NBC Home Video: Difference between revisions

NBC launched its very first video label in 1981 as '''NBC Home Video''' in unison with [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] at the time. The label was relaunched in 1997 by [[Trimark Home Video]], which was acquired in 2000 by Lions Gate. [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment|Lions Gate Home Entertainment]] and [[A&E Home Entertainment|A&E Home Video]] distributed NBC shows on home video under the label '''NBC Home Entertainment''' (which was identified on-screen with the [[NBC Enterprises]] logo) until NBC merged with Universal in 2004 to form NBC Universal. Lionsgate continued releasing shows produced by [[NBC Universal Television Studio]] that were originally produced by NBC Studios on home video, including ''Will & Grace'', until at least 2010.

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'''Logo:''' On a space background, the camera backs away from several multicolored light streaks with little TV tubes on them flipping and turning about until they take the shape and color of the 11-feathered Peacock logo that was being used at the time, then the background fades to black and the picture fades over to an extreme close-up of the actual NBC Peacock logo with a geometric "N" behind it, which zooms out to a further distance and flashes, causing the words "{{color|deepskyblue|NBC}}" and "{{color|deepskyblue|HOME}}" in {{color|deepskyblue|sky blue}} letters slide out from the right and left of the logo. The text "{{color|deepskyblue|VIDEO}}" zooms out with a rainbow-colored shadow trail and flashes as it plasters itself underneath the logo.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the current NBC Peacock logo with "{{color|gold|HOME VIDEO}}" under the logo inside a {{color|gold|yellow}} rectangle, coming from the bottom-right corner of the screen, flipping vertically. The logo goes to the center of the screen as it stops flipping, and becomes straight.

'''Variant:''' There is a <u>still version</u> of the logo where it appears for a split-second before cutting off immediately.

'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.

*The still version can be seen on ''Saturday Night Live'' VHS and DVD releases issued by [[Trimark Home Video]].

*DVD releases of NBC shows starting in 2001 use the [[NBC Enterprises]] logo or only the DVD distributor's logo (the latter is of the case of ''SNL'' DVD releases and NBC shows on DVD starting in 2004).