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HBO/Cannon Video was a short-lived joint venture between Home Box Office (HBO) and [[Cannon Films]]. Cannon inherited [[Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment (UK)|Thorn EMI]]'s stake in the venture when they purchased Thorn EMI's entertainment holdings in 1986; despite this, few Cannon films were released by the label due to Cannon having pre-existing deals with other companies, including [[MGM/UA Home Video]] and [[Media Home Entertainment]]. This incarnation of the label was short-lived, as Cannon sold the Thorn EMI assets amid financial issues in May of 1987, and dropped out of the joint venture not long after, resulting in [[HBO Home Entertainment|HBO operating the video label]] on their own from that point. | HBO/Cannon Video was a short-lived joint venture between Home Box Office (HBO) and [[Cannon Films]]. Cannon inherited [[Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment (UK)|Thorn EMI]]'s stake in the venture when they purchased Thorn EMI's entertainment holdings in 1986; despite this, few Cannon films were released by the label due to Cannon having pre-existing deals with other companies, including [[MGM/UA Home Video]] and [[Media Home Entertainment]]. This incarnation of the label was short-lived, as Cannon sold the Thorn EMI assets amid financial issues in May of 1987, and dropped out of the joint venture not long after, resulting in [[HBO Home Entertainment|HBO operating the video label]] on their own from that point. | ||
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[[File:HBO_Cannon Video Logo.png|center|350px]] | [[File:HBO_Cannon Video Logo.png|center|350px]] | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' The 1982 Thorn EMI Video logo theme. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The 1982 Thorn EMI Video logo theme. | ||
'''Availability:''' By far the rarest of all HBO-related video logos. In addition to HBO and Cannon Films material, they also released [[Hemdale Film Corporation|Hemdale]], [[Orion Pictures|Orion]], [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star]] and [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group|DEG]] material. Releases include ''Back to School'', ''Night of the Creeps'', | '''Availability:''' By far the rarest of all HBO-related video logos. In addition to HBO and Cannon Films material, they also released [[Hemdale Film Corporation|Hemdale]], [[Orion Pictures|Orion]], [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star]] and [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group|DEG]] material. Releases include ''Back to School'', ''Night of the Creeps'', and ''Touch and Go'', among others. It also appears on later reprints of some older Thorn EMI tapes (''Xtro'', ''The First Time'' and ''Martin''). Its last appearance was on ''Something Wild'' and ''Bruce Willis: The Return of Bruno''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' A lot more effort appears to have been put into this logo compared to the Thorn EMI/HBO one, especially with the corporate logos sliding in. | '''Editor's Note:''' A lot more effort appears to have been put into this logo compared to the Thorn EMI/HBO one, especially with the corporate logos sliding in. | ||