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'''Trivia:''' The company's slogan was "The World's Leading Distributor for Independent Television Producers".
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Worldvision Enterprises Inc. was a television program and home video distributor established in 1973 as the successor of ABC Films, after the former company spun off because it was against the FCC regulations for a television network to distribute its programs under its own name. They primarily licensed programs from others, rather than producing their own content. In 1979, Worldvision was sold to Taft Broadcasting (later renamed to "Great American" in 1987 and "Citicasters" in 1993), and was later sold to Aaron Spelling in 1988 and became part of Spelling Entertainment Inc. The transaction was completed on March 11, 1989, and the company became the distributor of Spelling Television-produced shows.
On April 6, 1991, Spelling Entertainment Inc. was acquired by the Charter Company, an oil refining, insurance, and communications company. Spelling and Charter merged on October 5, 1992 and Charter was renamed as "Spelling Entertainment Group". Exactly a year later, Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation acquired a 67% stake in the Spelling Entertainment Group and later merged with Viacom on September 29, 1994. In 1997, the production arm of Worldvision Enterprises was incorporated into Republic Pictures, and in 1999, Viacom (later "CBS Corporation" and "ViacomCBS", now "Paramount Global") acquired the rest of the Spelling Entertainment Group, and folded the distribution arm of Worldvision into Paramount Domestic Television (now "CBS Media Ventures").
Currently, most of the Worldvision Enterprises library (the exceptions: most of the Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears libraries are owned by Warner Bros. Television through Turner Broadcasting, Let's Make a Deal is now owned by FremantleMedia, and the TV movies that Fries Entertainment co-produced with Worldvision are owned by MGM Television) is owned by Paramount Global through CBS Media Ventures and Spelling Television Inc. The movies that Worldvision syndicated, such as those from Carolco Pictures, are now syndicated by Trifecta Entertainment & Media, under license from Paramount Pictures.
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1st Logo (January 8, 1973-January 10, 1976) | 2nd Logo (1974-August 1988) | 3rd Logo (September 1988-May 26, 1999) |
Visuals: On a yellow background, a black oval-shaped globe with longitudinal and latitudinal lines wipes in upwards, as a navy blue "W" wipes itself in downward. The "W" is stylized in a way that makes it blend with the spherical shape. The company name "WORLDVISION ENTERPRISES INC." appears below the globe.
Trivia: The company's slogan was "The World's Leading Distributor for Independent Television Producers".
Variants:
Technique: Camera-controlled/cel animation.
Audio: None.
Audio Variant: The in-credit variant has the end-title theme from Let's Make a Deal.
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Visuals: Same as the previous logo, but the background is red, the globe, "W" and text are white, and the logo is completely redrawn to look cleaner. The text "Not affiliated with World Vision International, a religious and charitable organization" appears below the company name from this point onward.
Bylines: When Taft Broadcasting acquired Worldvision, these bylines would appear under the company name:
Variants:
Technique: Camera-controlled/cel animation.
Audio: None.
Audio Variants:
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Visuals: It's a warp-speed variant of the 1983 Worldvision Home Video logo, with the background fading to black after a second and the text and globe inverting with a gradient wipe effect and fade effect respectively. "HOME VIDEO, INC." is also replaced by the text "ENTERPRISES INC." in a white Helvetica font. The radar globe then glows and the same note from the previous logo (in a much smaller font) fades in on the bottom of the screen, after which the logo shines, along with a quick shining wipe on the "WORLDVISION" text.
Bylines: When introduced in 1988, there was no byline present (like the chyron version of the previous logo). After Great American Broadcasting (the former Taft Broadcasting Co.) sold Worldvision to Aaron Spelling the same year, the following bylines appeared beginning in 1989:
Variants:
Technique: Analog computer animation.
Audio: A shortened version of the Worldvision Home Video theme (a slowed-down version of "Moog Statement 14"), shortening and toning down the "whoosh" and cutting the jingle to the last two notes.
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