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- (September 17, 1979-October 2, 1980) Visuals: Over a navy blue background is "Paramount" in the famous script, and "HOME VIDEO" below in the Eurostile Bold Extended font in between two lines, one above and one below.
- (October 3, 1980-January 26, 1981) Visuals: On a blue background, the camera zooms out on a silhouette of a mountain. After the screen zooms out to a comfortable distance, a bright flash occurs behind the mountain, and white "stars" (they look like circles or lens flares) appear, as well as "Paramount" (in a school bus yellow script, but closer to the pre-1975 logos).
- (October 5, 1983-March 12, 1987) The mountain. The logo. The mountain in B&W. The logo in B&W. A rare look at the logo in its static form. In April 1998, the logo appeared on Sci-Fi, and was slowed down, then froze at this point as seen here.
- (April 20, 1987-April 24, 2007, mid-2010s in Asian VCDs, March 2014 in Indonesia) NTSC DVD variant. PAL DVD variant. Visuals: The 1986 Paramount Pictures logo plays, with no video indicator whatsoever.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly known as "Paramount Home Media Distribution", "Paramount Home Video", and "Paramount Video") is Paramount Pictures' home media division and was formed around 1978/1979 (some sources claim late 1975). The company owns the home media rights to films and shows owned by Paramount and shows from sister company Viac...
1st Logo
Nicknames: "Still Mountain," "Boring Mountain," "Home Video Blue Mountain" Logo: On a navy blue background, the text "Paramount" in its famous script can be seen, with "HOME VIDEO" below that in a wide Microgramma Bold font sandwiched between two lines, one above and one below. To the right of that is the 1968 Paramount print logo with the Gulf+Western byline. A moment later, the logo crossfades to a navy blue warning screen. Variant: A black and white variant exists for releases of B&W films...
2nd Logo
Nicknames: "Mountain Silhouette," "Mountain of Doom," "Black Mountain," "Rising Mountain," "Cheesy Mountain," "In the Shadow of Paramount" Logo: On a blue background, a silhouette of a mountain appears as the camera zooms out. After zooming to a comfortable distance, a bright flash occurs behind the mountain, and white "stars" (looking more like lens flares) appear, as well as "Paramount" (in a school bus yellow script, but closer to the pre-1975 logos). A saffron-colored trapezoidal trail zo...
3rd Logo
Nicknames: "Growing Mountain", "Blue Paramount" Logo: On a black background, the abstract mountain logo in light blue appears, with "Paramount" in black script and the "A Gulf + Western Company" byline at the bottom. The whole logo immediately zooms up to the camera right after it fades in, as the stars (which are followed by light trail streaks) and byline zoom past, and both the mountain and circle grow bigger until all that's left is the top of the peak and "Paramount" centering in. Right...
1st Logo
Logo: The 1986 Paramount logo is seen on-screen already formed. However, the "Paramount" text is black in front of a DVD disc that is behind the mountain. "DVD" is seen below, with the Viacom byline below that. FX/SFX: None. Music/Sounds: The opening of the TV spot. Availability: Extinct. It was seen on a 2002 TV spot for the DVD release of Rat Race. It is unknown if this appeared anywhere else. Editor's Note: Its existence was debated for a while, since its rushed look does make it look like...
2nd Logo
Nicknames: "CGI Disc Mountain", "Modern Mountain of Doom", "Dark Mountain of Steel", "Dark Perumount" Logo: It starts off with the 2002 Paramount logo animation with the stars flying through the clouds, the zoom out of the "Paramount" script, and the stars coming in and circling around the mountain. After zooming away to a comfortable distance, a DVD disc suddenly flies in from the bottom with a bright light in the sky swooping by. The DVD disc glides and settles behind the summit and the Par...
On September 27, 2011, Paramount Home Entertainment was renamed Paramount Home Media Distribution after merging with Paramount Digital and Television. Starting in 2012, the Republic Pictures library and select Paramount films were licensed to Olive Films and Kino Lorber.
In April 2019, Viacom renamed Paramount Home Media Distribution back to "Paramount Home Entertainment". The division doesn't end up using an original logo. Instead, uses the ordinary Paramount Pictures logo as it did since its first home release.
Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly Paramount Home Media Distribution, and originally Paramount Home Video) is the home video distribution arm of Paramount Pictures. The division oversees Paramount Global 's home entertainment and transactional digital distribution activities worldwide.
In May 2019, Viacom renamed Paramount Home Media Distribution back to "Paramount Home Entertainment". The division doesn't end up using an original logo. Instead, uses the ordinary Paramount Pictures logo as it did since its first home release.
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Warning: Transforming from the zooming-in of "FEATURE PRESENTATION" from the then-current Paramount Home Video logo of the era, we see a wallpaper with the Paramount logo all over it. We see the standard Warning in a different font than the previous ones, similar to one used on Jeopardy!.
