United Film & Television

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum

Background

United Film & Television Productions (later United Productions) was a defunct film and television subsidiary of United News & Media, formed in 1996, after buying Mills & Allen International, who owned Meridian Television and Anglia Television. It later bought out HTV in 2000.

(1996-2001)

Logo: On a blue-black gradient background, we see the connected serif words "un" (which were the corporate logo of United News & Media), and below it was a line and we see the words "UNITED film & television productions" below the logo.

Variants:

  • Sometimes, a co-producer will appear alongside the United logo.
  • From 1996 to 1998, the "un", and the text "UNITED" was in orange. This continues to be used on The Wombles. Sometimes, the words "for" is shown above and below the logo, and we see the words reading either "MERIDIAN BROADCASTING", "ANGLIA TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT" (both in orange) or the HTV logo in white.
  • Starting in 1998, the brand logos of Meridian, Anglia or HTV are shown below the logo.
  • In 1998, shortly before the change to the ITV logo, the background was yellow, and the "un" and the text was in blue. The word "For ITV" is shown below the logo. This was briefly used for a short time.
  • Sometimes, the logo was superimposed in the credits.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon. It was often seen on many Meridian, Anglia and HTV programmes until 2001.

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