Video Collection International

Background
The Video Collection was renamed to Video Collection International (VCI) in 1994 due to financial difficulties (the name change was applied on-screen the following year), and in 1999 the company was sold to the Kingfisher group. In 2004, the company merged with BBC Video to form 2 Entertain.

Logo (September 11, 1995-July 2005)
Visuals: In front of a black background, there is a wire frame globe, a bright light emitting godrays in the top left of the screen and some  mist below, and in front of those, a metal object flips in, along with a  sphere. This is later revealed to be the "C" in "VCI" in a bold, squished Futura PT Medium font, which flips around as it zooms out (with the sphere in the centre). The letters "V" and "I" would later spin in and arrange themselves vertically.

Variants:
 * There are two DVD variants:
 * On fullscreen DVD releases, the VCI logo plays as normal, but after the animation, the logo fades out, the light glows and the DVD logo fades in. This variant appears in a 4:3 ratio and appears
 * As noted below, some widescreen Thomas & Friends DVD releases use this variant.
 * On some football DVD releases from 2003-2004 such as Liverpool F.C.: Five Hundred and One Goals and Manchester United: Top Ten Strikers, the DVD logo fades in much faster.
 * On widescreen DVD releases, the logo footage first appears in stretched 4:3, and then as the logo finishes animating, the background stretches out into a 16:9 ratio, as a metallic DVD logo forms in the top right of the screen.
 * On Sindy the Fairy Princess, the logo plays as normal, but after it ends, everything except the VCI text fades to black and the text moves to the left on the screen. The Optical Image logo fades into the right side and the word "Presents" appears.
 * A still variant also surprisingly appears before the Rosie and Jim episode "Locks" on the 2016 UK DVD release of Rosie and Jim: Bumper Pack.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A synth chime theme is heard alongside some whooshing sounds, with mechanical sounds for the VCI text arranging. Near the end, there are two deep synth notes, ending with a clang and a final chime, all of which is in a similar melody to the Strand VCI Entertainment logo.

Availability: Used on VCI releases in the UK from the time right up until July 2005.
 * However, this was not often seen on tapes from Thames Video, due to them mainly using their logo on its own, but appeared on some of them (mostly through the 1996 and 1997 VCI Children's trailers).
 * Standard:
 * Can be seen on the start and end of many releases from this time, including Phoenix Nights, Father Ted and later Thomas The Tank Engine releases, among others.
 * On DVD, the standard version only appears at the end of Roo Reveals All (as part of the 2002 Cinema Club DVD release of The Last Polar Bears) and at the end of Rosie and Jim: Flashing Fire Engine and Other Urgent Adventures. This is because both DVDs were taken from VHS masters.
 * The last few seconds of it also make a surprise appearance on the 2016 UK DVD release of Rosie and Jim: Bumper Pack, likely due to the master for the episode "Locks" being taken from the Rosie and Jim: Classic Collection master.
 * It also appears on the 1995 UK VHS re-release of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: Rock 'n' Roll and Other Stories, the 1996 UK VHS releases of Sky Dancers: The Sky's the Limit and 2 Other Episodes, Dragon Flyz: Dragon Dawn and 2 Other Stories and Dragon Flyz: Son Of Dread, the 1997 UK VHS releases of Children's Playschool Favourites and Dennis Pennis R.I.P., the 1998 UK VHS release of Pinocchio (1992) (Kid's Club release), the 1999 UK VHS release of The Official Tyne Tees Time Capsule, and the 1999 UK promotional VHS release of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: 3 Splendid Episodes, the 2000 UK VHS releases of Lion Of Oz, East is East (1999) and The Last Polar Bears, and the 2002 Marks and Spencer UK VHS re-release of Thomas & Friends: Thomas Goes Fishing and Other Stories, respectively.
 * Despite appearing on the tape labels (and sometimes the covers) of direct reissues/later prints of The Video Collection-era tapes, it does not appear on them as they use The Video Collection's 1986-1995 logo instead.
 * DVD versions:
 * The 4:3 version appears on almost every Thomas and Friends DVD release until the 2 Entertain merger. As noted above, it mostly appears on fullscreen releases such as Lion of Oz, The Wheels on the Bus, various Manchester United DVD releases, The Royle Family, Father Ted, and the 2000 UK DVD release of 1996 adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels, among others.
 * It also appears as a closing logo on the Manchester United DVD releases.
 * Some widescreen releases also use this logo but the logo itself remains in fullscreen.
 * The 16:9 version appears on a majority of widescreen VCI DVD releases such as the 2002 UK DVD release of Popstars: The Rivals, the 2003 UK DVD release of Liverpool Football Club: Five Hundred and One Goals, and the 2004 UK DVD release of Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), among others.
 * Also appears on these Thomas & Friends DVD releases: "The Fogman and Other Stories", "Pulling Together!", "It's Great to Be an Engine!", and "Bumper Party Collection!".
 * It also appears on Fifi and the Flowertots - Fifi's Talent Show, despite the 2Entertain logo being used on the DVD and VHS packaging.
 * It appears on DVD releases from Hat Trick Productions, Channel 4 Video, Gullane Entertainment, Granada Video and Ragdoll, respectively.

Legacy: The logo was seen as ominous in the past years (thanks to the dark background, the music, the gigantic text and the logo ending with a long period of silence). Recent years have seen it become a favourite among VHS collectors, however.