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On March 1, 1976, [[Avco Embassy Pictures|Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation]] sold their broadcasting division to media company Multimedia, Inc., who renamed it to "'''Multimedia Entertainment'''" (initially as "Multimedia Program Productions, Inc."). From 1976-1984, the TV shows would use in-credit text to Multimedia Entertainment. Multimedia, Inc. was sold to Gannett in 1995, who then sold Multimedia Entertainment a year later to [[Universal Studios]]. Multimedia Entertainment was folded into [[Universal Television Enterprises]] (now "[[NBCUniversal Syndication Studios]]") in 1997.

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===2nd Logo (1983-1994)===

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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|mediumblue|blue}} background, we see the same emblem as the previous logo, but in {{color|silver|silver}} and with the text "{{color|blue|'''MULTIMEDIA''' Entertainment}}" instead of the letter "m", zooming out to the right center of the screen. The aforementioned "{{color|silver|'''m'''}}" replaces the company name, then about a dozen copies of "{{color|blue|'''MULTIMEDIA'''}}" emerge from the top and bottom beside the logo to make one whole version of the name. Then the words "{{color|blue|'''A Division Of'''}}" and "{{color|blue|'''INC.'''}}" appear above and below the company name to state, "{{color|blue|'''A Division Of MULTIMEDIA INC.'''}}".

'''Music/Sounds:''' A synthesized humming noise, accompanied by a pin drop-like synth sound when the text "Multimedia Entertainment" transforms into the lowercase letter "m", followed by a five-note synth tune, culminating in another pin drop-like sound when the the logo is finished.

* Some episodes of ''Donahue'' have an announcer saying "The preceding program was pre-recorded". only the humming sound is heard here with a different pin drop sound.

* This can be spotted on pre-late 1994 episodes of ''Sally Jesse Raphael'', ''Jerry Springer'' and ''Donahue'' on Nosey TV, and Season 2 episodes of ''The $100,000 Pyramid with John Davidson''.

* This was also seen on ''Mysteries of the Bible'' from A&E Home Video, so you might find it there.

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'''Logo:''' Against a {{color|darkblue|dark blue}} background with slight ripples in it, a expanding ripple is seen at an angle. As it expands out into a lens-like shape, the emblem from the previous 2 logos falls onto the ripple, causing a large ripple to streak out, and then flies out to the top center of a {{color|navy|navy blue}} background. The text "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''MULTIMEDIA ENTERTAINMENT'''}}" flies in, with "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''MULTIMEDIA'''}}" coming in from the right and "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''ENTERTAINMENT'''}}" coming in from the left, and the letters rotate as they slide in. "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''A Division of Multimedia, Inc.'''}}" in a Roman font appears below when 2 streaks pass by each other at the bottom. All the objects seem to have a "blurring" effect as they move.  

* There was a variant used in a August 1994 corporate presentation for WLWT, the NBC affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio, where talk show host Jerry Springer was a reporter from the early 1980s until 1993, when Springer's talk show moved to its second home at the NBC Tower in Chicago, Illinois. It is like the standard Multimedia logo of the time, but it has the word "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''BROADCASTING'''}}" in place of "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''ENTERTAINMENT'''}}".

{{Chronology|[[Carolco Television Productions]]<br>[[Multimedia Motion Pictures]]|[[Universal Television Enterprises]]}}