Lionsgate Home Entertainment

 Background : Lionsgate Home Entertainment is the home video distribution arm of Lionsgate Films. Before its formation, Lionsgate films were distributed by MCA/Universal Home Video (in the United States) and Columbia TriStar Home Video (in Canada) from 1997. At first most of their releases were only released by them in Canada, while in the United States, they licensed their films to Universal for home video distribution, from 1998-2001 (with the exception of Dogma, which was released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment). From 2008 to 2014, they were the North American distributor for HiT Entertainment material.

1st Logo
(1998-2000; May 20, 2003)

 Nickname : "The Constellation"

 Logo : Same as its film counterpart from 1998, but "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" is added below the line.

 FX/SFX/Music/Sounds : Same as its film counterpart.

 Music/Sounds Variant : On reprints of Stickin' Around tapes, it uses the music from the Avalanche Home Entertainment logo for some bizarre reason.

 Availability : Uncommon. Appears on mainly Canadian DVD releases (and later US releases) of Lionsgate material (this does appear on VHS releases too) such as Strictly Ballroom and Breakin' the Law. It makes strange appearances on the 2001 Platinum Disc DVDs of American Eagle and Merchants of War. All DIC Entertainment DVD releases distributed by the company use this logo, with the VHS versions using the 3rd logo. This was also seen on the 2003 DVDs of The Red Violin and The Long Way Home.

2nd Logo
(2001-March 16, 2004?; June 14, 2005)

 Nickname : "The Constellation II"

 Logo : Same as the 1997 movie logo, except "FILMS" is replaced by "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" and "PRESENTS" is replaced by "A LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY". Another difference is that all the text fades in at the same time.

 FX/SFX : Same as the 1997 movie logo.

 Music/Sounds : Same as the first logo.

 Availability : Extremely rare. Only known to appear on the Sabrina: The Animated Series tapes "Sabrina in Love" and "Salem's World" as well as Mummies Alive!, all of which came out on the same day (the DVD counterparts, "Sabrina's World" in the case of Sabrina, used the next logo). It also appeared on the 2004 DVD releases of the movies Cement and Quicksand (even though their packages had Artisan Entertainment logos, in a similar situation to the 2004 Special Edition of King of New York carrying Artisan logos on the disc labels), as well as the 2005 DVD of the TV movie adaptation of Man-Thing.

 Editor's Note : Same as the 1997 movie logo.

3rd Logo
(2001-May 30, 2006)

 Nickname : "The Constellation III"

 Logo : On a black background, the words "" fly in one by one away from the viewer, with stars moving into place while a lion fades in. After that the byline "" fades in below and the logo shines. This was from the 2nd logo.

 Variants :
 * On a promo for the Mr. Bill Collection, the titular character is thrown onto the center of the fully-formed logo and falls.
 * On a trailer for May, which appears on the 2004 VHS of Cabin Fever, a sped-up version of the logo plays.

 FX/SFX : 2-1/2-D graphics.

 Music/Sounds : A very loud whooshing sound, as well as sparkles and a warbling synth track. Sometimes, like on the sped-up version, it's silent.

 Music/Sounds Variant : On Target and Barnes & Noble exclusives from 2004-07, the 1997 Lionsgate Films music is used instead.

 Availability : Common. Appears on Lions Gate Home Entertainment releases from the era, such as the first two Saw movies, Hail Caesar (2004), seasons 1 and 2 of ALF, Lil' Pimp, Beyond the Sea, The Devil's Rejects, Crash (2005), The Punisher, and volumes 2-4 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, among others. You can also find this logo on a couple of VHS and DVD releases of Clifford the Big Red Dog from 2005, as well as the 2006 DVD release of The New Baby on the Block. DIC Entertainment VHS releases from 2001-2002 also use this logo, with most of the DVD versions using the 1st logo. Makes a surprise appearance on the Jakks Pacific one-episode disc of the SpongeBob Squarepants episode "Hall Monitor" if you look up the disc's files. The last DVDs to use this logo were ALF Animated Adventures: 20,000 Years in Driving School and ALF Tales: Jack and the Beanstalk.

 Editor's Note : Although the logo looks very elegant, its sudden appearance and the very loud whooshing (which almost sounds like a ghost breathing) can very well scare anyone. Those who are easily scared cannot stand this logo.

 Final Note : Since Lionsgate changed their logo in 2006, they have since used their standard logo as a de-facto home video logo.