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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Peter Rodgers Organization''' ('''PRO''') is a television syndication company, based in Hollywood, California. It distributes more than 2,000 films, documentaries and television series to global markets. PRO claims to hold the largest library of films of any non-studio distributor. It was founded in 1976 by '''Peter''' S. '''Rodgers''', who left [[National Telefilm Associates]] to form this company. At one point, the company distributed the libraries of the Caidin Film Company/[[Castle Hill Productions]] and [[EMI Films]]. Since | '''Peter Rodgers Organization''' ('''PRO''') is a television syndication company, based in Hollywood, California. It distributes more than 2,000 films, documentaries and television series to global markets. PRO claims to hold the largest library of films of any non-studio distributor. It was founded in 1976 by '''Peter''' S. '''Rodgers''', who left [[National Telefilm Associates]] to form this company. At one point, the company distributed the libraries of the Caidin Film Company/[[Castle Hill Productions]] and [[EMI Films]]. Since Rodgers' death in 1988, his son Stephen Rodgers has served as the CEO of the company. | ||
===(1998-)=== | ===(1998-)=== | ||
[[File:Peter_Rodgers_Organization.webp|center|350px]] | [[File:Peter_Rodgers_Organization.webp|center|350px]] | ||
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'''Variant:''' There's a short version that starts when the reel shifts up to make room for the company name. | '''Logo:''' An object that looks like a film reel is rapidly spinning clockwise and zooming towards the screen on a white background. After it stops spinning, the object shifts up to make room for the company name "'''PETER RODGERS ORGANIZATION'''" with "'''PETER RODGERS'''" stacked on top of "'''ORGANIZATION'''" and "{{Small|'''WORLDWIDE TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION'''}}" below them. The film reel appears to have brush strokes around it to emphasize that the logo spins. Also, three of the circles in the film reel are colored, in which one circle is {{color|limegreen|green}} with a "P" in it, a {{color|red}} circle with an "R" in it and a {{color|deepskyblue|blue}} circle with an "O" in it. | ||
'''Variant:''' There's a <u>short version</u> that starts when the reel shifts up to make room for the company name. | |||
'''Technique:''' 2D computer animation. | '''Technique:''' 2D computer animation. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
*Sometimes, it's silent. | *Sometimes, it's <u>silent</u>. | ||
*At the beginning of Me-TV's print of the movie ''Beginning of the End'', this logo has the ''Wheel of Fortune'' theme song playing over it. | *At <u>the beginning of Me-TV's print of the movie ''Beginning of the End''</u>, this logo has the ''Wheel of Fortune'' theme song playing over it. | ||
'''Availability:''' It can be seen on recent prints of programs that it distributes, such as ''Hopalong Cassidy'', ''The Rifleman'', ''The Bill Cosby Show'', ''Movin' On'', ''The Saint'' and ''I Spy'', as well as older cable prints of ''Killer's Kiss'' and newer cable prints of ''Hopalong Cassidy'' movies. | '''Availability:''' It can be seen on recent prints of programs that it distributes, such as ''Hopalong Cassidy'', ''The Rifleman'', ''The Bill Cosby Show'', ''Movin' On'', ''The Saint'' and ''I Spy'', as well as older cable prints of ''Killer's Kiss'' and newer cable prints of ''Hopalong Cassidy'' movies. | ||