Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Credits

Descriptions by
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Background

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, the home entertainment division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself part of WarnerMedia (formerly "Time Warner"), first started off in 1980 as Warner Home Video (initially as "WCI Home Video"; "WCI" stood for "Warner Communications, Inc.") to distribute on video the film and television library of Warner Bros. Studios, and when Time Warner acquired them, programs from other Time Warner companies. In Australia, it was one of the Magnificent Seven home video distributors. Currently, they also serve distribution for television and/or movie products released by BBC (w/ 2 Entertain), Lifetime, Cartoon Network, Turner Entertainment Co., Viz Media, TruTV, TNT, National Geographic Society, and MGM in the U.S., as well as products from the NBA, NFL, and NHL. In 2005, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment was founded to bring together all of its parent company's businesses involved in the delivery of home entertainment content to consumers. The company structure includes subsidiaries such as Warner Home Video, Warner Bros. Digital and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. In 2017, the Warner Home Video brand was made its in-name-only division. In January 2020, it was announced Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment would be partnering to form a 10-year joint venture, which will see new and library titles from both companies being released on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD under one entity; the venture is expected to launch in early 2021, pending regulatory approval.

Warner Home Video

1st Logo (June 1980-January 1986)

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  WCI Home Video (July 1980)
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  Warner Home Video (September 1980)
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  Alternate variant seen on some French VHSes.

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Nicknames: "CGI Invisible/Visible Shield II", "Shield of Boredom II", "Fan-made Shield", "The Cheesy Shield II", "CGI WB Shield III"

Logo: Same as the 3rd Warner Home Video logo, except the sky background is different, and the logo seems to be in a more 3D look with the colors looking more solid along with the text on the banner being replaced with "HOME ENTERTAINMENT".

Variant: An open matte version exists.

FX/SFX: Same as before.

Music/Sounds: Same as before, but now is in low pitched.

Music/Sounds Variant: When it first made its debut, a "remastered" version of the NTSC AOL Time Warner variant of last WHV logo was used.

Availability: Current. It was first spotted on the DVD release of The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania!, and the Blu-ray release of Collateral Beauty, both of which were released on the same date, and appears on newer home media releases from the company. Again, this doesn't appear on any Viz Media and Sesame Workshop releases.

Editor's Note: Although not a horrible logo, it was initially thought to be a fan-made project (hence one of the nicknames). When it was confirmed to be real, a lot of logo fans were disappointed with the result.