Kideo Incorporated

Background
Kideo Productions, Inc. (known professionally as Kideo Incorporated) was a small, little-known children's video distributor that developed and marketed photo-personalization technologies and products. The Company's products were available through toy, gift, and general merchandise catalogs, as well as selected retail sites on the Internet and through various direct response venues. Located in New York, Kideo was the leading brand in child’s personalized videos for nearly a decade. The vision was always been to put children into their favorite shows making the child the star of the show (respectively owned by PixFusion LLC). The company PixFusion LLC, which owned the Kideo brand until it closed, took this concept to a higher level using its patented technology to incorporate children as the star of new videos with some of their favorite cartoon characters such as Dora the Explorer. Nearly 400,000 of these personalized videos have been sold to date, a true testament to the popularity of this product. Kideo was a children’s brand dedicated to putting smiles on children’s faces. The company was abolished in 2006.

(1996-2006)
Nickname: "Round Painted"

Logo: On a white background, "K (in red) i (in yellow) d (in neon green) e (in red) o (in red)" is painted. it fades to the original logo afterwards.

FX/SFX: A mix of 2D and CGI animation. Live action from said title (example: Barney & Friends, The Amazing Spider-Man) follows. Others shown is 2d animation featuring a photo of the child's face (depending on if you have a boy or a girl).

Music/Sounds: A playful children's fanfare followed by a drumroll leading for the fanfare to get extended (ending with a synthesized ta-da! ending with a xylophone flourish).

Availability: Seen on older Kideo tapes.

Legacy: The drumroll will creep you out a bit, but this is a fine logo.