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Logo with Universal Studio Group byline. Universal Media Studios reverted back to its original moniker name, Universal Television on September 12, 2011, along with a redesigned logo and new staff.
- Universal-International Television
- Universal Television (first era)
- Universal Television (second era)
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1957–1963
Universal-International Television was a short-lived division of Universal Pictures, prior to the merger with MCA. This is one of the rarest and most confusing logos ever made. Even the most experienced logo fans haven't a clue about where this logo appeared or whether or not the television show it appeared on is still rerun. One guess is that it aired on older television reruns of Universal cartoon shorts. Dennis McDougal's book "The Last Mogul," a biography of MCA's Lew Wasserman, mentions Universal-International's involvement in what are described as several "unmemorable documentary series," ANIMAL FUN AND MISCHIEF, STRANGER THAN FICTION, and GREAT MOMENTS ON THE GRIDIRON; all apparently edited from stock footage in the company's United World/Castle Films library. Those early series are probably the source of this logo. U-I did not release the early Walter Lantz black and white cartoons to TV themselves, but licensed them to Guild Films; who remade all the title sequences and removed any references to Universal. Universal's subsidiary, United World Films, bought Castle Films from its founder, ex-newsreel cameraman Eugene Castle, in 1947, and operated the company for the next 30 years. Castle Films released the Lantz cartoons and other subjects for home-movie use in 8mm and 16mm. In 1978, Universal closed down Castle in favor of a new home-movie subsidiary called Universal Eight, which operated until about 1983.
1963–1964
Following the merger, Universal adopted the logo design from MCA's television arm Revue Studios. The color variant shown here has a typical '60s style wallflower design as a background.
1964–1969
In early 1964, the studio introduced the TV version of the respective theatrical movie logo, which remained thereafter. Trivia: The logo was designed and animated by Universal Title, who also designed and animated all of the logos by Universal until 1990 and handled all title and optical effects for all films and Universal Television series.
1991–1997
•Note: This logo is based on its 1990-1997 movie counterpart logo.
September–October 2011 October 2011–present
Trivia: This logo was created and animated by Imaginary Forces. The logo has some elements from the 1991 Universal Television logo.
•Universal Pay Television
•MCA Television Entertainment
•Universal Worldwide Television
•Studios USA
- (October 7, 1973-1980) Visuals: Same backdrop as the previous logo, but the phrase was shortened again to... FROM. UNIVERSAL. AN MCA COMPANY. This time, "UNIVERSAL" is in the same font as used in that era's movie logo and also appears textured (in fact, this looks like a still of the 1963-1990 movie logo, with MCA information added in afterwards).
- (September 14, 1975-October 29, 1991) Visuals: Same as the previous logo, but with a few differences: The font color seems to be mainly white, ivory, pink, or yellow (though this may be due to film deterioration), while still a bit planetary.
- (1987-1991) Visuals: Just the end of the 1973 Universal Pictures logo used in place of the TV logo. Technique: Live-action model work. Audio: None.
- (September 16, 1991-November 2, 1997) Videotaped variant. Videotaped "In Association With" variant. Stretched starfield variant. Visuals: It's nearly the same as its 1990 motion picture counterpart, but with a few differences
Universal Television LLC (abbreviated as UTV) is an American television production company that is a subsidiary of Universal Studio Group, a division of NBCUniversal, which, in turn, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast.
5 days ago · Availability: This logo debuted (as a prototype) on new season premieres of Parenthood, Community, and The Office, among others before the split-screen credits on network TV. This logo was also seen on original prints of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Last Call with Carson Daly .
Logo: It looks just like the 1962 Revue "Blinking Negatives" logo, without the additional animation. The company name flickers 6 times, during the first 5 bars of the fanfare and makes a stop during the rest of the jingle.
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Universal TV, formerly Universal Channel, is an international pay television network specializing in movies and television series in the thriller, drama, comedy, horror, crime and investigation genres, owned by NBCUniversal International Networks, a division of NBCUniversal and available on satellite and cable platforms.
