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, 5 December 2022I have been doing quite a lot of research on this company and ITC before it. Yes, this company is the legal successor to ITC itself.
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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
PolyGram Records also had a television division in 1981 (first under the name of "PolyGram TeleVision Ltd."), which | PolyGram Records also had a television division in 1981 (first under the name of "PolyGram TeleVision Ltd."), which distributed mainly TV movies. In 1983, the company was closed down along with it's film counterpart, with [[King Features Entertainment]] acquiring it's assets (including syndication rights to 1981-1983 PolyGram Pictures films). In 1995, [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment|PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] (the second incarnation of PolyGram's film division) entered the television business itself by acquiring [[ITC Entertainment Group|ITC Entertainment Group]]. In 1997, ITC was folded into a new incarnation of PolyGram Television, retaining most of ITC's staff and producing series mainly for the U.S. syndication market as well as continuing ITC's focus at the time on made for TV movies. Also setting up a visual programming division for live musical videos and children's series. However this incarnation created an extremely short lifespan similar to the first incarnation, due to PolyGram's acquisition by Seagram and it's merge with Universal Studios, PolyGram TV was folded into [[Universal Television]] in 1999, as the unit was renamed as a second incarnation of Universal TV. In 2002, Vivendi Universal re-acquired the entertainment assets of USA Networks resulting in Universal Worldwide TV (the renamed PolyGram TV) being folded into [[USA Cable Entertainment|Studios USA Television]] and being renamed under the Universal name, and effectively shutting down what was once ITC for good. [[NBCUniversal Syndication Studios]] currently distributes the 1997-1999 library of this company. However, the ITC library was later bought by [[Carlton Television|Carlton International Media]] on January 19, 1999 and is currently owned by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, a subsidiary of [[ITV|ITV plc]]. The film ''Rehearsal for Murder'' is in the public domain, although [[Lionsgate]] has the official rights to the title, due to [[Hearst Entertainment]]. | ||
=== 1st Logo (May 12, 1981- | === 1st Logo (May 12, 1981-1983) === | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. | ||
* The distribution version was last seen on ''The Moderns'' on the Showtime Networks, ''The Tamarind Seed'' when it was on Netflix, Netflix/Tubi prints of ''Winter People'' (1989) (it was also present on MGM HD Europe's print), the 1998 PolyGram VHS of ''Ski Patrol'' (plastering the [[Epic Productions]] logo), an Epix print (and possibly the MGM Limited Edition Collection DVD-R) of the 1986 TV movie ''The Right of the People'' (preceded by the 2010 MGM logo), and supposedly on the 2008 Hen's Tooth DVD of ''The Boys in Company C'' (1978). | * The distribution version was last seen on ''The Moderns'' on the Showtime Networks, ''The Tamarind Seed'' when it was on Netflix, Netflix/Tubi prints of ''Winter People'' (1989) (it was also present on MGM HD Europe's print), the 1998 PolyGram VHS of ''Ski Patrol'' (plastering the [[Epic Productions]] logo), an Epix print (and possibly the MGM Limited Edition Collection DVD-R) of the 1986 TV movie ''The Right of the People'' (preceded by the 2010 MGM logo), and supposedly on the 2008 Hen's Tooth DVD of ''The Boys in Company C'' (1978). | ||
* The regular version is intact on the mini-series ''The Billionaire Boys Club'' (originally produced by ITC) on DVD from A&E Home Video and on | * The regular version is intact on the mini-series ''The Billionaire Boys Club'' (originally produced by ITC) on DVD from A&E Home Video and on the pilot of ''The Crow: Stairway to Heaven'' (the DVD release of that show plasters it with the Universal Worldwide Television logo on the rest of the series). It is also seen on the TV special ''Barney's First Adventures'', which can be found as a bonus feature on the ''Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie'' DVD. It also plastered the [[Moonlight Productions]] logo on a 90s syndicated print of the 1984 TV movie ''Obsessive Love''. | ||
* It also appeared on the ultra short-lived ''Motown Live!'' as well as the 1997-98 syndicated season of ''Due South''. | |||
* This also appeared on Netflix viewings of ''The Lunatics''. | * This also appeared on Netflix viewings of ''The Lunatics''. | ||
* The "VISUAL PROGRAMMING" variant can be found on ''Cats'', and some prints of ''The Best Bits of Mr. Bean''. | * The "VISUAL PROGRAMMING" variant can be found on ''Cats'', and some prints of ''The Best Bits of Mr. Bean''. | ||
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