- 3-G Home Video
- 10th Ave. Video
- 4 Play Video
- Academy Entertainment
- Action International Pictures
- Active Home Video
- AdultX
- AIX Media Group
- Allied Artists Video
- Alpha Video Classics
- American Home Video
- Amvest Video
- Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks Video
- Arman Julian Productions
- Astronics Tele-Cine Ltd.
- Axon Video
- Barr Entertainment
- BC Video
- Best Film & Video Corp.
- Big Top Video
- Bingo Video, Inc.
- Brentwood Communications
- Bullfrog Films
- BWE Video
- Caballero Home Video
- Caesar's Video
- Cal Vista Video (Some countries)
- Camp Video
- Children's Learning Video
- ChoiceMark Corp.
- Cindy V Video
- Cinema Home Video
- Cinescope Enterprises/Panorama International
- Classic Family Entertainment
- Cobra Media
- Coliseum Video
- Crown Movie Classics
- Dave Hood Entertainment
- Dead Alive Productions
- Diamond Entertainment Corporation
- DIC Home Entertainment
- Digiview Entertainment
- Disc Plaza Entertainment
- Dollar Entertainment
- Dreamland Home Video
- E Realbiz
- Edde Entertainment
- Elite Entertainment
- Ergo Home Video
- Essex Video
- Evil Angel Video
- Fat Dog Productions
- Films Incorporated
- Film Threat Video
- First Look Home Entertainment
- First Run Video
- Fotomat Video
- Front Row Entertainment, Inc.
- Genesis Home Video
- Golden Dragon Cambodian Video (Some countries)
- Gospel Films Video
- Gourmet Video Collection
- Guthy-Renker
- Happy Face Home Video
- Harmony Vision
- Hart Sharp Video
- HIS Video
- Hollywood Video Library
- Hosca Home Video Productions
- IN-X-CESS International Films
- J2 Communications
- JTC Video
- Jane Fonda Workout
- Jingle Cats Home Video
- K-Tel Video
- Kaiju Productions
- Kid Time Video
- Kideo Incorporated
- King of Video
- Kodak Video
- Kultur
- KVC Home Video
- L.A. Hero
- LatinAmerica Films & Video
- Lumivision
- MPI Home Video
- MTI Home Video
- Maier Communications, Inc.
- Malibu Video
- Mark V International
- Master Arts Video
- Minolta Audio-Visual (Some countries)
- Monarch Home Video
- Morgan Creek DVD
- Morris Video
- Muther Video
- National Geographic Video
- New Horizons Home Video
- New Star Entertainment
- NFL Films Video Library
- North American Releasing
- NuTech Digital
- Omega Entertainment
- Pacific Arts
- Palisades Home Video
- Parade Video
- Paragon Video Productions
- Parents Approved Video
- Passion Productions
- Passport International Productions, Inc.
- PC Treasures
- Penthouse Video
- Pentrex
- Pioneer Special Interests
- Planet Video
- Playboy Home Video
- Player Home Entertainment
- PorchLight Home Entertainment
- Premiere Video
- Prism Entertainment
- Producers' Video Inc.
- Quality Video, Inc.
- Quality X Video
- Questar Home Video
- RCA SelectaVision
- RNJ Corporation
- Raedon Home Video
- Rainbow Home Video
- Reader's Digest Home Entertainment (Some countries)
- Right Stuf Inc.
- Shapiro Glickenhaus Home Video (Some countries)
- Shokus Video
- SISU Home Entertainment
- Slingshot Entertainment
- Soft Touch Video
- Something Weird Video
- SouthGate Entertainment
- Standard Video
- Star Anime Enterprises
- Starling Films
- Sterling Entertainment Group
- Super Video Inc.
- TGA Video
- TGG Direct
- Tidewater Productions
- Travelview International
- Troma Team Video
- Twin Tower Entertainment
- UVI Video Productions
- Valentine Video
- Valley of the Sun Video
- VCI Entertainment
- VCX
- Velocity Home Entertainment
- Ventura Distribution
- Victor King Video
- VIDCO - The Video Company
- Video-X-Pix
- Video City Productions
- Video Gems
- Video Outlaw
- VideoTours
- View Video
- Vina Distributor
- Vintage Home Entertainment
- Virgin Video (Some countries)
- Vivid Entertainment
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- Wellspring Media
- WesternWorld Television
- Westlake Entertainment
- Wizard Video
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- York Entertainment
- Young Generation Video
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'''Channel 5 Video''' was a significant British VHS distributor from 1986 until 1991 when it was acquired and folded by [[PolyGram Video|PolyGram]]. |
'''Channel 5 Video''' was a significant British VHS distributor from 1986 until 1991 when it was acquired and folded by [[PolyGram Video|PolyGram]]. In 1997, PolyGram revived Channel 5 Video as a children's label for their existing budget VHS label [[4Front Video]] until being retired again in 1999 following the rebranding of PolyGram Video to Universal Studios Home Video. |
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It is completely unrelated to (and not to be confused with) [[Channel 5 (UK)|Britain's fifth terrestrial TV station]]. |
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===1st Logo (1986-1990)=== |
===1st Logo (1986-1990)=== |
Revision as of 21:23, 22 September 2022
Eric S., Allen Jeremy and starway1
Video captures courtesy of
dylan fagan
Background
Channel 5 Video was a significant British VHS distributor from 1986 until 1991 when it was acquired and folded by PolyGram. In 1997, PolyGram revived Channel 5 Video as a children's label for their existing budget VHS label 4Front Video until being retired again in 1999 following the rebranding of PolyGram Video to Universal Studios Home Video.
It is completely unrelated to (and not to be confused with) Britain's fifth terrestrial TV station.
1st Logo (1986-1990)
Nicknames: "The Segmented Trapezoid 5", "3D Segment 5", "CGI 5", "Cool 5"
Logo: On a gradient blue background, a series of translucent 3D quadrilaterals rotate into view and form what turns out to be a right-pointing arrow with a "5" cut out of it. The arrow is then hit by a line of electricity (two CASCOM stock footages called "Electro Charge II" and "Electro Burst", respectively) and turns gold, and as it turns to face us, the word "CHANNEL" also in gold appears above. The whole logo faces us very briefly, with a flash of white light behind it, then zooms in towards us and disappears, leaving just the blue background.
FX/SFX: The quadrilaterals, the line of electricity, the arrow turning gold, and the whole logo zooming in.
Music/Sounds: A synthesizer tune is played with some bells and electric guitars, and just before the bolts of lightning hit each other, a cymbal is heard building up to the flash, with a final electric guitar riff before the synthesizer fades out, as the logo zooms off the screen.
Availability: Seen on Channel 5 videos from the UK around the time period such as Thunderbirds, Stingray, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90 and The Trap Door, among others.
Editor's Note: This logo boasts some pretty impressive CGI for 1986.
2nd Logo (1989-1991, 1997-1999)
Nicknames: "The Segmented Trapezoid 5 II: Not An Electric Boogaloo", "2D Segment 5"
Logo: On a gradient brown background, a beige square appears from the bottom right corner, zooming towards the center of the screen before disappearing. Two more squares, colored purple and black respectively, participate in similar sequences. While this is being done, the word "CHANNEL" forms letter-by-letter, then the symbol from the previous logo (a segmented arrow with a "5"-shaped hole) is formed afterwards. It stays on the screen for a few seconds, then the symbol and "CHANNEL" fly to the top right corner of the screen, leaving just the background.
FX/SFX: The squares flying in, the logo being formed and flying out. All 2D animation.
Music/Sounds: A lullaby-esque theme, featuring a xylophone and woodwind.
Music/Sounds/Variant/Trivia: On some videos, a different audio track is used which consists of a droning note followed by a downing synth chord with drumbeats, which surprisingly is in sync with the lines forming the logo and even fits a bit more. This was actually sourced from "Threshold" by the Steve Miller Band. The track was also used for an early station ident for KMPH-TV.
Availability: Seen on Channel 5 videos from the UK around the time period.
Editor's Note: A simpler and cheaper effort compared to the previous logo.