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'''Variant:''' An ending variant has the logo still with the text "A Presentation Of" above the text. The logo is also much smaller.
'''Variant:''' An ending variant has the logo still with the text "A Presentation Of" above the text. The logo is also much smaller.


'''Technique:''' Simple 2D animation.
'''Technique:''' Motion-controlled animation.


'''Music/Sounds/Voiceover:''' An dramatic brass fanfare, followed by an male announcer saying "ABC Video Enterprises presents!" The ending variant lacks the voiceover.
'''Music/Sounds/Voiceover:''' An dramatic brass fanfare, followed by an male announcer saying "ABC Video Enterprises presents!" The ending variant lacks the voiceover.
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'''Availability:''' Extinct. Seen at the end of ''The Miracle of Lake Placid'' and at the start of ''The Greatest Fights of the '70s''.
'''Availability:''' Extinct. Seen at the end of ''The Miracle of Lake Placid'' and at the start of ''The Greatest Fights of the '70s''.


===2nd Logo (1982-1987, 1991)===
===2nd Logo (1982-1987)===
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the black words "ABC VIDEO" with white sparkling outlines zoom out and connect together. Afterwards, one of the outlines' sparkles, between A (in ABC) and V (in VIDEO), shines, connecting the A in "ABC" to the V in "VIDEO", and the words become bronze. Then the green words "ENTERPRISES, INC.", sandwiched by green lines, appears at the bottom of "VIDEO" via a wipe effect in rays of light. The bronze words "ABC VIDEO" sparkle.
'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the black words "ABC VIDEO" with white sparkling outlines zoom out and connect together. Afterwards, one of the outlines' sparkles, between A (in ABC) and V (in VIDEO), shines, connecting the A in "ABC" to the V in "VIDEO", and the words become bronze. Then the green words "ENTERPRISES, INC.", sandwiched by green lines, appears at the bottom of "VIDEO" via a wipe effect in rays of light. The bronze words "ABC VIDEO" sparkle.


'''Technique:''' The sparkles, the words zooming out and becoming bronze, the rays of light.
'''Technique:''' Motion-controlled animation.


'''Music/Sounds:''' A humming sound when the words zoom out, followed by a loud synth trumpet crescendo when the words turn bronze and the green words appear, closing with a single drumbeat. A silent version exists, as well.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A humming sound when the words zoom out, followed by a loud synth trumpet crescendo when the words turn bronze and the green words appear, closing with a single drumbeat. A silent version exists, as well.


'''Availability:''' Rare. At the time, ABC licensed its film and TV library to various companies for VHS/Laserdisc/Betamax release, such as [[Embassy Home Entertainment]], [[Golden Books Family Entertainment|Golden Book Video]], [[Magnetic Video Corporation]] (as well as successors [[20th Century-Fox Video]] and [[CBS/Fox Video]]), [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]], and [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (to name a few). The best way to find this logo is looking for an ABC Video Enterprises print logo on the cover. Re-releases put out via Promotional Concept Group Inc. in the late 1980s-early 1990s will most likely use the 3rd logo instead. The silent version can be found at the end of the [[Playhouse Video]] release of ''Here Come the Littles!''. It's retained at the start of [[Echo Bridge Home Entertainment]] releases of ABC-owned titles, like ''Home for the Holidays'' and ''Huckleberry Finn''. Outside of VHS releases, this appeared on Carlton Select airings of ''Moonlighting'' (this despite the [[Buena Vista International Television]] logo's presence at the end), True Movies airings of ''No Place to Run'' and ''The Kansas City Massacre'', Talking Pictures TV airings of ''The Great Houdini'', a January 23rd 1996 AMC airing of ''The Wild Heart'', and the last few frames of this logo were accidentally kept intact on a [[DHX Media|DHX]] Junior print of ''The Littles'' episode ''The Spirits of the Night''. It may also appear on older prints of ABC made for TV movies.
'''Availability:''' Rare. At the time, ABC licensed its film and TV library to various companies for VHS/Laserdisc/Betamax release, such as [[Embassy Home Entertainment]], [[Golden Books Family Entertainment|Golden Book Video]], [[Magnetic Video Corporation]] (as well as successors [[20th Century-Fox Video]] and [[CBS/Fox Video]]), [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]], and [[Republic Pictures Home Video]] (to name a few). The best way to find this logo is looking for an ABC Video Enterprises print logo on the cover. Re-releases put out via Promotional Concept Group Inc. in the late 1980s-early 1990s will most likely use the 3rd logo instead. The silent version can be found at the end of the [[Playhouse Video]] release of ''Here Come the Littles!''. It's retained at the start of [[Echo Bridge Home Entertainment]] releases of ABC-owned titles, like ''Home for the Holidays'' and ''Huckleberry Finn''. Outside of VHS releases, this appeared on Carlton Select airings of ''Moonlighting'' (this despite the [[Buena Vista International Television]] logo's presence at the end), True Movies airings of ''No Place to Run'' and ''The Kansas City Massacre'', Talking Pictures TV airings of ''The Great Houdini'', a January 23, 1996 AMC airing of ''The Wild Heart'', and the last few frames of this logo were accidentally kept intact on a [[DHX Media|DHX]] Junior print of ''The Littles'' episode ''The Spirits of the Night''. It may also appear on older prints of ABC made for TV movies.
 
'''Legacy:''' Seeing as ABC's circle logo appeared on the company's print logo (where it was placed on top of the ABC Video Enterprises logo), it's a bit strange that it didn't appear on-screen.


===3rd Logo (1986-1993)===
===3rd Logo (1986-1993)===
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'''Logo:''' A large, blue ABC logo zooms out to the center on a space background with the text "Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises Inc." below it. Then, when the logo's in place, a comet streaks past the text below and changes it to "ABC Distribution Company" while the ABC logo above changes into an Earth globe (starting by a "scanline" wipe of the globe before it fades to the globe). Sometimes, a copyright date appears below it.
'''Logo:''' A large, blue ABC logo zooms out to the center on a space background with the text "Capital Cities/ABC Video Enterprises Inc." below it. Then, when the logo's in place, a comet streaks past the text below and changes it to "ABC Distribution Company" while the ABC logo above changes into an Earth globe (starting by a "scanline" wipe of the globe before it fades to the globe). Sometimes, a copyright date appears below it.
'''Trivia:''' At the beginning, the space background can still be seen on the side edges of the screen while the logo is close.


'''Variants:'''
'''Variants:'''
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen on some old videotapes of TV shows and movies produced and distributed by ABC. It made an appearance at the end of Sundance TV's airings of the ''My So-Called Life'' episode "Life of Brian" before the 1998 [[Buena Vista International Television]] logo. It also appears on a few episodes on the said show's DVD releases. It also makes an appearance at the beginning of the 2006 Anchor Bay UK DVD release of ''The Secret Garden'' and also at the beginning of the Kino Lorber DVD release of ''Young Pioneers''. It may also appear on DVD releases of old ABC TV movies from Kino Lorber and Echo Bridge, like ''Superdome''. This was seen at the end of a 2000s OMNI 2 Canada airing of an old ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' episode, before the 2006 BVIT logo. Also appears at the end of some episodes of ''Wild West Cow-Boys of M.O.O. Mesa''. It was surprisingly seen on TubiTV's print of ''The Magic Flute'', licensed by DHX/WildBrain, with the Cookie Jar logo at the end. This could be due to the fact that Tubi/WildBrain used a home video master of the film. It was also seen on the Echo Bridge 7 Action Film Pack DVD of ''The Kansas City Massacre''. The still variant appears on Crackle's print of ''Captive''. The filmed variant is extremely rare and is seen on mid 80’s-early 90’s prints of TV movies, one of which is ''Notorious'' (1992).
'''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen on some old videotapes of TV shows and movies produced and distributed by ABC. It made an appearance at the end of Sundance TV's airings of the ''My So-Called Life'' episode "Life of Brian" before the 1998 [[Buena Vista International Television]] logo. It also appears on a few episodes on the said show's DVD releases. It also makes an appearance at the beginning of the 2006 Anchor Bay UK DVD release of ''The Secret Garden'' and also at the beginning of the Kino Lorber DVD release of ''Young Pioneers''. It may also appear on DVD releases of old ABC TV movies from Kino Lorber and Echo Bridge, like ''Superdome''. This was seen at the end of a 2000s OMNI 2 Canada airing of an old ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' episode, before the 2006 BVIT logo. Also appears at the end of some episodes of ''Wild West Cow-Boys of M.O.O. Mesa''. It was surprisingly seen on TubiTV's print of ''The Magic Flute'', licensed by DHX/WildBrain, with the Cookie Jar logo at the end. This could be due to the fact that Tubi/WildBrain used a home video master of the film. It was also seen on the Echo Bridge 7 Action Film Pack DVD of ''The Kansas City Massacre''. The still variant appears on Crackle's print of ''Captive''. The filmed variant is extremely rare and is seen on mid 80’s-early 90’s prints of TV movies, one of which is ''Notorious'' (1992).
'''Legacy:''' The only flaw is that at the beginning, the space background can still be seen on the side edges of the screen while the logo is close.


===4th Logo (1993-1995)===
===4th Logo (1993-1995)===
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'''Logo:''' On an animated blue shiny background, an opaque ABC logo pops up while a much larger translucent one slides from left to right and the Video part of the logo slides in and then zooms out. Finally, the entire logo meets at the end of the sequence and the objects are still for a few seconds until the logo is over.
'''Logo:''' On an animated blue shiny background, an opaque ABC logo pops up while a much larger translucent one slides from left to right and the Video part of the logo slides in and then zooms out. Finally, the entire logo meets at the end of the sequence and the objects are still for a few seconds until the logo is over.


'''Technique:''' A shimmering blue background and some sliding effects.
'''Technique:''' CGI.


'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
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