Aperture (Science) Television

Background : This a TV company founded by Nate Janders.

1st Logo

(1952-1959)

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Logo: On a white or grey background, the Aperture Science logo appears and APERTURE SCIENCE TELEVISION fades in underneath. A copyright notice may appear on some shows.

Music: None, just the ending theme.

Availability: Seen on the first shows from Aperture Science in the early 1950s. These logos can be considered extinct, because no known tapes are found with this on them.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo

(1959-1965)

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Logo: On a white background, we see the Aperture Science logo flip onto the screen. The words APETURE (misspelled) SCIENCE TELEVISION fade in below. Sometimes, the logo is shown in color on color TVs.

Cheesy Factor: Misspellings aren't very popular with logo fans.

Music: A short horn fanfare. Occasionally silent.

Availability: Very rare, without going extinct. Rereleased Aperture Science shows ("Frog Heaven", "Alton and Glory") are plastered with the current logo.

Scare Factor: None.

3rd Logo

(1965-1971)

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Logo: On a white background, we see the Aperture Science logo, spinning. The words APERTURE SCIENCE TELEVISION INCORPORATED fade under it. Sometimes, in the center of the circle, the letter A will appear. Both variants are shown in color on color TVs.

Variant: One version of the second variant exists in which the colors of the Aperture logo are darkened, background color changed, font for wording changed, entire company text is in one row, copyright is larger than the company text, and the letter "A" is replaced with the initials "AS" which stand for "Apeture Science", possibly because of film quality.

Music: 5 little bells.

Availability: Rare, often replaced with the current logo. "Apples to Grapes", "Loans of Death" and international showings of "What's That Smell" are the only ones to have this logo intact.

Scare Factor: Low. Spinning doesn't go well with people.

4th Logo

(1971-1979)

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Logo : On a colored background (varies) the Aperture Science logo flies up with a chyron trail and the words APERTURE SCIENCE TELEVISION (INTERNATIONAL) INC. fade in. Sometimes, a copyright stamp will appear below.

Color Variations:

Blue Background, FROM THE STUDIOS OF heading. All are in white.

Red Background, PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH heading (in white) and APERTURE SCIENCE TELEVISION INC in blue. Copyright stamp always included.

Green Background, no heading. Extinct.

Purple Background, heading reads, THIS HAS BEEN A PRODUCTION OF. Extinct.

White Background, Aperture Science logo in green, TELEVISION INC. replaced with TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL (in black). "Distributed by" shown above.

Cheesy Factor : Those colours give me a headache!

Availability : Uncommon, appears on every Aperture Science show from this period.

Scare Factor : None.

5th Logo

(1979-1987)

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Logo: On a gradient background, the Aperture Science logo, redone, zooms up without a chyron trail. The words DISTRIBUTED BY APERTURE SCIENCE TELEVISION fade in. Sometimes, there is no gradient background.

Music : One synth whoosh.

Availability : Common on every Aperture Science show in this period.

Scare Factor : Low.

6th Logo

(1987-1993)

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Logo : On a black background, a grey square with the Aperture Science logo flips in from the bottom. The words "PRODUCED BY" on the top and "APERTURE SCIENCE TELEVISION INC.",on the bottom of the logo,respectively,fade in.

FX:The flipping,the fading.

Variant:In 1992,Aperture Science celebrated its 40th anniversary. The grey square is now a white one with no borders.

At the bottom of the logo is a small "1952-1992",and the words "PRODUCED BY" is replaced by "40th Anniversary" in script.

Music:A 5-note fanfare.

Availability:Common on shows of the time,even on reruns.

Scare Factor:None to low.

7th Logo

(1993-2000)

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1997(45th Anniversary)1998

Nickname:"The First Glossy Logo"

Logo:On a black background,parts of the Aperture Science logo shine in,except for the one part at the right from the center of the logo. Then,the word "APERTURE" appears,filling the gap of the missing part. "SCIENCE TELEVISION" then appears.The whole logo shines.

FX:The shining,the appearing.

Variants:

Sometimes,the logo is not glossy,but solid.

An international variant is available,and at the near end of the logo,"Distributed by" at the top and "INTERNATIONAL" at the bottom of the logo,fade in.

There is a special 45th Anniversary logo from March 1997-December 1997. The logo set place in a "blurred" red-yellow BG and a red 45 with a blue 1952-1997 with a white GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY at the left and right sides of that,fade in. Byline and URL appears below.

Some shows from 1996-2000 had a variant which shows Aperture Communications actually bought Aperture Science Television. The logo instead took place in a purple BG with Aperture Science logos on each corner. "A Subsidiary Of:" appears at the bottom of the logo and the Aperture Communications temporary logo appears at the bottom of it. URL appears at the bottom of it.

Music/Sounds:A whoosh,then a "cling".

Availability:Common.

Scare Factor:None.

8th Logo

(2000-2005, 2010-)

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Logo: On a black BG, triangle segments and a blue piece of glass fly to the center. They then form the familiar Aperture logo. Then,

APERTURE

( Television )

fades in. On some occasions, It says:

APERTURE

[Science Television]

on educational videos or TV shows.

FX: The triangles, the glass,terrific animation from the Color Kingdom CGI studio.

Variants:

An early variant implies with celebrating the new millennium,the logo is different,and the animation is just cheaply fading in and out

An in-credit version exists as well.

Music: A Mellow MIDI Jingle.

Availability: Current, seen on some TV shows associated with Appeal TV, Color Kingdom, Rodkins Entertainment, and Argosy Media. Also seen on some school educational videos.

9th Logo

(2005-2010)

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Logo:On a black background,the Aperture logo appears while flipping one-by-one."aperture television" with an extended "p" in "aperture" fades in.

Variants:

Sometimes,the text still reads "aperture science television".

There is an in-credit version in which the text reads "an aperture television production" with "in association with" below.

On some educational shows,the Earth is in the back of the logo with "in association with" at the bottom of it with the Aperture Laboratories logo (the one like in the 1993 Aperture Science TV logo,only SCIENCE TELEVISION is replaced with L A B O R A T O R I E S).

FX:The flipping,the fading.

Music:Same as last logo.

Availability: Uncommon.

Scare Factor:Low to medium.