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===Background===
===Background===
'''Vidmark Entertainment''' was formed in 1985 by Vidmark, Inc. as a home video distribution company to distribute various low-budget movies, especially from the [[Trimark Pictures|Trimark]] library. It would later reincorporate as '''Trimark Home Video''' in 1997, as Vidmark, Inc, was renamed Trimark Holdings, Inc. In 2000, it was folded into [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment|Lions Gate Home Entertainment]] with the acquisition of Trimark. On November 3, 2017, the Vidmark name was revived by Lionsgate as an app for Roku showcasing the Vidmark/Lionsgate library.
In 1997, Trimark Holdings Inc. decided to rename its home video unit from '''[[Vidmark Entertainment]]''' to Trimark Home Video, leaving out its last traces of the former Vidmark legacy. The '''Kidmark''' label was folded, and the company expanded to DVD production.


==Vidmark Entertainment==
In 2000, Trimark was sold off to [[Lionsgate Films|Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation]]. Trimark, along with [[Studio Home Entertainment]] and [[Avalanche Home Entertainment]] were merged to form the US arm of [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]] in 2001.
===1st Logo (July 1985-December 1988)===
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'''Logo:''' On a zooming blue space background, we see the Vidmark logo colored in fuchsia, with "VID" in a solid form and "MARK" in a segmented form, all on a thinly striped pendant shape. It flies in from the top right, swiveling itself in. As it rests in the near-center, the word "ENTERTAINMENT" later fades-in below.
 
'''Technique:''' The Vidmark logo flying in, “ENTERTAINMENT” fading in.
 
'''Music/Sounds:''' A 3-note horn tune, followed by 3 drumbeats, combined with 3 horn notes, an electric guitar, and a synth flourish.
 
'''Availability:''' Very rare. Tapes that may have this logo include ''The New York Ripper'', ''Killing Cars'', ''Midnight'' (1982), ''Bloodstalkers'', and ''Izzy and Moe'', among others.
 
===2nd Logo (March 18, 1988-January 1, 1998)===
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'''Logo:''' On a black background with a "trail" effect, the Vidmark logo, now mauve gradient, flies down from the top. Lasers colored neon green, pink, gold, and aquamarine, etch the grooves in "MARK". The word "ENTERTAINMENT" wipes in from the left to the right via a light effect. The logo shines and then zooms toward the screen.
 
'''Variant:''' One version of the logo is more centered, and the logo doesn't zoom towards the screen at the end.
 
'''Technique:''' The zooming effects, the trail, the "lasers". Much more effort here.
 
'''Music/Sounds:''' An upbeat disco fanfare. A few releases have it silent.
 
'''Availability:''' Much more common than the previous logo, but still uncommon. Examples of tapes to have this logo include ''Interceptor'', ''Trading Mom'', ''Hong Kong 97'' (the 1994 film), ''Teresa's Tattoo'', ''The Little Patriot'' (it is preserved on the [[Echo Bridge Home Entertainment|Echo Bridge]] DVD of that film, under the title of ''Sign of the Otter: The Little Patriot''), and ''Freefall'', among others. It was also spotted on VUDU and Tubi's prints of ''American Kickboxer 2'' and the Amazon Prime and Tubi prints of ''The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James''.


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