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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|Leonine Distribution]].
-===1st Logo (1997-2005)===
+===1st Logo (1999-2005)===
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-'''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 either "{{color|blue|'''CONCORDE-FILM'''}}" (for film releases) or "{{color|blue|'''CONCORDE'''}}" with "{{color|blue|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" below (for home entertainment releases). Then they shine, and the byline for TeleMunchen wipes in by a light below.
+'''Visuals:''' Same as the 1997 [[Concorde Filmverleih]] logo, but this time, the text is "{{color|blue|'''CONCORDE'''}}" with "{{color|blue|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" below.
-'''Variants:'''
-* During its early years, the logo was <u>bylineless</u>.
-* This was adapted from the <u>Concorde-Castle Rock/Turner</u> logo used in its first year. In that variant, the shining flash turns into words that slide and form the name.
-* There is also a <u>short version</u> used on trailers, that starts with the flash.
 '''Technique:''' CGI.
+'''Audio:''' Same as the 1997 [[Concorde Filmverleih]] logo.
-'''Audio:''' An orchestral composition with flashing sounds. For the <u>short version</u>, the music is abridged.
-'''Availability:''' Only in Germany; seen on VHS releases and older DVDs. Appeared on ''White Worm'' and ''Rosenstrasse''.
+'''Availability:''' Only in Germany; seen on VHS releases and older DVDs such as ''Thomas: Die fantastische Lokomotive''.
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+'''Visuals:''' The last seconds of the 2005 [[Concorde Filmverleih]] with "{{color|steelblue|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" placed below "{{color|steelblue|'''CONCORDE'''}}".
-'''Logo:''' We move around giant {{color|blue}}, metallic letters, which form "{{color|steelblue|'''CONCORDE'''}}". The camera pans around and flies through the letter "{{color|steelblue|'''R'''}}", then the logo comes into full view, with certain underline. The words "FILMVERLEIH" and the byline from before then appear below.
+'''Variant:''' There is also a <u>still variant</u>.
-'''Variants:'''
-* The <u>home entertainment</u> logo contains only last seconds of animation. Also, "{{color|steelblue|FILMVERLEIH}}" is replaced with "{{color|steelblue|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}".
-* There is also a <u>still variant</u>.
-* Another variant has "{{color|steelblue|FILMVERLEIH}}" replaced with <u>"{{color|steelblue|CLASSICS}}"</u>.
 '''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Audio:'''
+'''Audio:''' Some dark ambient sounds.
-* The <u>Home Entertainment variant</u> uses dark ambient sounds.
-* The <u>long version</u> is silent or has an uplifting 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 onwards, newer releases use the [[Leonine Distribution|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}}
 [[Category:German home entertainment logos]]
 [[Category:Germany]]