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Background

Re-TV Video Library was a home entertainment company, owned by Columbia House, which was an umbrella brand for Columbia Records, which itself is a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment. They did videos for many TV shows and animated shorts for companies such as Warner Bros. Pictures, Paramount, and Columbia TriStar Television; including such releases as Looney Tunes, various Star Trek series, and One Day at a Time; among others. The company went defunct in 2004, when the unit was shuttered after Columbia House ceased VHS production.

Logo (Mid-1990s-2004)

Opening logo
Closing telephone number
Closing PO box address

Visuals: The logo starts at the Re-TV Video Library logo, with a Columbia House byline. The arrows then spin towards the camera, then they overlap, showing lots of old shows (some of which being Gilligan's Island, M*A*S*H, and The Beverly Hillbillies). Across the screen, quotes from various shows slide across the screen. It then goes back to its normal state for a split second, then turning blue and fades in, just like before, showing more shows and quotes. Then, 4 triangles fade into 1, flipping back into the Re-TV logo. Another triangle slides in. The whole logo then flips up, showing the title of the tape.

Variants:

At the end of the tapes, a telephone number and a PO box address for Re-TV appears.
A different ending appears on Looney Tunes tapes. The Re-TV title slide is replaced with "presents" and then the 9th Warner Bros. Animation logo appears, and then it shows the title.

Technique: Computer animation.

Audio: A jazzy tune for the first part, and a triumphant fanfare, a mysterious science-fiction tune and a western-like tune for the second. The jazz tune comes back when the finished logo appears.

Availability: Appears on their releases, such as Babylon 5, Looney Tunes, Wonder Woman, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, and Sanford and Son.

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 ===Background===
-'''Re-TV Video Library''' was a home entertainment company, owned by Columbia House, which was an umbrella brand for Columbia Records, which itself is a subsidiary of [[Sony Music Entertainment]]. They did videos for many TV shows and animated shorts for companies such as [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount]], and [[Columbia Pictures Television|Columbia Pictures's own television division]]; including such releases as ''Looney Tunes'', various ''Star Trek'' series, and ''One Day at a Time''; among others. The company went defunct in 2004, when the unit was shuttered after Columbia House ceased VHS production.
+'''Re-TV Video Library''' was a home entertainment company, owned by Columbia House, which was an umbrella brand for Columbia Records, which itself is a subsidiary of [[Sony Music Entertainment]]. They did videos for many TV shows and animated shorts for companies such as [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount]], and [[Columbia TriStar Television]]; including such releases as ''Looney Tunes'', various ''Star Trek'' series, and ''One Day at a Time''; among others. The company went defunct in 2004, when the unit was shuttered after Columbia House ceased VHS production.
-===Logo (Late 1990s-2004)===
+===Logo (Mid-1990s-2004)===
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+{{YouTube|id=2w__ZBkLhd8|id2=zyV2He9q_GQ}}
+[[File:Retv_closing_logo.mp4|200px|center]]
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-'''Visuals:''' The logo starts at the Re-TV Video Library logo, with a Columbia House byline. The arrows then spin towards the camera, then they overlap, showing lots of old shows (some of which being ''Gilligan's Island'', ''M*A*S*H'', and ''The Beverly Hillbillies''). Across the screen, quotes from various shows slide across the screen. It then goes back to its normal state for a split second, then turning blue and fades in, just like before, showing more shows and quotes. Then, 4 triangles fade into 1, then another triangle appears, flipping back into the Re-TV logo. The whole logo then flips up, showing the title of the tape.
+'''Visuals:''' The logo starts at the Re-TV Video Library logo, with a Columbia House byline. The arrows then spin towards the camera, then they overlap, showing lots of old shows (some of which being ''Gilligan's Island'', ''M*A*S*H'', and ''The Beverly Hillbillies''). Across the screen, quotes from various shows slide across the screen. It then goes back to its normal state for a split second, then turning blue and fades in, just like before, showing more shows and quotes. Then, 4 triangles fade into 1, flipping back into the Re-TV logo. Another triangle slides in. The whole logo then flips up, showing the title of the tape.
 '''Variants:'''
 *At <u>the end of the tapes</u>, a telephone number and a PO box address for Re-TV appears.
-*A different ending appears on <u>''Looney Tunes'' tapes</u>. The Re-TV title slide is replaced with "presents" and then the 9th  [[Warner Bros. Animation]] logo appears, and then it shows the title.
+*A different ending appears on <u>''Looney Tunes'' tapes</u>. The Re-TV title slide is replaced with "presents" and then the 9th [[Warner Bros. Animation]] logo appears, and then it shows the title.
 '''Technique:''' Computer animation.
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 '''Audio:''' A jazzy tune for the first part, and a triumphant fanfare, a mysterious science-fiction tune and a western-like tune for the second. The jazz tune comes back when the finished logo appears.
-'''Availability:''' Appears on ''Looney Tunes'' tapes released by the company, such as ''[https://archive.org/details/running-amuck Running Amuck]'' and ''[https://archive.org/details/daffy-doodles Daffy Doodles]'', both available on the Internet Archive (physical copies are hard to find however), as well as others, including ''Wonder Woman'', later releases of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ''Star Trek: Voyager'', ''One Day at a Time'', ''The Jeffersons'', and ''Sanford and Son''.
+'''Availability:''' Appears on their releases, such as ''Babylon 5'', ''Looney Tunes'', ''Wonder Woman'', ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ''Star Trek: Voyager'', ''One Day at a Time'', ''The Jeffersons'', and ''Sanford and Son''.
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+{{Home Entertainment-Navbox}}
+{{Navbox-Sony}}
 [[Category:Columbia House]]
 [[Category:Sony Music Entertainment]]
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 [[Category:Home entertainment logos]]
 [[Category:United States]]
+[[Category:Logos with film and television footage]]