- 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
- Voyage Productions
- Wellspring Media
- WesternWorld Television
- Westlake Entertainment
- Wizard Video
- Woodhaven Entertainment
- York Entertainment
- Young Generation Video
MTV Home Entertainment
PAV123 and thehugetvfan
Captures by
thehugetvfan
Editions by
Dison and SuperMax124
Video captures courtesy of
Jordan Rios, Broken Saw, ENunn and LogicSmash
Background
MTV Home Entertainment (formerly MTV Home Video) is the home entertainment arm of MTV. The company's output was originally distributed by Sony Music Video and would soon be transferred to Paramount Home Video after MTV's parent Viacom acquired Paramount in 1994. Despite this, aside from Nickelodeon releases (which Paramount started distributing in 1996), Sony continued distributing MTV releases on VHS until 2000 (international releases were distributed by CIC Video until 2000 on VHS).
1st Logo (1991-1996)
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Visuals: A shorter version of the MTV Mirror ident, but with the words "HOME VIDEO" appearing instead of "MUSIC TELEVISION".
Technique: Stop motion animation, the appearance of the words and letters.
Audio: The second part of the ident's soundtrack, but with a loud and different thud sound.
Availability: Seen on early Beavis and Butt-head videos such as "Work Sucks!" and "The Final Judgment", as well as The Best of Liquid Television and The Grind workout tapes.
2nd Logo (1996-2003)
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The logo
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The slogan
Visuals: On a black background, there is a large white circle flash on and off. Then, there is a smaller circle move in from the left of the screen, leaving behind different colored copies as it moves, a la the James Bond gun barrel sequence. Another circle does the same from the right side of the screen. Once the latter reaches the middle, yet another circle appears much closer up on the screen. A red triangle pointing towards the right with a rounded lower section moves out of the circle, which slightly widens in the process and stops in full view. Then, a finger appears and pushes the triangle, causing it to turn green with the MTV logo appearing in the circle in black, which proceeds to pulsate (like a speaker) until the screen alongside the logo becomes white and the shapes become black. The black words "home" and "video" in a sans-serif typeface slide in from the left and right sides of the screen respectively. The end product fades out and the words "stick it in. press play." in an odd, computerized font fade in and out.
Technique: Simple late 90s animation.
Audio: A James Bond-esque piece of music that tenses throughout the logo and ends in a 9-note electric guitar theme. As the slogan fades in, the sound of a VHS tape being put into a VCR can be heard.
Availability: Seen on later Sony releases of MTV shows before Viacom took over distribution rights. It was seen on the Australian version of The Ren and Stimpy Show VHS "Incredibly Stupid Stories" (which is shown before some MTV Home Video promos), which is odd, as the VHS is from Nickelodeon (however, this could be because CIC Video distributed MTV Video releases in Australia/UK at the time).
3rd Logo (1997-2010)
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Visuals: On a black background, several rings zoom in and move around, alongside a triangle and an oval. As the oval and rings spin (changing colors from purple to blue and then gold), the numbers on it change from 5 to 1 like a film countdown. Then the circle rotates one more time and reveals the pre-2010 MTV logo on it. The rings disappear as the triangle moves to its normal position near the circle, and the sans-serif words "home video" flip below the logo. A flickering shadow with a bar scrolling through it appears behind both the circle and the text. The entire logo floats, then it blurs and turns black with rainbow edges as a white flash occurs. Finally, the logo stops changing colors and sits still before being overtaken by static.
Trivia: Despite the name change to "MTV Home Entertainment" in 2004, newer releases continued using the "home video" banner for this logo on-screen.
Variant: In the early 2000s, a variant used for DVD and post-2002 VHS releases was introduced. The logo is green throughout; the circle and "home video" text also don't blur when the flash appears, instead glitching briefly after the flash. The ending animation also differs from the VHS variant.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A heavy drum-and-bass theme is heard throughout, alongside a computerized female voiceover (supplied by the "Kathy" voice in the text-to-speech program on Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X) counting down from 5 to 1, a robotic voice (supplied by the "Trinoids" novelty voice in the same text-to-speech program, albeit transposed 3 semitones higher) quickly saying the company name, and a robotic male voiceover (supplied by the "Fred" voice in the same text-to-speech program) saying "Stick it in. Press play.", and finally a loud bit of static.
Audio Variant: Sometimes, a 80s synth hip hop-esque theme is heard instead. The voices remain the same.
Availability: Seen on VHS releases and DVDs of MTV shows such as Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection, Daria: Best Friends, Jackass, MTV Yoga, and Æon Flux: The Complete Animated Collection. Some DVDs, like Daria: The Complete Animated Series, and some MOD DVD-R releases from the company, skip this logo altogether. This first appeared on some Sony-distributed releases in 1997 including Beavis and Butt-Head: Hard Cash.