Background: The home video division of Canal+, a French TV station that also operates in countries like Spain, Poland and Scandinavia and spun-off Studio Canal S.A., one of the biggest feature film-owning libraries.
1st Logo[]
(1985(?)-1995)
Générique Canal Vidéo (1986-1995)
Logo: Same as the Canal+ ident of the era, except "VIDEO" fades in right after the text in a right aglignment as the same time as "+".
FX/SFX: Same as the ident.
Music/Sounds: Same as the ident.
Availability: Seen on their tapes made by StudioCanal.
2nd Logo[]
(1995-2003?)
Canal Video Jingle
Nickname: "Flashing Squares"
Logo: Same as the one of the Canal+ idents of the era, but it takes place on the black background. When the Canal+ logo appears again, with a gray rectangle with "VIDEO" below. At the left of the gray rectangle, there's a blue square that changes colors before it changes to blue again for a few seconds.
FX/SFX: Same as the ident.
Music/Sounds: The ident's music style, with a jungle-like crackling sound.
Availability: Most likely uncommon. Possibly seen on tapes/DVDs of content released by StudioCanal.