MSD Video

1st Logo (1986-1989)


Logo: On a transparent light-grey background, three interlocking circles fade in, then a white rectangle with a black border, as well as three red dots on the rings, fade in (forming an atom), and finally, the text "M.S.D VIDEO", coloured red, fades in, with "M.S.D" on top, and "VIDEO" below.

Technique: The parts of the logo fading in. Very cheap animation, looking more like a iMovie slideshow.

Music/Sounds: "Modern Fanfare" by Jan Pulsford.

Availability: Rare.
 * Appears on some UK VHS releases of Cannon releases from Guild Home Video, as well as pre-Abbey Tempo Video releases such as The Adventures of Spot, the 1987 UK VHS release of The New Adventures of My Little Pony and the 1988 UK VHS release of Starcom: 3 Episodes, respectively, among others.
 * It also appears on the 1987 UK VHS release of Action Force: Captives of Cobra/Eau De Cobra, the 1988 UK VHS releases of The Shoe People: P.C Boot to the Rescue, Action Force International Heroes: The Movie, Children's Cartoon Favourites, Sparky's Magic Piano, Glo Friends: Two Of A Kind, M.A.S.K. The Movie, The New Adventures Of Care Bears: The Gift of Caring, Transformers: Head Masters and Transformers: Dark Awakening/Grimlock's New Brain, and the 1989 UK VHS releases of Introducing Diplodo, Potato Head Kids: A Sack Full of Fun, The New Adventures Of Care Bears: Over The Rainbow, The New Archies: Happy Days Are Here Again, Roald Dahl's Danny the Champion of the World and Transformers: The Big Broadcast Of 2006/Fight Or Flee, respectively, as well.

2nd Logo (1988-1989)


Logo: On a blue/white gradient background, 3 spinning rings, each with a red dot on them, fly in and interlock with each other. The rings then rotate as the spheres continue to spin, all while a silver rectangle zooms in and "MSD" and "VIDEO" drop in one by one, all in the same placement and font as before. The sphere then position themselves into the same atom as before.

Technique: Early CGI, but a massive improvement over the 1st logo.

Music/Sounds: A bombastic synthesiser fanfare.

Availability: Same as before.
 * It also appears on the 1988 UK VHS release of My Little Pony: The Glass Princess/A Little Piece of Magic, and the 1989 UK VHS releases of Babar: Babar's First Step, Mad Scientist, The Herbs: Four Timeless Stories, Maple Town: Welcome to Maple Town, Action Force: The Most Dangerous Thing in the World, The Action Adventure Collection 2, M.A.S.K.: The Movie 2 and Cops 2, respectively, as well.
 * It also appears on the Huxley Pig UK VHS releases of Here Comes Huxley Pig and The Adventures of Huxley Pig, both of which were released in 1989, respectively.