20th Century Fox Television Distribution
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
Descriptions by
Logophile, D.L. Chandell, LogosForTheWin, and WarnerFX
Captures by
EnormousRat, V of Doom, and LogosForTheWin
Editions by
mario9000seven and Michael Kenchington
Video captures courtesy of
Broken Saw and LogosForTheWin
Logophile, D.L. Chandell, LogosForTheWin, and WarnerFX
Captures by
EnormousRat, V of Doom, and LogosForTheWin
Editions by
mario9000seven and Michael Kenchington
Video captures courtesy of
Broken Saw and LogosForTheWin
Background
20th Century Fox Television Distribution (also known as 20th Century Fox Television Distribution International Format Productions) was a secondary and international production arm of 20th Television. It was established in 2010, but never had an on-screen logo until 2011. The company stopped using the logo after NBCUniversal's acquisition of DreamWorks Animation and it was folded into 20th Television and NBCUniversal Television Distribution as part of a reorganisation.
1st Logo (February 3-March 3, 2011)
Visuals: On a greenish blue light background, the 1994-2010 20th Century Fox structure is shown. Behind it are rings that spin around. "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" blurs in.
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on Marchlands, the first series in The Oaks Trilogy. It's currently unknown if this logo appeared on other shows.
2nd Logo (February 27, 2013-February 29, 2016)
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Visuals: A close-up of the familiar Fox structure, but in the style of the 2009 and 2020 theatrical logos, as is the background. The animation and design are also noticeably cheaper, and the tower is fully metallic and now reads "20th CENTURY FOX TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION". The logo zooms out to the familiar Fox logo distance. When the logo is finished zooming out, the registered trademark "®" symbol and the News Corporation byline (before mid-to-late 2013) fade in at the same time.
Variants:
- On Μοντέρνα Οικογένεια, a copyright stamp is placed below the logo.
- Starting in mid-to-late 2013, the logo became bylineless, following the News Corporation split.
- A variant of this logo without the "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" text but with the same animation as TCF's theatrical logo was spotted on two trade promos for 20th Century Fox's internal websites from 2015, seen here and here.
- There is also another version on a promo for 20th Century Fox's streaming and media asset app "FoxFast" also animated like the theatrical logo, this time with the "TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION" text intact, seen here.
Technique: CGI by Art & State.
Audio: The 2008 20th Television fanfare composed by David Newman, but the final note is higher.
Audio Variants:
- On Кости (the Russian adaptation of Bones) and Μοντέρνα Οικογένεια (the Greek adaptation of Modern Family), the 1995 20th Television fanfare is used.
- On a print of the DreamWorks Animation short Hammy's Boomerang Adventure and also on some rare occasions, the logo is silent.
Availability: This logo only lasted three years.
- It appears on Lightfields and some pre-2016 prints of DreamWorks Animation shows, such as DreamWorks Dragons and The Penguins of Madagascar.
- It also appears on TV prints of DreamWorks Animation's shorts.
- This logo also appears at the end of the 2016 ITV2 documentary Meet the Family Guys, following the Roughcut TV/ITV logos, a TBS on Demand print of Date Night, and some international prints of the 2013 TV movie House of Versace, respectively.
Legacy: The logo has been widely criticized by many for its animation.
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