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First Independent was sold to Sony in 1997 and was entirely folded into Columbia TriStar Home Video by 1999. However, Columbia TriStar continued to use the First Independent Films label for some years afterwards. First Release Home Entertainment – A mixture of B-movies, Magic Window, music videos, TriStar, top TV shows, re-releases, Thames ...
- (3rd logo placeholder) (December 1991-September 9, 1992, 1993 in certain countries) Visuals: On a black background, a white rectangle outline is seen split into 2 sections.
- (3rd logo placeholder) (August 26, 1992-1995) Black box variant. Inverted Variant. Visuals: On a white background, two boxes are seen, outlined with a black border.
- (May 19, 1993-March 27, 2001) Widescreen version. Visuals: The logo begins by cutting to a scene full of golden clouds forming, tossing about on a blue cloudy background.
- (1995-June 11, 1996) Visuals: It's almost the same as the 1995 Columbia TriStar Television Distribution logo, except "HOME VIDEO" replaces "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" and the Sony byline is intact.
- (December 25, 1991-September 9, 1992 (1993 in select international countries)) Nicknames: "CT Boxes", "The Boxes Cometh", "The First Box Logo", "Split Rectangle", "Prototype CT Boxes", "Columbia Tristar", "Rectangular Boxes", "80s CT Boxes"
- (August 26, 1992-April 14, 1993) Nicknames: "CT Boxes II", "The Boxes Take Form", "Dawn of the Boxes" Logo: On a white background, we see two boxes outlined with a black border.
- (May 19, 1993-March 27, 2001) Nicknames: "CT Boxes III", "Part III: Will This Logo Ever Die?!" , "Sliding Boxes", "Blue BG Boxes", "Day of the Boxes", "Cloudy Boxes", "Columbia Tristar III"
- (1995-1996) Nicknames: "CT Boxes IV", "Part IV: Take Hollywood Home!" , "Sliding Boxes II", "Land of the Boxes", "The Bedsheets", "The Boxes of Boredom Prototype", "Columbia Tristar IV"
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In August 1991, General Electric sold its 50% share of the company to Sony Corporation, and the litigation officially ended with Sony renaming the company as Columbia TriStar Home Video. It was named Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment from April 2001 until a change to its current name Sony Pictures Home Entertainment in November 2004.
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Columbia TriStar Television, Inc. (abbreviated as CTT) was an American television production and distribution company that was active from 1994 to 2002. It was operated as the third name of the early television studio Screen Gems and the fourth name of Pioneer Telefilms, both part of Sony Pictures Entertainment and the third company to use the Columbia and TriStar names together (the first ...
