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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is the home video distributor for all of the Universal Pictures film library, the Focus Features film library, most of the 1929–1949 Paramount film library held by EMKA, Ltd., and shows from the NBCUniversal Syndication Studios library (NBC, E!, Syfy, USA Network, Universal Kids, and Oxygen).
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1st Logo
Nickname: "Glowing V-LaserDisc" Logo: We start out with a glowing blue light in the center. The glowing light shrinks until it is the size of a small yellow circle embedded in an orange upside down triangle split vertically in the center. The white "MCA DISCO-VISION" appear on top of the triangle, and while the circle turns as orangeas the triangle, the "©" symbol appears on the bottom right area. FX/SFX: The shrinking of the light. Music/Sounds: An 8-note percussive string tune followed by a...
2nd Logo
Nicknames: "Big V", "Majestic V" Logo: The words "DISCOVISION" crawl across the entire screen in a rainbow of colors like a kaleidoscope, and rows of vertical orange lines appear on the screen. The center lines open up in a rainbow of colors to reveal a white "V", with "DISCO" and "ISION" appearing on the left and right sides of the "V", respectively, appearing on a blackish background with a large Bondi blue streak in the middle. The DiscoVision logo sparkles for a second and then an abrupt...
1st Logo
Nicknames: "The Gold MCA", "The Zooming MCA", "MCA in Space", "Earth Yellow MCA", "VHS Assembly", "The MCA VHS Assembly" Logo: On a CGI starry background, we see the MCA Home Video logo (in Earth yellow-gold color). This logo has the usual MCA logo and the words "HOME VIDEO" (in a sleek, smaller font that has the same width as "MCA") in a box that resembles a videotape (but "MCA" overlaps this box on the top, making it "cut open"). The logo zooms in slowly, like the Universal globe at the tim...
2nd Logo
Nicknames: "Zooming/Sliding MCA", "VHS Assembly II", "The MCA VHS Assembly II" Logo: The MCA Home Video logo appears in chrome (usually zooming in or sliding into the view). There are different variants: 1. On the VHS trailer for An American Tail, the logo is goldon a black background. This variant is nicknamed "The Gold MCA II", and is also compared to the main logo. 2. On the VHS trailer for Talk Radio, the logo is silver/chrome on a oatmeal gray background. It flashes red(to accompany the...
1st Logo
Nicknames: "The Clean Globe", "Shiny Globe", "MCA Globe", "Shiny MCA Globe", "90s Globe", "90s MCA Globe" Logo: On a black background, we see the following text all centered: MCΛ UNIVERSAL H O M E V I D E O with "MCA" in its similar corporate font from before and has a white gradient texture on it and "UNIVERSAL" in the same font as the movie logo from 1990-1997, but has a gradient texture on it. The text shines (à la the 1985 Warner Home Video logo) and soon afterwards, a globe (showing only...
2nd Logo
Nicknames: "Airplane Passing Globe", "The Raining Filmstrips", "Rotating Globe", "90s Globe II", "MCA Globe II", "Morphing MCA Globe", "90s MCA Globe II", "From Classic to MCA Globe" Logo: On a space background, we see the rotating globe in the 1930's style rotating. Coming from behind is an airplane passing over the globe, as usual, which flies through the screen, as the propeller becomes rainbow. Suddenly, rainbowfilmstrips are seen falling over the logo before the nebula sky forming from f...
1st logo
Nickname: "CGI Globe", "Still CGI Globe", "Boring CGI Globe", "Universal Pulling A Columbia TriStar" Logo: Just a still picture of the 1996 Universal Pictures logo without the copyright info. Trivia: This was used on the start-up page of the Universal Studios website in 1996 which can be viewed here. Variant: A darker zoomed in version can be found on a home video trailer for the Hercules & Xena Video Collection on the 1998 VHS of Hercules & Xena: The Animated Movie. FX/SFX: None. Availabilit...
2nd Logo
Nickname: "CGI Globe II", "Animated CGI Globe" Logo: Only the 1997 Universal Pictures logo, except it zooms back a little. Trivia: The logo does not appear on the 2006 DVD of Curious George, but can still be accessed by going to "Title 33" on the disc. Variants: 1. On UK releases (mainly from Right Entertainment, which were distributed by Universal), the logo has the Universal City Studios byline as well as the URL. 2. An anamorphically enhanced widescreen version was created and used on all...
Sep 23, 2024 · On December 9, 1996, MCA/Universal Home Video renamed itself as "Universal Studios Home Video" when MCA was reincorporated as Universal Studios. It began to distribute titles from third-party companies, like Lionsgate Films, October Films, DreamWorks Pictures and The Kushner-Locke Company. On February 28, 1999, Universal Studios Home Video ...
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. 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 ued as the primary logo starting on October 12, 2021 with the DVD release of Designated Survivor: The ...
Original copies began with previews for Jurassic Park: The Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood, Terminator 2 3-D at Universal Studios Florida, and Brazil. Universal Studios Home Video (1997-2006) [ ] Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2006-2012) [ ]
In December 1996, it renamed itself as "Universal Studios Home Video" when MCA was reincorporated as Universal Studios and in 2005 changed once again into "Universal Studios Home Entertainment". In 2015, the home entertainment division was restructured and was renamed as "Universal Pictures Home Entertainment".
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The company was founded in 1980 as MCA Videocassette, Inc., with the release of films on Beta and VHS, including Jaws, Jaws 2, and 1941. Prior to 1980, Castle Films (known as Universal 8 after 1977) had served as Universal's home film distribution unit. In late 1983, both the Laserdisc sister label MCA Videodisc and the VHS/Beta label MCA ...
