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Background

Right after a management buyout by Neil Balvades, the head of the Taft-Hardie group in 1988, the home video division, Taft Video was renamed into Southern Star Video to reflect its owner, Southern Star Entertainment. CIC Video continues to distribute the titles, with some titles being distributed by Rainbow Entertainment. The division however shut down for good in 1994.

Logo (1990-1994)

Visuals: It's just the 1989 Southern Star Entertainment logo, but with "VIDEO" underneath the logo.

Technique: Same as the 1989 logo.

Audio: None.

Availability: Has been spotted on Australian VHS releases of the Timeless Tales from Hallmark series distributed by Rainbow Entertainment. It was also seen on the 1990 Australian VHS rerelease of Oliver and the Artful Dodger, Meet the Feebles and Hanna-Barbera shows.

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 ===Background===
+Right after a management buyout by Neil Balvades, the head of the Taft-Hardie group in 1988, the home video division, '''[[Taft Video]]''' was renamed into '''Southern Star Video''' to reflect its owner, [[Southern Star Entertainment]]. [[CIC Video]] continues to distribute the titles, with some titles being distributed by [[Rainbow Entertainment]]. The division however shut down for good in 1994.
-'''Southern Star Video''' was the home video division of [[Southern Star Entertainment]]. It was originally formed in 1983 as ”THG Video" to  released select Taft (-Hardie), Worldvision, and Hanna-Barbera product on VHS in Australia, which "THG" is an abbreviation for its then-current owner "'''T'''aft-'''H'''ardie '''G'''roup". It was later renamed to "Taft Video" in 1987, before they were settling on the name "Southern Star Video" after a management buyout by Neil Balvades, the head of the group in 1988. Most of its output was distributed in Australia by [[CIC Video]] (formerly [[CIC-Taft Video]]).
-==THG Video==
+===Logo (1990-1994)===
-===(1983-1988)===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-THGVideoAustraliaLogo01.png
-THGVideoAustraliaLogo.png
-</gallery>
-'''Logo:''' On a blue background, the words "THG VIDEO" flip and zoom in to us in a futuristic font.
-'''Variant:''' A still version exists where the "THG" letters are larger. It was connected to the logo of [[CIC-Taft Video (Australia)|CIC-Taft Video]].
-'''FX/SFX:''' The zoom-in of the words.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on tapes released by the company, such as ''The Three Musketeers'' and ''The Smurfs''. The variant where it was connected to the CIC-Taft intro was seen on ''Future Schlock''.
-==Taft Video==
-===(1988-1990)===
-<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
-TAFTVIDEOAUSTRALIALOGO.png
-</gallery>
-'''Logo:''' On a blue background we see hundreds of words that say "Taft Video" squeezing and moving around changing dimensions. Once this animation is complete it loops again as from the center of the screen another "Taft Video" zooms in and rotates until it stops. The background overlaps the finished product and stops.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The moving of the background, the zooming in of the company name.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. This comes after a CIC Australian warning screen and precedes a quiet Worldvision Home Video logo. Can be found on a 1988 copy of Oliver and the Artful Dodger as well as a VHS of ''Day of the Panther''.
-==Southern Star Video==
-=== (1990-1994) ===
 <gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
 SouthernStarVideo.png
 </gallery>
-'''Logo:''' It's just the 1989 [[Southern Star Entertainment (Australia)|Southern Star Entertainment]] logo but with "{{Font|Times New Roman|VIDEO}}" underneath the logo.
+'''Visuals:''' It's just the 1989 [[Southern Star Entertainment]] logo, but with "VIDEO" underneath the logo.
-'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the 1989 logo.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' Same as the 1989 logo.
+'''Audio:''' None.
-'''Availability:''' Rare. Has been spotted on Australian VHS releases of the ''Timeless Tales from Hallmark'' series distributed by [[Rainbow Entertainment (Australia)|Rainbow Entertainment]]. It was also seen on the 1990 Australian VHS rerelease of ''Oliver and the Artful Dodger'' and Hanna-Barbera shows.
+'''Availability:'''  Has been spotted on Australian VHS releases of the ''Timeless Tales from Hallmark'' series distributed by [[Rainbow Entertainment]]. It was also seen on the 1990 Australian VHS rerelease of ''Oliver and the Artful Dodger'', ''Meet the Feebles'' and Hanna-Barbera shows.
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