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'''Golden Books Family Entertainment''' was established by children's book publisher '''Golden Books''' as its home video unit. Its earliest releases in the 1985-1986 timeframe were probably the most well-remembered, featuring adaptions of popular Golden Books using illustrations shot out of the books with limited animation effects added. They also released other children's entertainment videos, often under the "[[GoldenVision]]" and "[[Golden Step Ahead]]" names. In 1997, the newly formed Golden Books Family Entertainment acquired the family programming along with the [[Alan Enterprises]] library from [[Broadway Video]] and began releasing videos through [[Sony Wonder]]. On August 16, 2001, the assets of Golden Books were sold to [[Classic Media|Classic Media, L.L.C.]] (since acquired by [[Entertainment Rights|Entertainment Rights plc]], now Boomerang Media, L.L.C., and later [[DreamWorks Animation]] which was later brought by NBCUniversal in 2016) and [[Random House Home Video|Random House]] (which now continues Golden Books as a standalone imprint) in a bankruptcy court auction, with Classic Media acquiring the libraries and Random House acquiring the publishing division. Classic Media continued releasing the Golden Books Family Entertainment catalog through Sony Wonder until 2007, when it changed distributors to [[Genius Products]] after [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony BMG Music Entertainment]] shut down Sony Wonder, but was moved to [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] on June 21. The catalog was later transferred to [[Vivendi Entertainment]] (now "Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment") after Genius Products announced to exit the home entertainment business in 2009, and is now in the hands of [[Cinedigm Entertainment|Cinedigm]] after they merged Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment into [[Newvideo]]. | '''Golden Books Family Entertainment''' was established by children's book publisher '''Golden Books''' as its home video unit. Its earliest releases in the 1985-1986 timeframe were probably the most well-remembered, featuring adaptions of popular Golden Books using illustrations shot out of the books with limited animation effects added. They also released other children's entertainment videos, often under the "[[GoldenVision]]" and "[[Golden Step Ahead]]" names. In 1997, the newly formed Golden Books Family Entertainment acquired the family programming along with the [[Alan Enterprises]] library from [[Broadway Video]] and began releasing videos through [[Sony Wonder]]. On August 16, 2001, the assets of Golden Books were sold to [[Classic Media|Classic Media, L.L.C.]] (since acquired by [[Entertainment Rights|Entertainment Rights plc]], now Boomerang Media, L.L.C., and later [[DreamWorks Animation]] which was later brought by NBCUniversal in 2016) and [[Random House Home Video|Random House]] (which now continues Golden Books as a standalone imprint) in a bankruptcy court auction, with Classic Media acquiring the libraries and Random House acquiring the publishing division. Classic Media continued releasing the Golden Books Family Entertainment catalog through Sony Wonder until 2007, when it changed distributors to [[Genius Products]] after [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony BMG Music Entertainment]] shut down Sony Wonder, but was moved to [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] on June 21. The catalog was later transferred to [[Vivendi Entertainment]] (now "Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment") after Genius Products announced to exit the home entertainment business in 2009, and is now in the hands of [[Cinedigm Entertainment|Cinedigm]] after they merged Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment into [[Newvideo]]. | ||
==1st Logo (1996-2005)== | === 1st Logo (1996-2005) === | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* An in-credit version, beneath an in-credit reference to Cinar (or [[Cookie Jar | * An in-credit version, beneath an in-credit reference to [[CINAR|Cinar]] (or [[DHX Cookie Jar|Cookie Jar]] on later prints) appeared on the 1997-99 TV revival of ''Lassie''. | ||
* An opening version, superimposed over a backdrop, with the word "Presents" under the logo exists. | * An opening version, superimposed over a backdrop, with the word "Presents" under the logo exists. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Appears on the Golden Books Family Entertainment/Sony Wonder VHS of ''Frosty Returns'', and on late 1990s CBS broadcasts of the special (in both cases plastering the [[Broadway Video]] logo). It was also seen on Cartoon Network reruns of ''Underdog'' in the late 90s/early 2000s, and more recently on Tubi's prints of the show (when the show resurfaced on the Kabillion On Demand service in the late 2000s, the [[The Program Exchange|Program Exchange]] logo was present instead), and on broadcasts of the [[Rankin-Bass]] holiday specials in the mid/late 1990s, typically after the R-B logo. The in-credit variant was seen on the late 1990s revival of ''Lassie'', followed by the Cinar logo (or Cookie Jar logo in recent years). The opening variant is extremely rare, only known to be seen on ''The Rudolph, Frosty and Friends Sing-Along'', a special tape released in conjunction with the US Postal Service's Priority Mail service in 1996. | '''Availability:''' Appears on the Golden Books Family Entertainment/Sony Wonder VHS of ''Frosty Returns'', and on late 1990s CBS broadcasts of the special (in both cases plastering the [[Broadway Video]] logo). It was also seen on Cartoon Network reruns of ''Underdog'' in the late 90s/early 2000s, and more recently on Tubi's prints of the show (when the show resurfaced on the Kabillion On Demand service in the late 2000s, the [[The Program Exchange|Program Exchange]] logo was present instead), and on broadcasts of the [[Rankin-Bass]] holiday specials in the mid/late 1990s, typically after the R-B logo. The in-credit variant was seen on the late 1990s revival of ''Lassie'', followed by the Cinar logo (or Cookie Jar logo in recent years). The opening variant is extremely rare, only known to be seen on ''The Rudolph, Frosty and Friends Sing-Along'', a special tape released in conjunction with the US Postal Service's Priority Mail service in 1996. | ||
==2nd Logo (1997-2008)== | === 2nd Logo (1997-2008) === | ||
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