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Background

Concorde Home Entertainment (known until 1999 as Concorde Video) was the home entertainment division of Concorde Filmverleih, founded in 1991 as the successor of Vestron Video's German distribution branch.

1st Logo (1999-2005)

Visuals: Same as the 1997 Concorde Filmverleih logo, but this time, the text is "CONCORDE" with "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" below.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as the 1997 Concorde Filmverleih logo.

Availability: Only in Germany; seen on VHS releases and older DVDs such as Thomas: Die fantastische Lokomotive.

2nd Logo (2005-2013)

Visuals: The last seconds of the 2005 Concorde Filmverleih with "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" placed below "CONCORDE".

Variant: There is also a still variant.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Some dark ambient sounds.

Availability: Seen on local DVDs, UMDs and Blu-rays, for example The Hurt Locker or ...And God Created Created Woman. This was mostly preceded by TeleMunchen logo. From 2019 onwards, newer releases use the Leonine logo.

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 ===Background===
+'''Concorde Home Entertainment''' (known until 1999 as '''Concorde Video''') was the home entertainment division of [[Concorde Filmverleih]], founded in 1991 as the successor of [[Vestron Video]]'s German distribution branch.
-'''Concorde Filmverleih''' is a theatrical and home video distributor in Germany. It was formed in 1991 when TeleMuchen Group acquired local assets of Vestron Video and created '''Concorde Video''', renamed to Concorde Home Entertainment in 1999. In 2019, the company went absorbed into [[Leonine Distribution (Germany)|Leonine Distribution]].
-===1st Logo (1996-2005)===
+===1st Logo (1999-2005)===
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+'''Visuals:''' Same as the 1997 [[Concorde Filmverleih]] logo, but this time, the text is "{{color|blue|'''CONCORDE'''}}" with "{{color|blue|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" below.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Logo:''' A bright flickering splash occurs, which lights on the panning filmstrip. Each frame contains video footages of some movies. The strip becomes flat and flashes again, and then the letters rise from it, forming the name.
+'''Audio:''' Same as the 1997 [[Concorde Filmverleih]] logo.
-'''Variants:'''
-* During its early years, the logo was bylineless.
-* This was adapted from the Concorde-Castle Rock/Turner logo used in its first two years. In that variant, the shining flash transforms into words that slide and form the name.
-* There is also a short version used on trailers, that starts with the flash.
+'''Availability:''' Only in Germany; seen on VHS releases and older DVDs such as ''Thomas: Die fantastische Lokomotive''.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The splashes and filmstrip moving, the letters rising.
+===2nd Logo (2005-2013)===
-'''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestral composition with flashing sounds. For the short version, the music is abriged.
+<tabber>
+Images=
-'''Availability:''' Only in Germany, seen on VHS releases and older DVDs. Appeared on ''White Worm''.
-'''Editor's Note:''' None.
-===2nd Logo (2005-2019)===
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+|-|
+Videos=
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+'''Visuals:''' The last seconds of the 2005 [[Concorde Filmverleih]] with "{{color|steelblue|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" placed below "{{color|steelblue|'''CONCORDE'''}}".
+'''Variant:''' There is also a <u>still variant</u>.
-'''Logo:''' We move around giant blue, metallic letters, which form CONCORDE. The camera pans around and flies through "R" letter, then the logo comes into full view, with certain underline.
-'''Variants:'''
-* The home entertainment logo contains only last seconds of animation.
-* There is also a still variant.
-* Another variant has "Filmverleih" replaced with "Classics".
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The whole animation, showing full capacity of the Blu-ray disc.
+'''Audio:''' Some dark ambient sounds.
-'''Music/Sounds:'''
-* The Home Entertainment variant uses dark ambient sounds.
-* The long variant is silent or has an uptlifting orchestral fanfare composed by Marcel Barsotti.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on local DVDs, UMDs and Blu-rays, for example ''The Hurt Locker'' or ''...And God Created Created Woman''. This was preceded by TeleMuchen logo. From 2019 onward, newer releases use the [[Leonine Distribution (Germany)|Leonine]] logo.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on local DVDs, UMDs and Blu-rays, for example ''The Hurt Locker'' or ''...And God Created Created Woman''. This was mostly preceded by TeleMunchen logo. From 2019 onwards, newer releases use the [[Leonine Distribution|Leonine]] logo.
+{{Home Entertainment-Navbox}}
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-[[Category:German logos]]
+[[Category:Germany]]
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