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It now operates as a label of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and also releases titles from other studios it has prior distribution deals with. Prior to 1982, all of 20th Century Fox's films were released on Betamax, VHS and Laserdisc by Magnetic Video Corporation. In 1981, this former home video distributor owned the rights to United Artists films, shortly before Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. bought those rights.
At the end (also if listening under stereo, the Boom! pans from the left side to the right). On the 1984 VHS of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, there is a still version where the logo does not shine at all. The entire logo fades in, stays on-screen for a couple of seconds, and then fades out. This is seen on the 1982 VHS of The Diary of Anne Frank and the 1983 VHS of Modern Times. A still logo was found on the original release of Sophie's Choice.
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In 2006, animation studio DIC Entertainment received a deal with the studio to release certain cartoons on DVD. Founded in 1976, it served as its own distinct home video distribution arm of Fox Entertainment Group. On March 20, 2019, The Walt Disney Company acquired 21st Century Fox, and as a result, 20th Century Home Entertainment's operations were folded into Disney's own home entertainment division.
In 2004, 20th Century Fox passed on theatrical distribution, but picked up domestic home video rights to The Passion of the Christ. TCFHE continued obtaining additional Christian films' domestic home video rights for movies like Mother Teresa and the Beyond the Gates of Splendor documentary. After a 2005 test with a Fox Faith website, in 2006, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment launched its own film production banner for religious films using the same name. Total revenue for the expanded business unit would have been over $800 million, with FoxVideo providing the bulk at $650 million. Mechanic kept DeLellis as president of the expanded unit's North American operation, with Jeff Yap as international president.
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A special version was seen on UK Widescreen VHS releases. The logo plays as normal, then it zooms out towards the middle of the screen and turns 3-D and it expands with movie scenes appears behind the background . The word "WIDESCREEN" pan past the screen vertically, then turns horizontal and rests in front of the Fox Video logo). There is also an alternate variant for educational releases.
On the closing version, a male British announcer says, "All Time Greats from CBS/Fox Video, favorite films to keep and enjoy, forever". Another variant used Chelsea Brown saying "Could you please rewind your cassette before returning it to your video library?". On the widescreen variant, a big "WHOOSH" sound is heard at the beginning , then another whoosh when the side rectangles expand, then a Boom!
Domestic (North American) Variants
Strangely, that logo appears on the French R2 DVD of Thumbelina, plastering the Warner Bros. Both versions have a "whoosh" noise when the logo moves. While it does appear at the end of the last few HiT Entertainment DVDs that they released, it doesn't appear at the beginning of any of them. The version that fades in at the beginning and cuts out at the end of the logo is on the original 1996 VHS of Nine Months.
On a blue-red gradient background, a light blue star flashes, and the text "A CBS/FOX VIDEO LEARNING EXPERIENCE" fades in. The words stay for several seconds, and then zoom away inward. While this happens, sets of white lines stack upon each other and form the CBS/Fox logo.
The standard 20th Century Fox logo which animates in a faster rate, but there are many circular streaks of orange and blue placed over it, which animate on and off the screen. The first releases with this logo had the logo cut to black at the end of the animation. Strangely, this doesn't appear on The Best of The Simpsons VHS box set from or the 1996 Premiere Series releases of A Walk in the Clouds, Nine Months, and The Truth About Cats and Dogs . The 1979 TCF fanfare can be heard on PAL and French SÉCAM releases, as well as a few NTSC releases, such as the widescreen Laserdisc of Die Hard and a rental copy of Point Break. At the end of PAL tapes in Australia, there is a variant with a voice-over from Channel Seven's Don Rainsford, who says "Please rewind this cassette before returning it to your video library" at the end.
Wyatt had to drop the licensing half eventually, as the home video unit boomed. DVD sales were so strong during this period that they factored into green-lighting theatrical films. Wyatt reorganized Fox Home Entertainment, and forged a partnership with replicator Cinram. Being ahead of the other studios, TCFHE began picking up additional outside labels as distribution clients, with their fees covering the company's overhead. Fox Home Entertainment won multiple Vendor of the Year awards.
It also distributes films for Annapurna Pictures, as part of a distribution pact which began on July 11, 2017. In September 2015, the first Ultra HD Blu-ray player was introduced, leading TCFHE to have future movies released the same day in Ultra HD Blu-ray as regular Blu-ray and DVD. The first Ultra HD Blu-ray films were released in March 2016, with Fox being one of four studios involved; Fox had had the most titles with 10.
Was also seen on tapes released by Media Home Entertainment from 1993, including Scam, shortly before Media Home Entertainment went out of business. Occasionally, the 1979 TCF fanfare was used, mainly on PAL releases including the UK rental VHS releases of Used People,Jack the Bear,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, and The Vanishing. This can be found on the 1993 VHS of Young Frankenstein. Also seen on tapes from Media Home Entertainment released from mid-to-late 1991 until 1993, such as Paris Trout, Nails, and Prospero's Books. On the Fox Video Sentimental promo, which can be found on the 1992 Demo VHS of My Cousin Vinny, the logo is still and zoomed out on a black background with the text "Available from FoxVideo" shown on the bottom.
In 2006, with the successful sales of DIC Entertainment's Strawberry Shortcake series in the US, Fox signed a home video deal with American Greetings in 2007, which also included the Care Bears and Sushi Pack franchises. In 2009, AG moved distribution to Lionsgate Home Entertainment with the exception of Strawberry Shortcake, which remained under Fox. After a prior home entertainment distribution arrangement for Australia and Spain, on February 24, 2016, Entertainment One and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment signed a new multi-territory distribution agreement. The agreement called for a distribution joint venture in Canada.
As a part of that, CBS/Fox looked to existing retail chains for direct sales. Toys R Us and Child World signed the first direct deals in July 1985 with CBS/Fox. Walt Disney Home Video soon followed with a direct deal with Toys R Us. Minimal to high, you might be surprised if you didn't expect the structure to reveal the text on its side. The shortened version might surprise those expecting the normal logo. Same as the 2nd logo, but, when the 1994 logo is formed, the words "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" in metallic gold zoom out below the logo , and the streaks of orange and blue all disappear at the end.
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