Global Television (Canada)
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Logo descriptions by WizardDuck
Video capture by AsdfDailymotion898
Background: Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is an English-language privately owned TV network in Canada, which was a subsidiary of Canwest. Beginning in 1974 as a regional television system serving Southern Ontario, the network gradually expanded its national reach in the subsequent decades, and currently has 11 owned-and-operated stations in the country. Following Canwest's bankruptcy in late 2009, Shaw Communications took over Canwest's broadcasting assets on October 27, 2010. 6 years later, Shaw Media was acquired by Corus Entertainment.
1st Logo
(1976-1997)
TBA
2nd Logo
(1997-2006)
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Nickname: "The Canwest Crescent"
Logo: On a black background, we see a glowing red planet that darkens into a crescent shape. Then, "Global", in white Frutiger, fades in above the crescent, and the byline "A CANWEST COMPANY", in the same typeface, fades in below it.
FX/SFX: The globe turning into a crescent, the fading in of the text.
Music/Sounds: A techno theme followed by a whoosh (which are usually cut out) then a short six-note fanfare, which was the Global network's theme song of the era, or the end theme of the show. This logo was also used as an ID and it uses a completely different piano theme.
Availability: Seen on various shows, most notably Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (two last seasons), Mutant X, and Popular Mechanics For Kids.
Editor's Note: None.
3rd Logo
(2006-2010?)
Nickname: "The Ribbon"
Logo: On a complicated background, we see black word "Global" next to the red folded ribbon, or a 90-degree turned check-sign. Below, there is a copyright byline, reading:
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.
Availability: No longer current. Was seen on original programming until CanWest became Shaw Media.
Editor's Note: None.
Video capture by AsdfDailymotion898
Background: Global Television Network (more commonly called Global) is an English-language privately owned TV network in Canada, which was a subsidiary of Canwest. Beginning in 1974 as a regional television system serving Southern Ontario, the network gradually expanded its national reach in the subsequent decades, and currently has 11 owned-and-operated stations in the country. Following Canwest's bankruptcy in late 2009, Shaw Communications took over Canwest's broadcasting assets on October 27, 2010. 6 years later, Shaw Media was acquired by Corus Entertainment.
1st Logo
(1976-1997)
TBA
2nd Logo
(1997-2006)
<iframe frameborder="0" height="207" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/baad4e27a8e28933b0a289b59085ed225dea9fbd" width="368"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="207" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/7423b33c3da8b98409701fca45f5a84109afd22b" width="255"></iframe>Nickname: "The Canwest Crescent"
Logo: On a black background, we see a glowing red planet that darkens into a crescent shape. Then, "Global", in white Frutiger, fades in above the crescent, and the byline "A CANWEST COMPANY", in the same typeface, fades in below it.
FX/SFX: The globe turning into a crescent, the fading in of the text.
Music/Sounds: A techno theme followed by a whoosh (which are usually cut out) then a short six-note fanfare, which was the Global network's theme song of the era, or the end theme of the show. This logo was also used as an ID and it uses a completely different piano theme.
Availability: Seen on various shows, most notably Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (two last seasons), Mutant X, and Popular Mechanics For Kids.
Editor's Note: None.
3rd Logo
(2006-2010?)
Nickname: "The Ribbon"
Logo: On a complicated background, we see black word "Global" next to the red folded ribbon, or a 90-degree turned check-sign. Below, there is a copyright byline, reading:
Global Television,
a division of CanWest MediaWorks Inc.
a division of CanWest MediaWorks Inc.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.
Availability: No longer current. Was seen on original programming until CanWest became Shaw Media.
Editor's Note: None.