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''Not to be confused with Charter Communications.''
Logo capture by Eric S.
Video capture courtesy of DudeThatLogo


==Background==
==Background==
Charter Entertainment (not to be confused with Charter Communications) was a genre and low-budget division of Embassy Home Entertainment. In 1986, The Coca-Cola Company sold Embassy Home Entertainment to Nelson Holdings International and NHI later shut down Charter when Nelson Entertainment reissued a number of Embassy/Charter releases.
'''Charter Entertainment''' was a genre and low-budget division of [[Embassy Home Entertainment]]. In 1986, [[The Coca-Cola Company]] sold Embassy Home Entertainment to Nelson Holdings International and NHI later shut down Charter when [[Nelson Entertainment]] reissued a number of Embassy/Charter releases.


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'''FX/SFX:''' The bars spinning and the shining, which are all CGI (and looks rather similar to the CGI in the 4th Embassy Home Entertainment logo).
'''FX/SFX:''' The bars spinning and the shining, which are all CGI (and looks rather similar to the CGI in the 4th Embassy Home Entertainment logo).


'''Music/Sounds:''' A warm synthesized six note piece, ending with a synth strumming sound when "ENTERTAINMENT" appears. Interestingly Hanna-Barbera Poland and Tokyo Movie Shinsha used its theme (minus the synth strum sound). This is actually a piece of stock music called "Music, Billboard #2" from Sound Ideas Series 1000 sound library - it can also be heard in the video game ''Worms Armageddon'' as a victory fanfare.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A warm synthesized six note piece, ending with a synth strumming sound when "ENTERTAINMENT" appears. Interestingly, [[Hanna-Barbera Poland]] and [[TMS Entertainment (Japan)|Tokyo Movie Shinsha]] also used this theme, sans the synth strum sound. This is actually a piece of stock music called "Music, Billboard #2" from Sound Ideas Series 1000 sound library - it can also be heard in the video game ''Worms Armageddon'' as a victory fanfare.


'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' Sometimes, on some tapes, the music fades out early.
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' Sometimes, on some tapes, the music fades out early.

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