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In late 1983, both the Laserdisc sister label MCA Videodisc and the VHS/Beta label MCA Videocassette were consolidated into a single entity, MCA Home Video. This logo is used as the primary logo starting on October 12, 2021 with the DVD release of Designated Survivor: The Complete Series.
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- (August 11, 1951-1955) Visuals: On a dark background (shot on the Revue camera) is a reel of film with a black rectangle in front of it. The words "DISTRIBUTED BY" in a Futura font, appear atop the reel.
- (August 1, 1953-1957) Visuals: Virtually the same alignment as before, except that the reel doesn't take up as much picture space, is placed on a sunburst background, the text "DISTRIBUTED BY" is in a different font, "MCA", "TV" and "LTD."
- (1956-1965) Visuals: On a dark screen, 5 trilons turn to reveal an arrowhead which has the letters "mca" in a lower-case font inside, set against a satiny background.
- (December 24, 1980-1992) Visuals: Similar to the 1971-1991 Universal Television logo, except the company name is replaced by: MCA. ® TV. EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR.
Some tapes up until 1991 with the MCA/Universal Home Video print logo on the cover may still have this due to being reprints of earlier MCA titles, such as Arabesque. It was also recently spotted on the 1991 Canadian Cineplex Odeon Video VHS release of The Grifters.
In 1990, MCA Home Video was renamed into MCA/Universal Home Video, to capitalize on the Universal name and to coincide with Universal's 75th anniversary. The company absorbed the assets of SGE Home Video in 1991 in order to release titles from Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment there.
Universal 1440 Entertainment is the direct-to-video entertainment label of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment created in 2005. The entity is a successor to MCA Family Entertainment. It is unknown whenever the label uses an on-screen logo as it uses the standard Universal Pictures logo in use since 2012.
Sep 23, 2024 · Beginning with the release of Safe House (released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 5, 2012), all Universal DVDs and Blu-rays (except for 2012-17 Illumination films) began using the 2012-present theatrical logo as a de-facto home video logo.
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Oct 23, 2024 · In 1983, MCA Videocassette, and MCA Videodisc were merged to become MCA Home Video, and the two brand names have been phased out. Also, the company picked up distribution rights to product from third-party companies, such as Price/Stern/Sloan and Cineplex Odeon Films.
