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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Turner Home Entertainment, Inc. was founded on July 29, 1986 by Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System to distribute the RKO Radio Pictures library on videocassette and, from 1987 to 1999, license the pre-1986 MGM and pre-1950 Warner Bros. libraries to MGM/UA Home Video. In 1994, when Turner bought out the New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment studios, Columbia TriStar Home Video sold the distribution rights of New Line Home Video releases to Turner Home Entertainment. Turner Home Entertainment also handled the rights to shows by | Turner Home Entertainment, Inc. was founded on July 29, 1986 by Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System to distribute the [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]] library on videocassette and, from 1987 to 1999, license the pre-1986 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] and pre-1950 [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] libraries to [[MGM Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]]. In 1994, when Turner bought out the [[New Line Cinema]] and [[Castle Rock Entertainment]] studios, [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]] sold the distribution rights of [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] releases to Turner Home Entertainment. Turner Home Entertainment also handled the rights to shows by [[Hanna-Barbera Cartoons|Hanna-Barbera]] and [[Cartoon Network]], as well as [[PBS Distribution|PBS Home Video]] releases from 1994-1997. In 1997, a year after Turner merged with Time Warner, Turner Home Entertainment was dissolved into [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]], although it remained in a limited fashion until 1999. | ||
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'''Availability:''' More prolific than the movie logo, but still rare. | '''Availability:''' More prolific than the movie logo, but still rare. | ||
* It can be seen on several early-mid '90s Cartoon Network Video tapes, which are your best bet as several were released in the channel's early years. | * It can be seen on several early-mid '90s [[Cartoon Network Video]] tapes, which are your best bet as several were released in the channel's early years (with some remaining in print after the Time Warner merger). | ||
* New Line Home Video releases from this period have this logo too, such as ''Mortal Kombat'', ''Safe Passage'', ''Sev7n'', ''The Mask'', ''Dumb and Dumber'', ''Friday'' and ''The Adventures of Pinocchio''. | * [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] releases from this period have this logo too, such as ''Mortal Kombat'', ''Safe Passage'', ''Sev7n'', ''The Mask'', ''Dumb and Dumber'', ''Friday'' and ''The Adventures of Pinocchio''. | ||
* Also seen on 1994-1997 PBS Home Video releases such as ''Adventures from the Book of Virtues'' and the Ken Burns documentary ''Baseball'', and on ''The Swan Princess''. | * Also seen on 1994-1997 [[PBS Distribution|PBS Home Video]] releases such as ''Adventures from the Book of Virtues'' and the Ken Burns documentary ''Baseball'', and on ''The Swan Princess''. | ||
* The still version is seen on most RKO Video Collection releases from this period, as well as some ''Flintstones'' tapes, ''In Search of Dr. Seuss'', and the two-tape VHS release of ''Gettysburg''. | * The still version is seen on most RKO Video Collection releases from this period, as well as some ''Flintstones'' tapes, ''In Search of Dr. Seuss'', and the two-tape VHS release of ''Gettysburg''. | ||
* The "Coming Soon To Home Video from..." variant is seen on the VHS of ''Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes''. | * The "Coming Soon To Home Video from..." variant is seen on the VHS of ''Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes''. | ||