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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Sony Pictures Home Entertainment''' is the home entertainment distribution arm of [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]], part of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a subsidiary of Japanese giant [[Sony|Sony Group Corporation]]. | '''Sony Pictures Home Entertainment''' is the home entertainment distribution arm of [[Sony Pictures Entertainment|'''Sony Pictures''' Entertainment]], part of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a subsidiary of Japanese giant [[Sony|Sony Group Corporation]]. | ||
The name change was made official on November 18, 2004. The logo (the third time an SPE division would publicly use the 1991 corporate Sony Pictures "bars" logo following Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment (now [[Sony Pictures Digital]]) and [[Sony Pictures Television]]), however, wouldn't debut on home media releases until March 24, 2005, finally ending the Columbia TriStar group name on its [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|home entertainment]] banner. Like SPT's 2002 and 2020 "Studios" logos, the SPHE 2005 logo would mark the first time that no home entertainment VHS (produced until 2006), DVD, Blu-ray, PSP UMD (produced until 2009) or streaming releases which they distribute would ever include any references or emblems depicting the Columbia torch lady, the TriStar Pegasus or anything in relation to their natures. | The name change was made official on November 18, 2004. The logo (the third time an SPE division would publicly use the 1991 corporate Sony Pictures "bars" logo following Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment (now [[Sony Pictures Digital]]) and [[Sony Pictures Television]]), however, wouldn't debut on home media releases until March 24, 2005, finally ending the Columbia TriStar group name on its [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|home entertainment]] banner. Like SPT's 2002 and 2020 "Studios" logos, the SPHE 2005 logo would mark the first time that no home entertainment VHS (produced until 2006), DVD, Blu-ray, PSP UMD (produced until 2009) or streaming releases which they distribute would ever include any references or emblems depicting the Columbia torch lady, the TriStar Pegasus or anything in relation to their natures. | ||
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*On <u>''Surf's Up 2: WaveMania''</u>, the opening theme plays over it. | *On <u>''Surf's Up 2: WaveMania''</u>, the opening theme plays over it. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' This can be found on all videos released by the company from 2005 onward. | ||
*The print SPHE logo goes back to November 30, 2004 (first appearing on the DVD of ''Spider-Man 2''), and these early SPHE releases (including reprints) still have either the 1993 CTHV logo, the 2000 CTHV logo, or the 2001 CTHE logo. | *The print SPHE logo goes back to November 30, 2004 (first appearing on the DVD of ''Spider-Man 2''), and these early SPHE releases (including reprints) still have either the 1993 CTHV logo, the 2000 CTHV logo, or the 2001 CTHE logo. | ||
*The animated SPHE logo made its debut on the PSP UMD of ''Spider-Man 2'' in the spring of 2005. | *The animated SPHE logo made its debut on the PSP UMD of ''Spider-Man 2'' in the spring of 2005. | ||
**The first DVD to have this logo was ''Are We There Yet?'', released on May 24, 2005, and this has been present on every single Blu-ray released by Sony going back to the launch lineup on June 20, 2006. | **The first DVD to have this logo was ''Are We There Yet?'', released on May 24, 2005, and this has been present on every single Blu-ray released by Sony going back to the launch lineup on June 20, 2006. | ||
* | *It does not appear on DVD releases or reprints of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] content from 2005-2006 as they re-use either the 1993 [[MGM/UA Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]] logo, or the 1998 or 2003 [[MGM DVD]] logos. | ||
*The trailer variants don't appear as much as they debuted shortly before SPHE discontinued releasing titles on VHS, but they appear on VHS releases by SPHE that were released between 2005-2006 and made its final appearance on ''Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild'' (though they continued to release VHS releases in South Korea until late 2010). | *The trailer variants don't appear as much as they debuted shortly before SPHE discontinued releasing titles on VHS, but they appear on VHS releases by SPHE that were released between 2005-2006. They debuted on ''7 Seconds'' and made its final appearance on ''Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild'' (though they continued to release VHS releases in South Korea until late 2010). | ||
*This logo also appears on TV airings of direct-to-DVD films, such as ''Open Season 2'' and ''Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild''. | *This logo also appears on TV airings of direct-to-DVD films, such as ''Open Season 2'' and ''Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild''. | ||
*It also appears at the end of ''Easy A'' if aired on any [[Corus Entertainment]] network, like Slice. | *It also appears at the end of ''Easy A'' if aired on any [[Corus Entertainment]] network, like Slice. | ||
* | *It does not appear on 2017 DVD releases of [[Morgan Creek Entertainment|Morgan Creek]] films. | ||
* | *It doesn't appear on any ''Teletubbies'' DVD releases that they released, either. | ||
{{Chronology|[[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment]]|}} | {{Chronology|[[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment]]|}} | ||