European Captioning Institute

1st Logo (1993-1997?) NCI Closed Captions Screens (S1)NCI Closed Captions Screens (S2)NCI Closed Captions Screens (S3)NCI Closed Captions (1996 Altered Font) (S3)NCI Closed Captions (CIC Variant) (S1)NCI Closed Captions (CIC Variant) (S2)NCI Closed Captions (CIC Variant) (S3)

Logo: This consists of three screens: First screen: On a black background, we see the closed captioning logo (with a rounded TV screen in it)to the right, with a star above and the word "SM" below next to the arrow pointing to the left. The words read: This video is closed captioned. the video's dialogue will be displayed as words on your TV screen when you have a VideoCaption reader connected to your TV and video recorder.

Second screen: On the same black background ,we see the words reading:

For more information about the VideoCaption Reader contact ...

Third screen: On the same black background, we see the closed captioning logo at the top and below it,

National Captioning Institute Thurston House 80 Lincoln Road Peterborough, PE1 2SN Tel: 0733 891391 Minicom: 0733 890468.

Variant: On certain CIC Video tapes, the background is a blue gradient and the text is white. Starting in 1995, The Font in the Third screen changes to Futura and the numbers have changed.

FX/SFX: The fade in from one screen to another.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on various VHS tapes, mainly Disney ones. The CIC one is seen on Jurassic Park.

2nd Logo (1997-2005) ECI 1997 Closed Captions Screens (S1)ECI 1997 Closed Captions Screens (S2)ECI 1997 Closed Captions Screens (S3) ECI 1998 Closed Captions Screens (S1)ECI 1998 Closed Captions Screens (S2)ECI 1998 Closed Captions Screens (S3) ECI 2000 Closed Captions Screens (S1)ECI 2000 Closed Captions Screens (S2)ECI 2000 Closed Captions Screens (S3) ECI 2003 Closed Captions Screens (S1)ECI 2003 Closed Captions Screens (S2)ECI 2003 Closed Captions Screens (S3)

Logo: This consists of three screens: First screen: On a black background, we see the same closed captioning logo (but it has the word "SM" smaller and in Times New Roman, it has the TV Screen inside, the arrow underneath pointing to the right side and the star on the top right of the logo is smaller) from before to the left. The words read:

This video has hidden subtitles called CLOSED CAPTIONS.The dialogue will be displayed on your TV screen when you have a small decoder connected to your TV and video recorder

Second screen: On the same black background ,we see the words read: For more information about the CLOSED-CAPTION DECODER contact...

Third screen: On the same black background, we see the "e", a blue painted "c", and closed captioning logo replacing the dot on the "i" at the top and below it,

European Captioning Institute 17-19 Foley Street London W1P 7LH Tel: 020 7323 4657 Fax: 020 7323 4658 movietext@compuserve.com

Variants: There is an early variant in 1997 where the ECI text reads "European Captioning Institute, Thurston House, 80 Lincoln Road, Peterborough, PE1 2SN, Tel: 01733 891391, Fax/Text: 01733 890 468 Compuserve 10135, 3614" On some early releases in 1998, the "c" is black with a white outline and the text below reads "European Captioning Institute, Thurston House, 80 Lincoln Road, Peterborough, PE1 2SN, Tel: 01733 891 391, Fax/Text: 01733 890 468 E-mail movietext@compuserve.com" On later 2003 releases, the text below the ECI logo reads "European Captioning Institute, The Media Center, 3 - 8 Carburton Street, London W1W 5AJ, Tel: 020 7323 4657 email info@ecisubtitling.com www.ecisubtitling.com" On the later 2005 releases, the text below the ECI logo reads: "European Captioning Institute, 1st Floor, Holborn Towers, 137 - 144 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6PL, Tel: 0207 430 5800, email: info@ecisubtitling.com www.ecisubtitling.com" FX/SFX: Same as above.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on various VHS tapes, mainly Disney ones.