CBS Media Ventures: Difference between revisions

'''CBS Media Ventures''' (formerly CBS Television Distribution prior to January 11, 2021) is the syndication division of [[CBS Studios]] established on September 26, 2006 initially as a distribution subsidiary, after CBS Corporation merged CBS Paramount Domestic Television with [[King World Productions]], CBS Paramount International Television (spun-off as "[[ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group|CBS Studios International]]", now known as the "ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group"), and [[CBS Home Entertainment]]. The merger wouldn't take effect on screen until September 2007, when the King World and CBS Paramount Domestic Television logos were retired in favor of this one below. However, Merv Griffin's ''Jeopardy!'' and ''Wheel of Fortune'' began using the logo in October 2007.

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'''Logo:''' In a studio, with <span style="color:#0000ff>blue</span> lights all over, we see the words "<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">'''CBS'''</span> TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" with "<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">'''CBS'''</span>" in its usual Didot font, with "TELEVISION" next to "<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">'''CBS'''</span>", and "DISTRIBUTION" next to CBS and below "TELEVISION", both are in a Helvetica font, floating above a reflective ground (which ripples at the beginning, like water) in front of a wall with clouds projected on it. The camera zooms out from the logo until it's over. But on the longer version, the camera stops behind some black girders.

'''Trivia:''' On first-run series from the company, the logo is animated at 30fps. However, when it plasters older logos on syndicated reruns and DVDs of some older shows, it is animated at 24fps.

*The longer variant has everything the above says, except at the beginning, the camera zooms away from the CBS Eyemark, and "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" zooms back in place, and then the camera moves away from the logo until it stops behind the girders. As it zooms out, the "S" in "<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">'''CBS'''</span>" briefly shines. It was seen on the company's official website prior to the rebrand to CBS Media Ventures.

*On some first-run shows such as ''The Insider'' and ''Entertainment Tonight'', the final scene/credits crossfades to (sometimes the longer variant of) the logo.

*On the newly-revived, but short-lived ''Arsenio Hall Show'', a copyright stamp for Eye Productions, Inc. appears below.

*On a MeTV print of a ''Star Trek'' episode, there is a 1967 copyright at the bottom.

*Other ''Star Trek'' variants exist such as with the 1968 Paramount/Norway copyright or the 1978 Paramount copyright.

'''FX/SFX:''' The camera zoom-out, and the CGI of the whole studio.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A beautiful 7-note string sounder, which sounds like a re-orchestration (and slight rearrangement) of the music in the CBS Paramount Network Television logo. The fourth note is accompanied by a beautiful beat, which is actually part of a timpani roll accompanying notes 1-4. Sometimes, it would have the finishing of the end-title theme over the logo. The following versions are commonly used:

*On the short-lived newly-revived ''The Arsenio Hall Show'', the last 3 notes are used.

*It was also seen on ex-King World distributed shows ''Jeopardy!'', ''Wheel of Fortune'', and ''Rachael Ray''. This logo was not used this much on ''Inside Edition'', as they usually like to fade to black after the host wraps up. Also don't expect this on the now concluded ''Oprah Winfrey Show''.

*This logo can also be seen together with its then-current network television counterpart's "Wallpaper" logo before it on syndicated reruns of the ''CSI'' franchise.

*This logo can also be seen together with the 1998 King World logo before it on some reruns of ''Early Edition'' on Syfy.

*This logo can also be seen together with the 2003 Paramount Network Television logo before it on syndicated reruns of the first two seasons of ''NUMB3RS'' and syndicated reruns of the first season of ''Everybody Hates Chris''.

*This logo also plasters over Viacom logos on Viacom-produced shows on DVD, which were seasons 2-9 of ''Matlock'', the Acorn Media DVD of the 1981 miniseries ''East of Eden'', seasons 1-2 of ''Cannon'', seasons 4-7 of ''Sabrina The Teenage Witch'', seasons 1-2 of ''Jake & The Fatman'', 4 out of 5 films on the VEI DVD release of The ''Diagnosis Murder'' Movie Collection, the made-for-TV ''Perry Mason'' movies, and the Kino Lorber DVDs of ''The Master'' among others. CBS Drama (UK) airings of ''Matlock'' also use this logo, as did a November 2017 MeTV airing (and possibly DVD and Blu-Ray releases) of ''Return to Mayberry''. However, this follows the "V of Steel" and "Wigga-Wigga" on the ''Father Dowling Mysteries'' DVDs and Decades airings, the "Gold V of Happiness" and "Wigga-Wigga" on the Kino Lorber DVD of ''Really Weird Tales'', and the "V of Doom" and "Wigga-Wigga" on seasons 3-5 DVDs of ''Cannon'', and also follows the Children's Video Library logo on Hulu's print of ''Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz'' (Same as DVD).

*This made an unusual (for a television logo) theatrical appearance during Fathom Events' ''The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration'', a limited theatrical screening of six ''Twilight Zone'' episodes, which took place November 14, 2019. This was due to using regular television prints for the screening.

'''Editor's Note:''' This logo has been quite contentious for many logo enthusiasts. On one hand, it's very beautifully animated and scored, and it's clear a lot of time and effort was put into designing the CGI set, much reminiscent of the 1997 CBS Productions logo. On the other hand, it's earned scorn for its frequent plastering over many companies' logos, notably ones from Viacom, Paramount Television, and Worldvision, making it one of the most hated logos of all time as a result (along with the 1992 [[20th Television]] and 2002 Sony Pictures Television logos, with the latter often following this one on shows like ''Jeopardy!'' and ''Wheel of Fortune'').

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'''Logo:''' Same as the 2020 CBS Studios logo (itself a variation of [[CBS National IDs|CBS' 2020 ID]]), except it reads "{{font color|#0080FF|'''CBS'''}} MEDIA VENTURES" instead of "{{font color|#0080FF|'''CBS''' STUDIOS}}". Also, "MEDIA VENTURES" is in white and not in {{font color|#0080FF|blue}}.

*There was an alternative version that is the same as the logo, but with the "PRODUCTION + LICENSING + AD SALES & PARTNERSHIPS" tagline (like the same thing where CBS has the "LIVE + ON DEMAND + STREAMING" tagline in the promos) appearing one at a time in sync with the last 3 notes of the jingle, similar to CBS' 2020 ID. This is basically a reference to the company's evolution to becoming a company that licenses, produces and/or distributes first-run programs, as well as handling national barter advertising sales for third-party companies.

*This logo is normally animated at 30fps, but on ''Hot Bench'', as well as Antfood's CBS jingle montage and case study videos on Vimeo, the logo is animated at 24fps. The latter video has the Eyemark sliding to the left only.

'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the 2020 CBS Studios logo done by Gretel.

'''Editor's Note:''' A breath of fresh air compared to the CBS Television Distribution logo, but is an effort to expand CBS' brand unity. It's not intended to have much variation, but at least the music is a little different compared to its network counterpart.