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The Incorporated Television Company ( ITC) was a British television distribution company founded by Lew Grade in 1954 as the distribution unit of ATV (Associated TeleVision), one of the ITV franchises; it later branched out into TV series and feature film production.
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- 1st Logo (1956-1960)
- 2nd Logo (1956-1961?)
- 3rd Logo (September 1959-May 21, 1975)
- 4th Logo (1973-1989)
- 5th Logo (January 17, 1977-1988)
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The Incorporated Television Company (ITC) was a British television distribution company founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954 as the distribution unit of ATV (Associated TeleVision), one of the ITV franchises; it later branched out into TV series and feature film production. In 1995, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment acquired ITC Entertainment ...
Nicknames: "Early Diamonds", "Horizontal Diamonds", "An ITC Release"
Logo: On a black background, we see the letters "ITC" each appear in three rounded diamonds shapes horizontally. The word "AN" appears above it and "RELEASE" appears below it.
Variant: On Fury, the logo appears in-credit and the word "RELEASE" is replaced with "PRODUCTION". Numerous other variants also exist, too.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None or the closing theme.
Availability: Possibly extinct. Seen on early ITC shows like Ding Dong School, Fury, and Interpol Calling.
Nicknames: "Vertical Diamonds", "An ITC Release II"
Logo: On a gray background, the letters "ITC" each appear in three rounded diamond shapes vertically, connected with a line in the middle. The word "AN" appears above it and "RELEASE" appears beneath it. In other cases, it's ITC Release (1961)superimposed.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Extremely rare. It's mostly common on U.S. syndication prints of the first Lassie TV series, retitled Jeff's Collie (1954-1957). Some Alpha Video DVD releases might retain this logo, however.
Editor's Note: The more familiar vertical design debuts here, but wouldn't be until a bit later where it becomes more notable.
Nickname: "The Compass"
Logo: On a gray background, a compass appears. It zooms up really close, and then "flips" to reveal a black diamond-like shape. A map of the world is wiped into the diamond from left to right as a white outline appears. The diamond's interior once again turns black as it zooms out as the background fades to black. When it reaches the top, a line is drawn through the middle as an "I" appears in the middle as well. Two more diamonds appear below the "I" diamond, reading "T" and "C", and appearing as the line "connects" them. The word "presents" appears below.
Variants:
•Sometimes, "Distribution" replaces "presents," and sometimes, there is no text under the logo.
•There was a variant that has "Distributed by" above the logo.
•Sometimes, all three diamonds are already there, and the letters appear inside.
Nicknames: "Rainbow Top", "Rainbow Diamond Top", "Spinning Diamonds of Doom"
Logo: On a dark blue space background, three diamonds appear, red, green, and blue respectively, "interlocked" within each other and spinning around like a top. From the center of the screen, a white ITC logo, designed much like last time but now turned slightly upward, zooms out and quickly moves to the left side, as the word "ENTERTAINMENT" appears alongside. At the end of the logo, the ITC logo fades out to make room for the word "Presents".
Trivia: The spinning diamonds on this logo are filmed in a way that, depending how you look it, you see the three diamonds spinning above you, or under you.
Variants:
•When introduced in 1973, the ITC logo zooms into the center of the screen after which either the word "PRESENTS", "PRODUCTION", or "DISTRIBUTION" pop up under it before the sequence fades out. It was replaced with the more familiar version by 1977.
•On Space: 1999 and IVE-released volumes of The Saint, a version of the animated logo is seen at the end of the program, with "FROM" to the left of the ITC logo, and no "Presents".
Nickname: "Still Diamond Top"
Logo: Against a colored background, we see "FROM" in a small font. Next to it is the familiar ITC logo that has been turned slightly upward, and next to that we see "ENTERTAINMENT". The byline " © I.T.C. ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED (year in Roman numerals)" is seen below.
Variants:
•There exists a version without a copyright date. It has a red-orange background.
•Another version with the red background where the word "ENTERTAINMENT" is replaced by "PRODUCTIONS" exists.
FX/SFX: None.
Nickname: "The Gold Diamonds", "Early Golden Top", "Drawing Top", "Drawing Diamond Top"
Logo: On a brown smoke-like background, 2 gold diagonal lines start to draw a diamond. They curve and intersect at the top to draw the second and third diamonds. "ITC", in gold, appear one by one inside the diamonds. The text:
I. T. C. E N T E R T A I N M E N T
G R O U P
in white, zooms in below the diamonds.
FX/SFX: The diamonds drawing. The text zooming in.
Nicknames: "The Gold Diamonds of Tame", "Golden Top", "Golden Diamonds", "Golden Diamond Top", "THUD!"
Logo: On a black background, we see three gold interlocked ITC diamonds but with no letters in them, spinning around. As they spin around, the letters "ITC", in gold, slide out from the right of it one-by-one, and then shine as the diamonds stop spinning.
Variants:
•There is a rare opening variant that features "Presents" underneath. This was seen at the beginning of some ITC productions/releases.
•The closing variant of this logo is bylineless.
•There is a variation of the logo that appears at the end of some CBS Theatrical Films releases when they were shown on television, and many ITC releases from Avid Home Entertainment as well as an Australian airing of Danger Man and current prints of at least two episodes of the 1960's classic television series The Prisoner titled "A Change of Mind" and "Fall Out". In it, the logo is sped up, the three notes accompanying the ITC letters sliding out are not heard, the letters do not shine, there is no shimmering sound heard, "Entertainment Group" appears under "ITC" once the diamonds stop spinning, and a different "THUD!" sound is heard at the end. The music for that logo has also been heard on the standard version as well.
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Background: ITC Film Distributors was the movie distribution division of ITC Entertainment. (1973-1983) Nickname: "The Tri-Pinwheels" Logo: On a black background, three pinwheels come up and move around randomly. The three then converge, and for each of them one of the opposite pairs of sails...
ITC Entertainment Group (UK) Background: The Incorporated Television Company (ITC) was a British television distribution company founded by television mogul Lew Grade in 1954 as the distribution unit of ATV ( A ssociated T ele V ision), one of the ITV franchises; it later branched out into TV series and feature film production.
The Incorporated Television Company ( ITC ), or ITC Entertainment as it was referred to in the United States, was a British company involved in production and distribution of television programmes.
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