Coca-Cola Telecommunications: Difference between revisions

'''Coca-Cola Telecommunications''' was a short-lived television distribution arm of The Coca-Cola Company, then-owner of [[Columbia Pictures]], that specialized in first-run syndicated programming. It was established on November 24, 1986 under [[Columbia Pictures Television]] via a merger of CPT's first-run division and The Television Program Source. A production division was formed 2 months later in January 1987. On December 21, 1987, Coke spun-off its entertainment business and sold it to [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star Pictures, Inc.]], which then renamed the business to "Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." (now [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] Inc.) and merged the theatrical banners. Ten days later, on New Year's Eve, Coca-Cola Telecommunications closed its doors and was folded into the reorganized Columbia Pictures Television Distribution (now [[Sony Pictures Television]]). Today, Sony distributes ''Punky Brewster'' in the United States, while [[NBCUniversal Syndication Studios]] (formerly [[NBCUniversal Television Distribution]]) owns the show and handles global rights. It also owns ''The Real Ghostbusters'', ''Dinosaucers'', and ''Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter'' (international rights of the latter, however, lie with [[WildBrain]], previously [[Cookie Jar Entertainment]]), while ''Sylvanian Families'' and ''Starcom: The U.S. Space Force'' are now owned by WildBrain.

* Filmed and videotaped variants exist (the former being the most common).

* There is a variant in the videotaped version that has the text "'''Exclusive Distributor'''" below.

* On ''Milton Berle: The Second Time Around'' and ''The Return of Ben Casey'', the words "{{font|Times New Roman|Distributed By}}" are seen above the box.

* There is a variant of the "'''Exclusive Distributor'''" variant where "'''Exclusive Distributor'''" appears just before the rest of the logo appears.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A light synthesized 6-note shakuhachi (bamboo flute) tune, similar to the flute solo at the start of "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel.

* On the [[Action Max]] ''Blue Thunder'' game, it uses the end theme.  

* On [[Peacock]]'s print of the Season 3 premiere of ''Punky Brewster'', it uses the 1982 Columbia Pictures Television theme, due to a bad plaster.

* On ''Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter,'' the logo is silent.