Channel 4 DVD

Background
Channel 4 DVD (formerly Channel 4 Video) was a home video arm of Channel 4 that released the channel's programmes on home media, and also select third-party programmes as well. For the first few years of it's operation, it's releases were distributed by VCI.

1st Logo (1995-2000)


Logo: It's the same as the television logo, only "VIDEO" flashes in below once the animation is finished.

FX/SFX: Same as the TV logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 1992 TV logo.

Availability: Seen on Channel 4 Video releases from the era, distributed by VCI

Editor's Note: Even though Channel 4's ident changed in 1996, this logo continued to be used afterwards.

2nd Logo (2000-2005)
Logo: Just the 1999-2004 Channel 4 "Square" logo on a black background.

Variant:
 * Later releases from 2003-2004 have the word "video" in a white box below the Channel 4 Square plus the logo fades in and out.
 * On Bo Selecta! DVDs, the logo transitions to the DVD menu, which depends on the DVD release.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Channel 4 VHS and DVD releases from the era, distributed by VCI.

Editor's Note: None.

Background
Shortly after VCI and BBC Video merged to form 2 Entertain, Channel 4 ended their partnership with VCI and began self-distributing their DVD releases.

1st Logo (2005-2013)
Logo: Just one of the 2004 Channel 4 stings without any video indicator.

FX/SFX: The logo animating.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Channel 4 DVD releases.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2013-2016)
Logo: We see pieces of the Channel 4 logo (with footage from programmes) in them form together on a gray background, with the complete result forming the logo with the left block replaced with "DVD". The logo then rotates.

FX/SFX: The logo animating.

Music/Sounds: A tribal theme with a clang at the end.

Availability: Seen on Channel 4 DVD releases.

Editor's Note: None.

Final Note: As of 2016, Channel 4 licenses its DVD and Blu-Ray releases to Dazzler Media, Acorn Media, among other companies.