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On April 6, 1991, Spelling Entertainment Inc. was acquired by the Charter Company, an oil refining, insurance, and communications company. Spelling and Charter merged on October 5, 1992 and Charter was renamed as "Spelling Entertainment Group". On October 5, 1993, Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation acquired a 67% stake in the Spelling Entertainment Group and later merged with Viacom on September 29, 1994. In 1997, the production arm of Worldvision Enterprises was incorporated into [[Republic Pictures]], and in 1999, [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] (later "CBS Corporation" and "ViacomCBS", now "[[Paramount Global]]") acquired the rest of the Spelling Entertainment Group, and folded the distribution arm of Worldvision into [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Domestic Television]] (now "[[CBS Media Ventures]]"). | On April 6, 1991, Spelling Entertainment Inc. was acquired by the Charter Company, an oil refining, insurance, and communications company. Spelling and Charter merged on October 5, 1992 and Charter was renamed as "Spelling Entertainment Group". On October 5, 1993, Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation acquired a 67% stake in the Spelling Entertainment Group and later merged with Viacom on September 29, 1994. In 1997, the production arm of Worldvision Enterprises was incorporated into [[Republic Pictures]], and in 1999, [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] (later "CBS Corporation" and "ViacomCBS", now "[[Paramount Global]]") acquired the rest of the Spelling Entertainment Group, and folded the distribution arm of Worldvision into [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Domestic Television]] (now "[[CBS Media Ventures]]"). | ||
Currently, most of the Worldvision Enterprises library (the exceptions: most of the [[ | Currently, most of the Worldvision Enterprises library (the exceptions: most of the [[Hanna-Barbera]] and [[Ruby-Spears Productions|Ruby-Spears]] libraries are owned by [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Entertainment]] through [[Turner Entertainment Co.|Turner Broadcasting]], ''Let's Make a Deal'' is now owned by [[Fremantle|FremantleMedia]], and the TV movies produced by [[Fries Entertainment]] co-produced by Worldvision are owned by [[MGM Television|MGM Holdings Inc.]]) is owned by Paramount Global through CBS Media Ventures and Spelling Television Inc. The movies that Worldvision syndicated, such as those from [[Carolco Pictures|Carolco]], are now syndicated by [[Trifecta Entertainment & Media]], under license from [[Paramount Pictures]]. | ||
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*This logo was used on 1990s prints of pre-1973 ABC shows, but also applied to the Hanna-Barbera (until the cartoon studio's sale to Turner Broadcasting in 1991), [[Republic | *This logo was used on 1990s prints of pre-1973 ABC shows, but also applied to the Hanna-Barbera (until the cartoon studio's sale to Turner Broadcasting in 1991), [[Republic Entertainment|Republic Pictures Television]] (after 1996), [[Weintraub Entertainment Group]], Carolco Pictures (the company distributed their films to TV as part of a syndication package; this also included select [[Live Entertainment|Live Home Video]] titles and later [[Vestron Video]]/[[Vestron Pictures|Pictures]] titles) and Spelling Television libraries, among others. They also appeared on some first-run syndicated programs, such as the first 3 seasons of ''Judge Judy'' which airs on Paramount Global-owned Pluto TV. | ||
*It was seen on syndicated prints of ''Little House on the Prairie'' (except the pilot movie from March 1974, which in recent airings, has the 1979 logo) when it was on the Hallmark Channel and TV Land, and is also on DVD releases (seasons 1-3 only with the [[NBC Enterprises]] and the [[NBCUniversal Syndication Studios|NBCUniversal Television Distribution]] logos following it), DVD releases and TNT airings of S1 episodes of ''Charmed'', which is followed by the 1995 PDT logo (though both logos were plastered by the 2007 CTD logo on its recent Blu-ray release and Peacock/Amazon Prime prints), Syfy and former Chiller airings of ''Tales from the Darkside'', Hulu and Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access) prints of the ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' pilot, which is followed by the 2003 PDT logo, and on some international prints of earlier episodes of ''7th Heaven''. | *It was seen on syndicated prints of ''Little House on the Prairie'' (except the pilot movie from March 1974, which in recent airings, has the 1979 logo) when it was on the Hallmark Channel and TV Land, and is also on DVD releases (seasons 1-3 only with the [[NBC Enterprises]] and the [[NBCUniversal Syndication Studios|NBCUniversal Television Distribution]] logos following it), DVD releases and TNT airings of S1 episodes of ''Charmed'', which is followed by the 1995 PDT logo (though both logos were plastered by the 2007 CTD logo on its recent Blu-ray release and Peacock/Amazon Prime prints), Syfy and former Chiller airings of ''Tales from the Darkside'', Hulu and Paramount+ (formerly CBS All Access) prints of the ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' pilot, which is followed by the 2003 PDT logo, and on some international prints of earlier episodes of ''7th Heaven''. | ||
*Also seen on the mini-series ''The Stand'' on Syfy and Chiller and most B&W prints of ''Combat!'' on Me-TV and H&I, as well as ''The Fugitive'' (1963 TV series), Sci-Fi Channel prints of ''Dark Shadows'', older TV broadcasts of Carolco films, such as ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'' (in which AMC Networks' print surprisingly retains this, albeit stretched to widescreen), ''Universal Soldier'' and ''Repossessed'', among others, older syndicated prints of Weintraub films such as ''My Stepmother is an Alien'', and older syndicated prints of ''The Terminator'', ''Kickboxer'' and ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'', among others. The logo was also seen on ''Troop Beverly Hills'' when it aired on Encore in 2009, but streaming prints on The Roku Channel and Tubi end with the 2002 [[Sony Pictures Television]] logo instead as Worldvision/Paramount only owns the TV rights (while Sony retains the rest). | *Also seen on the mini-series ''The Stand'' on Syfy and Chiller and most B&W prints of ''Combat!'' on Me-TV and H&I, as well as ''The Fugitive'' (1963 TV series), Sci-Fi Channel prints of ''Dark Shadows'', older TV broadcasts of Carolco films, such as ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'' (in which AMC Networks' print surprisingly retains this, albeit stretched to widescreen), ''Universal Soldier'' and ''Repossessed'', among others, older syndicated prints of Weintraub films such as ''My Stepmother is an Alien'', and older syndicated prints of ''The Terminator'', ''Kickboxer'' and ''A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master'', among others. The logo was also seen on ''Troop Beverly Hills'' when it aired on Encore in 2009, but streaming prints on The Roku Channel and Tubi end with the 2002 [[Sony Pictures Television]] logo instead as Worldvision/Paramount only owns the TV rights (while Sony retains the rest). | ||