Caspian Entertainment

Background
Caspian Entertainment was initially a television syndication company, formed as a subsidiary of Dandy Films. The company formed a partnership with ad sales company Gallop Films, to acquire distribution rights to programs while releasing Dandy's catalog on television. Dandy went dormant in 1995 with co-founder Jason Adderly parting from it and selling his share to Linda Dunn. In 1995, the company consolidated Gallop and its owner Mandy York and producer Ruth Dodd would join the company. Caspian would be restructured as a general production company, oriented toward first-run syndicated programs, cable films and later movies. The company formed a joint venture with Steve Taylor, Squint Films, but this was short lived. In 2004. the company was sued over misappropriation of government funds; Caspian collected money from tax incentive programs, often using other established companies as shell labels to qualify, while York collected money from the South Australian Film Corporation and set up fake projects. York and Dodd were fined around $40 million. York was extradited to Australia and faced eight years in prison, but took a plea that shortened the length to four on the condition she be barred from serving as the lead operator of any company for twenty years. Dodd returned to Ukraine, where she was killed in Russia's bombing of Lviv. Dunn had agreed to testify against York and Dodd in exchange for immunity and had moved to Yorkshire, she is currently a content creator for YouTube. Caspian's catalog is currently owned by Entertainment One, who had inherited the rights from Peace Arch Entertainment. Mercury Entertainment inherited television distribution rights from the company's previous distributor Western International Syndication, they are currently held by Debmar-Mercury.

1st Logo (1987-2001)
Logo: We fade in to a pixelated orange background. An image of a caspian tiger standing on its hindlegs fades in as the background fades out, save for the portion where the tiger is. The orange portion begins to move. "CASPIAN ENTERTAINMENT" is seen below in white.

FX/SFX: The background.

Music/Sounds: A distorted phaser sound ending with a laser blast.

Availability: Appeared on cable and syndicated airings of Dandy Films' movies, along with The Halloween Gang. This and Gallop's logos are removed on post-90s prints and replaced by the logo for The Program Exchange, but is intact on early home video releases. It was also seen on the film Nest, the TV movies She-Hulk and Bark of the Wolfwoman, Hounds of Carlisle and the documentary series Decades With Jean Stapleton.

2nd Logo (1999-2003)
Logo: An ovular iris forms on a black background, revealing an environment with blue, yellow and red gradient background. Silhouettes of various random items along with stars float by. A silhouette of a Caspian tiger on its hindlegs floats in and settles in the middle as the colors invert. "CASPIAN ENTERTAINMENT" fades in below.

FX/SFX: The floating items.

Music/Sounds: A soothing piano/string theme.

Availability: Appeared on Savior, Mark of the Beast, Five Fading Stars, An Old Friend Still and Far Darrig.