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'''NBCUniversal''' (first spelled as NBC Universal) was first formed on May 11, 2004 by the merger of the General Electric Company’s '''[[NBC National IDs|NBC]]''' and the entertainment division of Vivendi '''Universal''' Entertainment. The day after its founding, the television production and distribution arms of [[Universal Television]] (Universal Network Television, Universal Domestic Television, and USA Cable Entertainment) and [[NBC Studios]] and the distributor [[NBC Enterprises]] were merged into NBC Universal. This was the first time NBC added the Universal name to its production and distribution arms. For Universal, it’s the second time that its production and distribution arms have a new name, since 1998 when Universal became "[[USA Cable Entertainment|Studios USA]]", but maintained Universal Worldwide Television and acquired [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (UK)|PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] in 1998, renaming PolyGram's television operations as Universal's and retained the USA Networks fully reforming Universal Television in 2002, but during July 2004, the NBC name was added. All shows in production by either Universal TV, NBC, or USA Cable Entertainment changed to the NBC Universal logo starting on July 30, 2004. On January 26, 2011, Vivendi S.A. sold the remaining 20% of NBC Universal to GE until January 28, when Comcast Corporation acquired 51% of NBC Universal, Inc. with GE owning 49%. NBC Universal, Inc. became NBCUniversal Media, LLC, a subsidiary of the holding company NBCUniversal, LLC. On March 19, 2013, Comcast acquired the rest of NBCUniversal from GE, making NBCU a wholly-owned subsidiary. |
'''NBCUniversal''' (first spelled as NBC Universal) was first formed on May 11, 2004 by the merger of the General Electric Company’s '''[[NBC National IDs|NBC]]''' and the entertainment division of Vivendi '''Universal''' Entertainment. The day after its founding, the television production and distribution arms of [[Universal Television]] (Universal Network Television, Universal Domestic Television, and USA Cable Entertainment) and [[NBC Studios]] and the distributor [[NBC Enterprises]] were merged into NBC Universal. This was the first time NBC added the Universal name to its production and distribution arms. For Universal, it’s the second time that its production and distribution arms have a new name, since 1998 when Universal became "[[USA Cable Entertainment|Studios USA]]", but maintained Universal Worldwide Television and acquired [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (UK)|PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] in 1998, renaming PolyGram's television operations as Universal's and retained the USA Networks fully reforming Universal Television in 2002, but during July 2004, the NBC name was added. All shows in production by either Universal TV, NBC, or USA Cable Entertainment changed to the NBC Universal logo starting on July 30, 2004. On January 26, 2011, Vivendi S.A. sold the remaining 20% of NBC Universal to GE until January 28, when Comcast Corporation acquired 51% of NBC Universal, Inc. with GE owning 49%. NBC Universal, Inc. became NBCUniversal Media, LLC, a subsidiary of the holding company NBCUniversal, LLC. On March 19, 2013, Comcast acquired the rest of NBCUniversal from GE, making NBCU a wholly-owned subsidiary. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' Overall, this is a pretty nicely-animated and designed logo. Sadly, the same can't be said about the next one. |
'''Editor's Note:''' Overall, this is a pretty nicely-animated and designed logo. Sadly, the same can't be said about the next one. |
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NBCUniversal (first spelled as NBC Universal) was first formed on May 11, 2004 by the merger of the General Electric Company’s NBC and the entertainment division of Vivendi Universal Entertainment. The day after its founding, the television production and distribution arms of Universal Television (Universal Network Television, Universal Domestic Television, and USA Cable Entertainment) and NBC Studios and the distributor NBC Enterprises were merged into NBC Universal. This was the first time NBC added the Universal name to its production and distribution arms. For Universal, it’s the second time that its production and distribution arms have a new name, since 1998 when Universal became "Studios USA", but maintained Universal Worldwide Television and acquired PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in 1998, renaming PolyGram's television operations as Universal's and retained the USA Networks fully reforming Universal Television in 2002, but during July 2004, the NBC name was added. All shows in production by either Universal TV, NBC, or USA Cable Entertainment changed to the NBC Universal logo starting on July 30, 2004. On January 26, 2011, Vivendi S.A. sold the remaining 20% of NBC Universal to GE until January 28, when Comcast Corporation acquired 51% of NBC Universal, Inc. with GE owning 49%. NBC Universal, Inc. became NBCUniversal Media, LLC, a subsidiary of the holding company NBCUniversal, LLC. On March 19, 2013, Comcast acquired the rest of NBCUniversal from GE, making NBCU a wholly-owned subsidiary.
Nicknames: "The Proud Globe", "CGI Sunburst Globe", "NBC Peacock-Universal Globe Combo"
Logo: Over a golden burst of light hovering in space, the text "NBC UNIVERSAL", sandwiched between both halves of Universal's circular globe motif with the six-feathered peacock between "NBC" and "UNIVERSAL", in Copperplate Gothic Bold, slightly zooms out to its familiar distance. One of these texts fades in below:
Variants:
FX/SFX: Light bursts and the logo zooms out.
Music/Sounds: The slower orchestration of the 1999 music plug from the 1996 NBC Studios logo.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Uncommon. This was very common during its usage.
Editor's Note: Overall, this is a pretty nicely-animated and designed logo. Sadly, the same can't be said about the next one.
Nicknames: "Purple Satin", "Purple Silk", "The Final Curtain"
Logo: On a flowing purple satin background, we have the current NBCUniversal logo (in NBCU's corporate typeface, Rock Serif) swiveling across letter-by-letter and zooming in at the same time and then the "Television Distribution" text in the Rock Sans typeface (which is also exclusively for NBCU's own use) fades and zooms-in all in white lettering.
Trivia: The new logo debuted on January 27, 2011 and was created at Wolff Olins.
Variants:
FX/SFX: Silk flaps in the background, the logo swivels in and zooms towards the viewer.
Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo. The GiU movie variants just have the closing theme playing over.
Music/Sounds variant: Sometimes, the 1999 NBC Studios was played which is rarely appeared on American Ninja Warriors. Availability: Common.
Editor's Note: Reaction to this logo and its preceding NBCU re-branding have been primarily negative. Not only does this logo eschew any sort of identifying NBC and Universal elements to it, it looks severely lazy; the background, while still looking pleasant, looks like something from a stock video loop website, and the central animation is very half-hearted. This logo almost seems like a precursor to the trend of minimalistic logos that really grew in the mid-2010s.
Nicknames: "Purple Smoke", "The Particles"
Logo: On a white background, we zoom out as many purple dust-like particles sweep to the right, forming the current NBCUniversal logo as they pass by. Below, "SYNDICATION STUDIOS" in a Rock Sans font is formed with a line separating it from the NBCU logo. The purple particles can be seen moving around the logo after it finishes forming, and soon disappear.
FX/SFX: The particles, the logo being formed, and the zoom-out. Done by Joseph Kiely.
Music/Sounds: Same as the previous 2 logos.
Availability: Brand new. First seen on the March 1, 2021 episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, Maury and The Steve Wilkos Show in local syndication, as well as Freeform reruns of The Office, and is expected to be seen on other shows from the studio in the future.
Editor's Note: It still lacks any elements of the NBC and Universal logos, but it's at least a much better animated effort than the last one.
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