Pearson Television Video

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Background

Pearson Television Video (or PT Video) was the home video subsidiary of Pearson Television, formed in 1998 from the merger of Pearson New Entertainment and Thames Video. The company was folded into FremantleMedia in 2001.

(1998-2001)


Logo: On a moving purple background, we see a circular light moving from the logo. Then we see what appears to be a shape of a cube with words cote-out: "P" on the left side, "T" on the right side, and "VIDEO" on the bottom right of the cube. The logo brightens, as the cube turns blue with pink and green hues, which then glows brighter. The byline "A Division of Pearson Television International Ltd" fades in below the cube.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: We start with an echoey clang, and while a single synth pad note plays, we hear what sounds like a jet engine accelerating.

Availability:

  • Seen on PT Video releases from the era, such as Thames releases.
  • However, it doesn't appear on the 2001 UK VHS reissue of The Wind In The Willows: Autumn Antics, which instead uses the Thames Video Collection logo.
Pearson New Entertainment
Thames Video
Pearson Television Video
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