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HIT Entertainment Limited (stylised as HiT) was a British-American entertainment company founded in 1982 as Henson International Television, the international distribution arm of The Jim Henson Company, by Jim Henson, Peter Orton, and Sophie Turner Laing.
- (September 10, 1994-January 21, 1995 [international]) English version. French version. Visuals: On a black background, the bluish-gray letters of "HIT" fly outwards to the centre to form a result similar to the previous logo, but with thinner letters and no dot.
- (December 31, 1995-April 3, 2001) With CITV URL. Visuals: On a shady grey background, the new HIT Entertainment logo is seen in a metallic sheen.
- (September 7, 1996-May 15, 1997) Visuals: On a black background, a more realistic globe of the Earth is seen rotating above a batch of blue blocks along the bottom of the screen, along with a faint column of gold light emerging below the globe.
- (1997-2008) Visuals: On a sky blue background with stripes and shines, a yellow/orange/black gradient ribbon flies around from the right edge of the screen, eventually swirling itself into a spiral shape as the background zooms in.
Walt Disney Home Video (VHS)
HiT signed a series of American broadcasting deals starting with Nickelodeon for Kipper and expanded to Playhouse Disney / Toon Disney for the Strawberry Shortcake cartoon series, Starz/Encore for the Brambly Hedge and Percy the Park Keeper TV series, HBO Family for the Anthony Ant cartoon series, and Animal Planet for the Wylands Ocean World ...
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HIT distributed various VHS and DVD releases of Henson shows and movies in the United States and United Kingdom, which included Fraggle Rock, Animal Jam, Mother Goose Stories and Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, with many of them including newly produced bonus features.
HIT Entertainment was a British-American children's television company originally established in 1982 as Henson International Television by Jim Henson, Peter Orton and Sophie Turner Laing. It was the original international distribution arm of Jim Henson Productions.
When Henson wanted to sell the company to Disney in 1989, Peter Orton took over the company. HIT owns and distributes children's television series such as Thomas and Friends, Fireman Sam, Bob the Builder, Kipper, Lavender Castle, Pingu and Angelina Ballerina.
