Saban Television Entertainment

Background : Saban Television Entertainment is a UK counterpart launched in January 1, 1984 replacing Hong Hwa Television UK.

1st Logo (January 1, 1984-1988)

Nicknames : "Saban Circle", "Zooming Circle"

Logo : On a black background the hole zoom back into five lines. "SABAN" zooms out and "TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT" under it.

FX/SFX : The zooming.

Music/Sounds : A triumphant 12-note horn fanfare.

Availability : Extinct.

Scare Factor : None, due to the triumphant fanfare.

2nd Logo (1988-1996)

Nicknames : "Gold Circle", "Gold Coin", "Gold Plate", "Coin in Space", "The Saban Plate"

Logo : Same as the 1988 Saban logo, but with a black background, " TELEVISION" added above " ENTERTAINMENT" .

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor : Same as the 1988 Saban logo.

Music/Sounds : Same as the 1988 Saban logo.

Availability : Same as the 1st logo.

Scare Factor : Same as the 1988 Saban logo.

3rd Logo (1989)

Note : This ident was never used on air. Nickname : "ITV Generic"

See ITV for description.

4th Logo (1996-1999)

Nickname : "The Saban Twirly-Doo"

Logo : On a black background, a logo similar to the Saban Entertainment logo, but "SABAN TELEVISION ENTERTAINMENT" in spaced-out letters fly and "Part of the ITV Network" under it.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor : All the animation in the logo.

Music/Sounds : The same as the 1991 Tyne Tees Television and 1993 Border logos.

Availability : Same as logo 1 and 2.

Scare Factor : None.

5th Logo (1999-2002) Nickname : "TV From The Heart"

See ITV for description. 6th Logo (2002- )

Logo : On the left side of the screen, we see the Earth moving to the left and the sun moving to the center. Then, three red ribbons, two from the right and one from the left, fly in and form the Saban logo (which appears as a revised version of the 1996-1999 logo). Once the logo is formed, we see the words "SABAN Television Entertainment" with "SABAN" in red and "Television Entertainment" in black appearing letter by letter, both set in Avenir. Finally, the sun fades from left to the center and we see some shining stars.

FX/SFX : The ribbons flying and the Earth and sun moving in different directions.

Music/Sounds : A guitar-driven sounder.

Availability : Current.

Scare Factor : None.