AVID:Oldest logos by language
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Language | Logo Image | Logo's Name | Year | Native Territory |
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English | ![]() |
Edison Manufacturing Company | 1903 | United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland |
Spanish | ![]() |
SECMEI | 1908 | Spain, Latin America |
French | ![]() |
Star Film Company | 1897 | France |
Italian | ![]() |
Itala Film | 1908 | Italy |
Portuguese | ![]() |
Sociedade Portuguesa De Actualidades Cinematográficas | September 19, 1931 | Portugal, Brazil |
Mandarin Chinese | ![]() |
Mingxing Film Company | 1931 | China |
Cantonese | ![]() |
Hsin Wha Motion Picture Co. | 1936? | China |
Russian | ![]() |
Mezhrapom-Rus' | 1924 | Russia |
Arabic | ![]() |
Orient Films | 30 December 1934 | Arab World, Middle East, North Africa |
Hindi | ![]() |
Agarwal Film Co. | 4 October 1931 | India |
Urdu | ![]() |
Shaukat Art Production | 23 May 1947 | Pakistan, India |
Japanese | ![]() |
Shochiku | 8 April 1921 | Japan |
Korean | ![]() |
Koryo Film Association | 1940 | Korea |
German | ![]() |
Decla Film | 26 February 1920 | Germany |
Greek | ![]() |
Skouras Films | 15 April 1940 | Greece |
Turkish | ![]() |
İpek Film | 19 July 1941 | Turkey |
Icelandic | ![]() |
Rikisútvarpið Sjónvarp | 1966 | Iceland |
Faroese | ![]() |
Krigvarp Foroya | 2017 | Faroe Islands |
Norwegian | Merkur-Film | 26 December 1941 | Norway | |
Swedish | ![]() |
Svensk Filmindustri | 1920 | Sweden |
Danish | ![]() |
Nordisk Film | 3 October 1907 | Denmark |
Finnish | ![]() |
Suomen Filmiteollisuus | 1933 | Finland |
Welsh | ![]() |
BBC Cymru | 1953 | Wales (United Kingdom) |
Irish | ![]() |
RTÉ | 31 December 1961 | Ireland |
Dutch | ![]() |
HAP Film | 12 September 1912? | Netherlands, Belgium |
Luxembourgish | ![]() |
RTL Television | 23 January 1955 | Luxembourg |
Catalan | ![]() |
Antena 7 | 1986 | Spain (Region of Catalunya) |
Basque | ![]() |
ETA | 2007 | Spain (Basque Region) |
Polish | ![]() |
BWB Film | 29 September 1932 | Poland |
Czech | ![]() |
Studio Bratři v Triku | 1945 | Czech Republic |
Slovak | Slovak Film Institute | 15 February 1963 | Slovakia | |
Ukrainian | ![]() |
All-Ukrainian Photo & Cinema Administration | 1927 | Ukraine |
Belarusian | ![]() |
Belarusfilm | 1930s | Belarus |
Hungarian | ![]() |
Lux Film (Hungary) | 17 March 1936 | Hungary |
Lithuanian | ![]() |
Litovskoy Kinostudii | 14 December 1972 | Lithuania |
Latvian | ![]() |
Riga Television Studio | 20 November 1954 | Latvia |
Estonian | ![]() |
Eesti Kulturfilm | 1937 | Estonia |
Slovene | ![]() |
Triglav Film | 21 November 1948 | Slovenia |
Serbo-Croatian | ![]() |
Balkan Film | 1934 | Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia |
Croatian | ![]() |
Jadran Film | 22 December 1950 | Croatia |
Bosnian | ![]() |
Bosna Film | 25 July 1951 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Romanian | ![]() |
Studioul Cinematografic București | 20 September 1951 | Romania |
Bulgarian | ![]() |
BNT1 | 25 December 1959 | Bulgaria |
Albanian | ![]() |
Shqiperiafilm | 17 August 1958 | Albania |
Macedonian | ![]() |
Vardar Film | 26 June 1952 | North Macedonia |
Hebrew | ![]() |
Instructional Television Trust | 1966 | Israel |
Persian | ![]() |
Pars Film | 1950 | Iran |
Georgian | ![]() |
Tbilisi Film Studio | 26 September 1949 | Georgia |
Armenian | ![]() |
Armenfilm | September 1938 | Armenia |
Azerbaijani (Azeri) | ![]() |
Baku Television Studio | 14 February 1956 | Azerbaijan |
Pashto | ![]() |
Afghan Film | 1989 | Afghanistan, Pakistan |
Tamil | ![]() |
Jupiter Pictures | 11 April 1947 | India (Region of Tamil Nadu) |
Telugu | ![]() |
Sri Sarathi Studios | 25 September 1938 | India |
Malayalam | ![]() |
K&K Combines | 15 March 1951 | India (Region of Kerala) |
Kannada | ![]() |
Kenparaj Productions | 1957 | India (Region of Karnataka) |
Bengali | ![]() |
H.G. Productions | 1 October 1965 | India (Region of West Bengal), Bangladesh |
Gujarati | ![]() |
Chitra Kala Mandir | 1973 | India (Region of Gujarat) |
Nepali | ![]() |
Royal Nepal Film Corporation | 7 October 1964 | Nepal |
Bhojpuri | ![]() |
Devi Darshan Films | 1992 | India |
Odia | ![]() |
Gopinatha Pictures | 1985 | India (Region of Orissa) |
Sinhala | ![]() |
Sri Murugan Navakala Films Ltd. | 27 August 1955 | Sri Lanka |
Dhivehi | ![]() |
Maldives Film Company | 1980s | Maldives |
Dzongkha | ![]() |
Tashi Nencha | 1990 | Bhutan |
Mizo | ![]() |
Film and Drama Youth Organisation (FADYO) | 2002 | India (Region of Mizoram) |
Thai | ![]() |
Amporn Films | 1929 | Thailand |
Burmese | ![]() |
Burma Films | 2 June 1934 | Myanmar (Burma) |
Laotian | ![]() |
The Building Factory of the Central Lao People's Party | 3 November 1973 | Laos |
Khmer | ![]() |
National Propaganda Film Team | 1960 | Cambodia |
Vietnamese | ![]() |
Kim-Chung Điện-Anh | 1953 | Vietnam |
Malay | ![]() |
Cathay Organisation | 1950s | Malaysia |
Indonesian | ![]() |
Nippon Eigasha (Dutch East Indies) | 1943 | Indonesia |
Filipino | ![]() |
Sampaguita Pictures | 1937 | Philippines |
Taiwanese Hokkien | ![]() |
Chung Hwa Film Company | 6 December 1958 | Taiwan |
Kazakh | ![]() |
Kazakhfilm | March 1963 | Kazakhstan |
Turkmen | ![]() |
Nusay | 1992 | Turkmenistan |
Uzbek | ![]() |
Uzbekfilm | November 1959 | Uzbekistan |
Tajik | ![]() |
Tajikfilm | 9 April 1957 | Tajikistan |
Kyrgyz | ![]() |
Kyrgyzfilm | 2 October 1961 | Kyrgyzstan |
Uyghur | ![]() |
Xinjiang A&V Publishing House | 2000s | China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan |
Mongolian | ![]() |
Mongolian Film Company | 1948 | Mongolia |
Aymara | ![]() |
Instituto Cinematografico Boliviano | 1958 | Bolivia, Chile, Peru |
Inuktitut | ![]() |
Inuit Broadcasting Corporation | 1982 | Canada (Region of Nunavut) |
Greenlandic | ![]() |
Qanorooq | 1 September 1989 | Greenland |
Afrikaans | ![]() |
Film Produksie Fasiliteite Afrika | 1956 | South Africa |
Sotho | ![]() |
SABC TV3 Ditaba | 1981 | South Africa |
Xhosa | ![]() |
SABC TV2 Iindaba Ngo 6 | Late 1984 | South Africa |
Wolof | ![]() |
Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise | 1992 | Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia |
Balanta | ![]() |
Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise | 1992 | Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia |
Bassari (Oniyan) | ![]() |
ETBS | 2000s | Senegal, Guinea |
Bambara | ![]() |
Mali Jaw | 1986 | Mali |
Minyanka (Mamara) | ![]() |
Mali Jaw | 1986 | Mali |
Kpelle | ![]() |
Radio Television Guinea | mid-2000s | Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast |
Dioula | ![]() |
Voltavision | 1984 | Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali |
Gourmanché | ![]() |
Télévision Scolaire du Niger | 1982 | Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Niger, Ghana, Nigeria |
Songhay-Zarma | ![]() |
Télévision Scolaire du Niger | 1982 | Mali, Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso, Nigeria |
Anii | ![]() |
ORTB (Radiodiffusion et Télévision du Bénin) | 1999? | Ghana, Togo, Benin |
Ewe | ![]() |
OMC Production | 2017 | Ghana, Togo, Benin |
Kabiyé | ![]() |
OMC Production | 2017 | Togo, Benin, Ghana |
Ga | Ghanafilm | 13 January 1970 | Ghana | |
Gonja | Ghanafilm | 13 January 1970 | Ghana | |
Igbo | ![]() |
Benue-Plateau Television | 1 October 1975 | Nigeria |
Hausa | ![]() |
Benue-Plateau Television | 1 October 1975 | Nigeria, Niger |
Sango | ![]() |
MINUSCA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic) | 2010s | Central African Republic |
Amharic | ![]() |
S. P. Films | 1 November 1982 | Ethiopia |
Tigrinya | ![]() |
EPLF Cine-Selection | 1991 | Eritrea, Ethiopia |
Somali | ![]() |
SNTV | 2010s | Somalia, Somaliland |
Swahili | ![]() |
Voice of Kenya | 1984 | Tanzania, Kenya, East Africa |
Luganda | ![]() |
Ramon Film Productions | 2011 | Uganda |
Kinyarwanda | ![]() |
RTV | 2010s | Rwanda |
Kirundi | Jabatan Hal Ehwal Ugama Brunei | 23 October 1968 | Burundi | |
Malagasy | ![]() |
Radio Television Malagasy | 24 December 1967 | Madagascar |
Comorian | ![]() |
ORTC (Office de Radio et Télévision des Comores) | 2010 | Comoros |
Chewa | ![]() |
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation | 2010s | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia |
Namlish | ![]() |
Suidwes-Afrikaanse Uitsaaikorporasie/South West African Broadcasting Corporation | 1988 | Namibia |
Setswana | ![]() |
Botswana Television | 2000 | Botswana |
Tshwa | ![]() |
ZTV | 1982 | Botswana, Zimbabwe |
Swazi | ![]() |
Channel Swazi | 2000s | Swaziland |
Sesotho | ![]() |
LNBS | 2021 | Lesotho |
Sundanese | ![]() |
Televisi Republik Indonesia | 1979 | Indonesia |
Javanese | ![]() |
TVRI Jawa Timur | 3 March 1978 | Indonesia |
Palauan | ![]() |
Oceania Television Network (OTV/OTN) | December 2006 | Palau |
Tetum | ![]() |
TVTL | 2003 | East Timor |
Tok Pisin | ![]() |
EM TV | 1987 | Papua New Guinea |
Hiri Motu | ![]() |
EM TV | 1987 | Papua New Guinea |
Māori | ![]() |
Te Māngai Pāho | 1991 | New Zealand |
Fijian | ![]() |
Fiji One | 1994 | Fiji |
Bislama | ![]() |
Television Blong Vanuatu | 1993 | Vanuatu |
Tuvaluan | ![]() |
.tv News | 2020 | Tuvalu |
Tongan | ![]() |
Television Tonga | 2013 | Tonga |
Samoan | ![]() |
TV1 Samoa | 2018 | Samoa |
Haitian Creole | ![]() |
Télévision Nationale d'Haïti | 23 December 1979 | Haiti |
Papiamento | ![]() |
Telecurcao | 1980s | Dutch Caribbean |
Llanito | ![]() |
Gibraltar Brodcasting Corporation | 1982 | Gibraltar |
Maltese | ![]() |
Malta Television Service | 29 September 1962 | Malta |
Esperanto | ![]() |
Contempo III | 1966 | Constructed |