TVC Video Company / Titan Video

Logo descriptions by Rauser and PaPaLuigi

Background: Titan Holdings decided to distribute (and later - to produce) movies in 1975, and later in 1978 they created a subsidiary named Titan Video. At first, they operated in US only, but in 1997 TVC Espana was created, as a rather autonomic subsidiary in Spain. Titan Holdings was merged into AGS Media in 2005.

Titan Video1st Logo

(1978 - 1983)

Nicknames: "The Traced Star"

Logo: A red star appears from the left side and enlights the company name from darkness, continuing to move right. A trace is shown. When the star stops, it flashes red and the background reverts to white.

FX/SFX: Very good CGI for the time.

Music/Sounds: The star moving produce the sound like the heated metal is put into water. A short chill during the final flash.

Availability: Rare, but can be found from videos produced by this company during this era.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo

(1983 - 1993)

Nicknames: "The Titan Sphere"

Logo: A blue sphere fades in. It rotates, covering with some relief drawings. Two solid blue chips fly from right, behind the sphere and rotate to their actual place near the edge. The company name appear from left letters in a light sparkling effect.

FX/SFX: All CGI.

Music/Sounds: The glowing sound transiting into a sweet violin and flute tune.

Availability: Common, due to its long use time.

Scare Factor: None.

3rd Logo

(1993 - 1997)

Nicknames: "The Titan Sphere-2"

Logo: We see the familiar sphere, but without thr carvings. Two streaks pass quickly from upper left corner, leaving shiny tails. They stand still onto the sphere. The word TITAN slides from rights, the word VIDEO just fades in.

FX/SFX:

Music/Sounds: Whoosh sound of the chips. Then, a short flute tune is heard.

Availability: Uncommon.

Scare Factor: None.

4th Logo

In 1997, Titan created TVC Espana and used the somehow "common" logo.

(1997 - 1999)

Nicknames: "The Chipped Name"

Logo: Some light sparks of blue form the TITAN word (each spark form one letter fragment - horizontal or vertical). They leave short traces. The other data just fades in.

FX/SFX: The sparks moving.

Cheesy Factor: The logo becomes more and more simple with each new incarnation.

Music/Sounds: The soft whooshing when the sparks draw the letters.

Variants: Sometime HOME VIDEO replaces TELEVISION.

Availability: Uncommon, can be seen almost exclusively in the closing credits.

Scare Factor: None.

5th Logo

Titan left TVC Espana autonomic and returned its own logo.

(1999 - 2004)

Nicknames: "The Space Titan"

Logo: A red star blazes up, then a astronaut emerges from it on red lines.

Then the words fade in.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The man rises. It's boring.

Music/Sounds: A blazing "combustion" sound.

Availability: Common.

Scare Factor: None to low.

TeleVision CommunicationsTVC Espana experienced some problems and the parent company's patience finally ended. TVCE' vault was partially absorbed back, partially sold to AGS. Titan created at last some new logos for covering half of the whole area.

(November 2004 - April 2005)

Nicknames: "TVC"

Logo: The relief letters TVC are glowing and the silver shadows are moving on their surface. Then the word VIDEO COMPANY fades in.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: Glowing effects. The latest logo and the simplest one.

Music/Sounds: Glowing sounds.

Availability: No more current. Can be found in some original Titan shows recordings and movies during the time period. Since April 2005 AGS gets rid of this logo and replaces it with its own.

Scare Factor: None.

7th Logo

(2004 - April 2005)

Nickname: "AGS-TVC"

Logo: Fat 3D words "AGS/TVC MEDIA" are shown on a gradient blue BG, slowly rotating to get a sharp straight view.

FX/SFX: The text rotating.

Music/Sounds: Sounds similar to a wind blowing.

Availability: Extinct since April 2005, was seen on some trailers for Ride to Die and Terrorplane, and also in syndication of Venice (second season), but now it is long gone and plastered with CN logos.

Scare Factor: None.