Global Television (Canada)

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Background:
Background: Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is an English-language privately owned TV network in Canada, which was a subsidiary of Canwest. Beginning in 1974 as a regional television system serving Southern Ontario, the network gradually expanded its national reach in the subsequent decades, and currently has 11 owned-and-operated stations in the country. Following Canwest's bankruptcy in late 2009, Shaw Communications took over Canwest's broadcasting assets as of October 27, 2010. Global is now part of the new Shaw Media division.

1st Logo (1976-1997)
TBA

2nd Logo (1997-2006)


Nickname: "The Canwest Crescent"

Logo: On a black background, we see a red globe, which darkens more and more until it forms a glowing crescent shape. The globe's details disappear and the glow dies down, as "Global", in white Frutiger, fades in above the crescent, and the byline "A CANWEST COMPANY", in the same typeface, fades in below it.

Variants: This also appeared as an ID, lacking the byline, and the globe wiped in.

FX/SFX: The globe turning into a crescent, the fading in of the text.

Music/Sounds: A short six-note fanfare, which was the Global network's theme song of the era, or the end theme of the show. The ID variant uses a completely different piano theme.

Availability: Seen on various shows, most notably Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (two last seasons), Mutant X, and Popular Mechanics For Kids.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

3rd Logo(2006-present)


Nickname: "The Ribbon"

Logo: On a complicated background, we see black word "Global" next to the red folded ribbon, or a 90-degree turned check-sign. Below, there is a copyright byline, reading:

Global Television, a division of CanWest MediaWorks Inc.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Seen on associated TV-shows.

Scare Factor: Minimal.