Foxtel Productions (Australia)

Background : FOXTEL Productions is the production company of FOXTEL, an Australian pay television company that acts as a joint venture between the old News Corporation (Fox) and Telstra. They didn't produce much original programming at first, but now they produce it actively.​​​​​​

1st Logo

(2004)

Logo : TBA

FX/SFX : TBA

Variant : Sometimes, "DIGITAL" replaces "PRODUCTIONS".

Music/Sounds : A soft synth orchestra fanfare with a synth flute.

Availability : TBA

Scare Factor : Low, mainly because of the darkness, lights and music.

2nd Logo

(2006)

Logo : TBA

FX/SFX : TBA

Music/Sounds : A bubbly synth piece.

Availability : TBA

Scare Factor : None to minimal. It might not sit well for epileptics, but otherwise it's harmless.

3rd Logo

(2007)

Logo : Sort of acts as a redone version of the previous logo, however the animation is slightly different and no copyright information is below. Also, the "PRODUCTIONS" text is not seen.

FX/SFX : TBA

Music/Sounds : A bubbly synth piece that is slightly different than the last logo's music.

Availability : TBA

Scare Factor : None, thanks to the improved animation.

4th Logo

(2010-2012)

Logo : On a black background, we see a light shining from left to right, revealing the FOXTEL logo in red. Below it in grey are "ORIGINAL" and "PRODUCTION". Copyright information is below. The entire logo fades out a little ways into the logo.

FX/SFX : The light shining and the logo fading out...

Cheesy Factor : ...which is WAY too simple compared the previous logos. Also, the logo fades out a split-second after the logo forms. This looks like no effort was put into it whatsoever.

Music/Sounds : A whoosh.

Availability : TBA

Scare Factor : None. This is a boring logo.

5th Logo

(2012-2016)  Nickname : "FX Networks' Older Australian Brother"

Logo : On a black-grey gradient background, a searchlight shines and reveals the FOXTEL logo in grey. The text "made for" is above the logo. Copyright information is below. The logo shines. The light and "made for" text then fades out and the logo itself fades out a couple of seconds later.

Variant : In 2014, the logo was enhanced with better animation. In this version everything fades out at the same time.

FX/SFX : The animation.

Music/Sounds : Same as before. The newer version has a angelic choir added to the whoosh.

Availability : Was seen on numerous shows and programming.

Scare Factor : None to minimal, though the darkness, lack of colour and whoosh might get to some. However, this is a favourite by many.

6th Logo

(2016-June 8, 2017)

Nickname : "FOXTEL's Close Response To Starz's Logo Change"

Logo : On the dark, we see a spotlight turning up. The background then shows up to be a mix of bright colored spotlights with the FOXTEL logo and "Original" seen below it. The logo shines. A few seconds later the spotlight turns off, making the screen dark again.

FX/SFX : The spotlights, and the logo shining.

Cheesy Factor : The colours are too gaudy and the animation's even more simplistic than the previous, making this one worse than the previous logo. Not on the same level of the Starz logo revealed in the same year or even the 4th logo or 7th logo, but still.

Music/Sounds : A quiet, low synth piece.

Availability : Seen on shows during this time period, although there is a small possibility that this logo will be plastered with the 7th logo.

Scare Factor : None to low, mainly because of the gaudy colours, which can be an eyesore. Aside from that, this one's also boring (in a similar fashion to the 4th logo). But it's slightly better than the next logo...

7th Logo (June 8, 2017- )

Nickname : "Foxtel's REAL response to Starz's logo change"

Logo : On a dark gradient blue background, we see letters all in lower case slide in from different directions in their positions to reveal the phase "foxtel original" in a Helvetica-style font. The logo then slides out the same way and in it's place, Foxtel's logo (six dots forming an abstract 'f') slide in in it's place.

Variant : FX/SFX : The sliding of the letters and logo.
 * An opening variant exists that has both the letters and the abstract 'f' slide in together and remain on screen.
 * Beginning in August 2018, the abstract 'f' was removed from both the opening and closing variant. Both variants just have the "foxtel original" text animate in as before

Cheesy Factor : This logo isn't cheesy, but its cheapness is comparable to that of Starz's current branding, with more points given thanks to the lack of music.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Current. The new branding was revealed on June 6, 2017 and was first seen as an on-screen production logo on June 8, 2017 on season 7 episode 7 of Grand Designs Australia. Future productions should have this logo.

Scare Factor : None. This is more boring than scary.