http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=RKO_Home_Video&feed=atom&action=historyRKO Home Video - Revision history2024-03-29T12:29:32ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=RKO_Home_Video&diff=30852&oldid=prevTravis: Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Nicholas Aczel and Sean Beard..."2020-11-06T00:57:42Z<p>Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Nicholas Aczel and Sean Beard..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Nicholas Aczel and Sean Beard<br/></font></font></i></font><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo capture by</font> T</font></font></i></font><font color="#333333"><i>heHugeTVFan</i></font></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><i><br/></i></font></div><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Background</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: RKO General operated a home video division in the early 1980s, releasing primarily the [[RKO Pictures]] library. On [[http://books.google.com/books?id=JCgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA88&dq=rko pictures home video&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WcWuU6bhG4aqyATVnoBI&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=rko pictures home video&f=false|December 10, 1987]], RKO dismant<font face="Arial">led its video division after Ted Turner acquired distribution rights to the library. </font>Several RKO videos were later reprinted by [[Turner Home Entertainment]], with some released with RKO's original packaging.</font></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">(1983?-1987)<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Nicknames</u>: "The Thunderbolt", "Thunderbolt of Boredom"</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, the 1983-1992 RKO [[RKO Pictures|Pictures]]/[[RKO Television|Television]]logo is seen still, but with "HOMEVIDEO" instead on the right with a slightly larger "V".</font><font color="#333333">[[File:J99aVXal3OPFoT92No47lQ6216.jpeg|269px|RKO Home Video (1981-1987)]]</font></font><div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u><font face="Arial"><br/>FX/SFX</font></u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: None.</font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><br/><br/></font><u><font face="Arial">Music/Sounds</font></u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: None.</font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><br/></font><u><font face="Arial">Availability</font></u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: Very rare. Videos have been long out of print, with most titles being re-released on Turner Home Entertainment/[[Warner Home Video]]. One of the few ways to find this logo is on "Double Feature" releases put out by the company at the time.</font></font></div></div><br/></div></div>Travis