one year, making it short-lived.
- Seen on VCI-distributed releases.
- Titles include Helpful Titch, The Tyne Tees TV Time Capsule, and Emmerdale: Revenge, respectively, among others.
- Most releases use the next logo on the packaging, but have this logo on-screen.
3rd Logo (1999-2001)
Visuals: On a black background, light blue spotlights shine across to reveal the Granada Media logo in 3D. It contains an abstract "G" in blue, along with the white word "GRANADA" and the blue word "MEDIA", all set to the right. As the lights swerve across the screen, another spotlight shines on "GRANADA" and then the entire thing brightens up as the spotlights disappear. A lens flare then scans across the top of the screen briefly, before the logo animation plays in reverse.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: An mysterious tubular bell theme, with chimes playing after the fact, all with a warbling synth melody underneath.
Audio Variant: None or the ending theme of the show for the variant.
Availability: This was merely a de-facto home video logo, once again spotted on VCI-distributed releases.
- Seen on releases such as Stars in Their Eyes, The Royale Family: The Complete Series 1, various An Audience With... releases, Emmerdale - Don't Look Now! The Dingles in Venice and Coronation Street: The Rover Returns, among others.
- It can also be found on early Cold Feet and some Poirot releases from the time.
- It is also seen on children's releases such as Sooty & Co. and Tom & Vicky, among others.
- Early releases that use this logo on the VHS label or back may have the previous logo, or no logo at all.
- It is also preserved on very early DVD releases such as the first two series of The Royle Family, Cold Feet, An Audience With... Tom Jones and Jeeves and Wooster: The Complete Series 1, however, the entire packaging for all these releases use the 2001 Granada logo instead.
Final Note
Releases from 2001 to November 30, 2004 use the 2001 Granada Media International logo as a de-facto home video logo for VCI releases.
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