CEL Video (Australia)

Background : Publishing and Broadcasting Video (not to be confused with the Australian media company Publishing and Broadcasting Limited) is an Australian video company founded in 1982 that released videos in Australia and New Zealand under several labels, eight, to be exact. They were later renamed Communications and Entertainment Limited (CEL) in 1984. The company as a whole went bankrupt in subsequent years.

PBV Video
(1983-1984) Logo : After the animated warning screen, we fade in to a space background. A giant box with the PBV logo (consisting of a turquoise-green metallic rounded rectangle with "PBV" in a typewriter font inside it) zooms in very quickly, with stars sparkling. Then, it fades into the second logo for Star Video. After a logo is finished animating, the box turns (like a trilon) to show the next logo being animated. After the last logo, we cut to black or the next screen. Here's the list of the logos that animate inside the box:
 * 1) Star Video's 2nd logo
 * 2) Embassy Home Entertainment's "Big E in Video" logo
 * 3) Australian Video
 * 4) Film World Festival (with "since 1983" on it)
 * 5) Playaround Video
 * 6) The Storytime Collection
 * 7) Muppet Home Video's international logo
 * 8) MGM/UA Home Video's 1983 logo

Variant : On some releases, the box zooms out, but quickly zooms back to reveal one of its animated logos again. An example is with Embassy Home Entertainment (at this time, it is unknown other companies, such as Star Video, Playaround Video, etc. did this, too).

FX/SFX : The box animating, with its logos inside.

Music/Sounds/Voice-over : "Futurism" by Paul Brian Hart off of the Bruton Music library (A fast-paced, triumphant synthesized orchestra tune). Also has the voice of Ken Sparkes (longtime announcer for the Nine Network) saying "The home video force in entertainment, Publishing and Broadcasting Video, distributor of the labels Star Video... Embassy Home Entertainment... Australian Video... Film World Festival... Playaround Video... The Storytime Collection... Muppet Home Video... and MGM/UA Home Video!". On Embassy's releases (at least), he includes, "...bring you a special preview of home video releases, from 'the big E in video', Embassy Home Entertainment!".

Availability : Seen on several old Australian PAL VHS and Betamax video cassettes, most commonly released by the Australian division of Embassy Home Entertainment, which was a subsidiary of PBV. One tape that had this logo was Final Exam.

Editor's Note : The 2D "rotations" of a supposed 3D box looks more like the successive logos are being wiped on from the right, crushing the previous logo into a smaller and smaller space until it completely disappears. Despite this, the logo is a fan-favourite with Australian video collectors.

1st Logo (1984-1986?)
Logo :


 * Variant 1: On a space background with zooming stars (a la Together Again Productions Inc.), two sets of three spheres flip together and converge to form a red circle. A red sphere appears in the middle of the circle and the whole thing rotates to form a gray crescent with five red lens shapes to the right of it. There is a big flash and the space background is now a shady sky bluish-dove gray/white gradient background as the words CEL HOME VIDEO fades in.


 * Variant 2: On a white background, the words "CEL ENTERTAINMENT", in gray, fade in, along with a weird symbol consisting of a gray crescent with several red lens shapes.

FX/SFX :


 * Variant 1: The flipping, the flash.
 * Variant 2: None.

Music/Sounds :


 * Variant 1: A majestic fanfare.
 * Variant 2: None.

Availability : Unknown.

Editor's Note : None.