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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Right Entertainment''' was | '''Right Entertainment''' was [[Entertainment Rights]]' home video division that distributed the company's content and select third-party acquisitions across the United Kingdom. It was formed in August 2001, and their releases were distributed by [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal Pictures Video UK]]. | ||
Following Entertainment Rights' folding and rebranding as [[Classic Media]] in 2009, the Right Entertainment name was retired in favour of the Classic Media brand as well. | Following Entertainment Rights' folding and rebranding as [[Classic Media]] in 2009, the Right Entertainment name was retired in favour of the Classic Media brand as well. | ||
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'''Technique:''' CGI animation. | '''Technique:''' CGI animation. | ||
* The print version uses either a basic zooming out transition (2004) or 2D shooting stars (2005). | * The print version uses either a basic zooming-out transition (2004) or 2D shooting stars (2005). | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' The shooting stars and the splashing, and the drumbeat choir and the waves. The print version has no music, but on the Right Entertainment VHS/DVD promos, an instrumental version of the song ''Boom Boom!'' from ''The Basil Brush Show'' plays. On the 2005 variant the announcer is also heard saying "For happy faces and smiles all around, choose Right Entertainment." | '''Music/Sounds:''' The shooting stars and the splashing, and the drumbeat choir and the waves. The print version has no music, but on the Right Entertainment VHS/DVD promos, an instrumental version of the song ''Boom Boom!'' from ''The Basil Brush Show'' plays. On the 2005 variant, the announcer is also heard saying "For happy faces and smiles all around, choose Right Entertainment." | ||
'''Availability:''' Common. | '''Availability:''' Common. Appears on all releases sporting their logo on the packaging. It's still easy to find otherwise despite ER's folding into Classic Media. | ||
* It first appeared on the VHS release of ''Barbie in the Nutcracker'' | * It first appeared on the VHS release of ''Barbie in the Nutcracker'' and last appeared on the ''Postman Pat: SDS'' DVD release "To The Rescue!". | ||
* It appears on home media releases of properties owned or distributed by Entertainment Rights in the United Kingdom, including ''Christopher Crocodile'', ''Budgie the Little Helicopter'', ''Barney'' (the Dog, not to be confused with the purple Dinosaur), ''The Family Ness'', ''Arthur'', ''Cubeez'', ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', ''Merlin the Magical Puppy'', ''Finger Tips'', ''Transformers: Armada'', ''Grabbit the Rabbit'', ''Felix the Cat'', ''The Basil Brush Show'', ''Postman Pat'', ''Watership Down'', ''Ethelbert the Tiger'', ''Little Red Tractor'', ''Meeow!'', ''Clifford's Puppy Days'', ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'', ''My Parents are Aliens'', ''Lavender Castle'', the ''Trumptonshire'' trilogy, ''Jim Jam and Sunny'', ''Finley the Fire Engine'', ''Rupert Bear: Follow the Magic...'', ''Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service'', among many, many others. | * It appears on home media releases of properties owned or distributed by Entertainment Rights in the United Kingdom, including ''Christopher Crocodile'', ''Budgie the Little Helicopter'', ''Barney'' (the Dog, not to be confused with the purple Dinosaur), ''The Family Ness'', ''Arthur'', ''Cubeez'', ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', ''Merlin the Magical Puppy'', ''Finger Tips'', ''Transformers: Armada'', ''Grabbit the Rabbit'', ''Felix the Cat'', ''The Basil Brush Show'', ''Postman Pat'', ''Watership Down'', ''Ethelbert the Tiger'', ''Little Red Tractor'', ''Meeow!'', ''Clifford's Puppy Days'', ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'', ''My Parents are Aliens'', ''Lavender Castle'', the ''Trumptonshire'' trilogy, ''Jim Jam and Sunny'', ''Finley the Fire Engine'', ''Rupert Bear: Follow the Magic...'', ''Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service'', among many, many others. | ||
** Also appears on movies and specials such as the ''Barbie'' direct-to-video movies, ''The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas'', ''Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists'', ''Jingle Bells'', ''O' Christmas Tree'', ''We Wish You a Merry Christmas'', among others. | ** Also appears on movies and specials such as the ''Barbie'' direct-to-video movies, ''The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas'', ''Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists'', ''Jingle Bells'', ''O' Christmas Tree'', ''We Wish You a Merry Christmas'', among others. | ||
** Also shows up on various compilation releases such as ''Children's Christmas Collection'', ''Football Fun Collection'', and ''Christmas Fun Time''. | ** Also shows up on various compilation releases such as ''Children's Christmas Collection'', ''Football Fun Collection'', and ''Christmas Fun Time''. | ||
* Most releases | * Most releases precede this logo with [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal's]] (mainly the version with both the URL and copyright), although on earlier VHS releases it appears after, with at least three earlier releases (''Christopher Crocodile'', ''Barney the Dog'' and ''The Family Ness'', all released in April 2002) using the ''E.T'' variant. Some releases only have the Right logo on its own without any Universal logo appearing. | ||
* The logo is retained on 2010s [[Classic Media]]/Universal re-releases of select DVDs and Universal reissues of the ''Barbie'' movies, as the discs are the same. | |||
** The 2013 re-release of ''Postman Pat: Magic Christmas'', despite the entire packaging being changed, still uses this logo as the disc content remains the same as the 2003 release. | |||