Worldvision Enterprises/Summary

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Background
Worldvision Enterprises Inc. was a television program and home video distributor established in 1973 as the successor of ABC Films after the former company spun-off because it was against the FCC regulations for a television network to distribute its programs under its own name. They primarily licensed programs from others, rather than producing their own content. When Worldvision was in operation for 10 years, the company had offices in very important cities around the world such as: NY, LA, Chicago, Atlanta, London, Paris, Tokyo, Sydney, Toronto, Rio de Janeiro, Munich, Mexico City, and Rome. In 1979, Worldvision was sold to Taft Broadcasting (later renamed as "Great American" in 1987 and "Citicasters" in 1993), and was later sold to the great Aaron Spelling in 1988 and became part of Spelling, Inc. The transaction was completed on March 11, 1989. On April 6, 1991, Spelling Entertainment Inc. was acquired by the Charter Company, an oil refining, insurance, and communications company. Spelling and Charter merged on October 5, 1992 and Charter was renamed to "Spelling Entertainment Group". On October 5, 1993, Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation acquired a 67% stake in Spelling Entertainment Group. On September 29, 1994, Blockbuster merged with Viacom. In 1997, the production arm of Worldvision Enterprises was incorporated into Republic Pictures, and in 1999, Viacom (now "CBS Corporation") acquired the rest of the Spelling Entertainment Group, and folded the distribution arm of Worldvision into Paramount Domestic Television (now "CBS Television Distribution"). Currently, most of the Worldvision Enterprises library (the exceptions: most of the Hanna-Barbera library is owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment through Turner Broadcasting, Let's Make a Deal is now owned by FremantleMedia, and the TV movies produced by Fries Entertainment co-produced by Worldvision are owned by MGM Holdings Inc.) is owned by CBS Corporation through CBS Television Distribution and Spelling Television Inc.

===1st Logo (1973-1976)===

Nicknames: "Radar Globe III", "Radar W III", "Worldvision W Globe III", "WHOOSH Globe (of Doom)"

Logo: It's only a warp speed variant of the home video counterpart, except the Worldvision text emerges from the front and both layer themselves into position as the background fades to black. The radar globe then shines and the same "WVI" print stamp (in much smaller type) fades onto the bottom of the screen.

Trivia:
 * This logo was used on 1990s prints of pre-1973 ABC shows, but also applied to the Hanna-Barbera (until the cartoon studio's sale to Turner Broadcasting), Republic Pictures Television (after 1996), Carolco Pictures (the company distributed their films to TV as part of a syndication package) and Spelling Television libraries. Also appeared on some first-run syndicated programs, such as Judge Judy.
 * This logo is based on the 1985 Worldvision Home Video logo.

Bylines: When introduced in 1988, there was no byline present (like the chyroned version of the previous logo it replaced). After Great American Broadcasting (the former Taft Broadcasting Co.) sold Worldvision to Aaron Spelling the same year, these bylines would appear beginning in 1989:
 * 1988-1989: (Bylineless; just the "WVI" print stamp)
 * 1989-1994: "A UNIT OF SPELLING ENTERTAINMENT INC." Trademark symbol appears by the "Radar W" logo in 1991.
 * 1994-1995: "A UNIT OF SPELLING ENTERTAINMENT INC., A BLOCKBUSTER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY"
 * 1995-1996: "A UNIT OF SPELLING ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC., A BLOCKBUSTER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY"
 * 1996-1999: "A SUBSIDIARY OF SPELLING ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC."

Variants:
 * There is a filmed variation of this logo.
 * When Blockbuster Entertainment bought Spelling, their movie ticket logo unfolded below Worldvision's logo (it was briefly placed next to the globe after the Blockbuster purchase of Spelling), underneath Spelling's byline (itself having the "A Blockbuster Entertainment Company" byline underneath it).
 * There is also a still variant of this logo.
 * There is also a B&W variant.

FX/SFX: The sped-up zoom-out, the layering FX on the company name, and the shining radar globe at the end of the sequence. Also, there was a quick shining wipe at the Worldvision text.

Music/Sounds: A shortened version of the Worldvision Home Video theme, shortening and toning down the "WHOOSH" and cutting the jingle to the last notes.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * The 1991 logo has two variants of this jingle which exist: one has the theme in a lower pitch and the other has a higher-pitched theme. These are seen on some episodes of syndicated prints of Little House on the Prairie.
 * Sometimes, the closing theme was used (like on some parts of Stephen King's The Stand) or it's silent.

Availability: Common. It appears Little House on the Prairie (with the exception of the pilot movie from March 1974, which in recent airings, has the 1979 logo) on Hallmark Channel, the DVD of the first season of Charmed, Syfy and Chiller airings of Tales from the Darkside, and on some international prints of earlier episodes of 7th Heaven. Also seen on the mini-series The Stand on Syfy and Chiller and on most B&W prints of Combat! on Me-TV. Seen recently on a print of Universal Soldier on Encore Action (now Starz Encore Action). Also seen on The Fugitive (1963) and TV broadcasts of Carolco films, such as Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Surprisingly, it recently appeared on Trifecta's print of Basic Instinct before the Trifecta logo. The filmed variant was spotted on early video releases of Twin Peaks by Warner Home Video. A handful of episodes from the second season of Dallas retain this logo on the Warner Home Video DVD release of seasons 1 and 2, and it was also retained on some 1987-91 syndicated prints (followed by the 2003 WBTV Distribution logo) of the series. These are easy to catch because they are sourced from PAL transfers and run 4% faster than an NTSC standard print. Worldvision distributed the series internationally until the 1990s, when the rights reverted back to Warner Bros.