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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.
1st Logo (1997-December 2005)[]
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.
Variant:
- This also appeared as an ID, lacking the byline, and with the globe wiping in.
- On the final two seasons of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, the logo is cropped to 16:9 widescreen.
- On third and final season of both Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's BeastMaster and Mutant X, an open matte version is introduced.
- A shorter version exists, which starts with the globe's details disappearing.
FX/SFX: The globe turning into a crescent, the fading in of the text.
Music/Sounds: A techno theme followed by a whoosh (which are usually cut out) then a short six-note fanfare, which was the Global network's theme song of the era, or the end theme of the show. Sometimes, the music was shortened to five notes. On the first 12 episodes of the third and final season of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's BeastMaster, it's silent. 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.
2nd Logo (December 2005-2016)[]
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.