Imperial Sports

Information:
Imperial Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world.

1st Logo (August 12, 1994-1997)
Logo: On an evening sky background, we see a close-up of the text

IMPERIAL

SPORTS

(with "IMPERIAL" being in the same font as the standard television logo) split with a rectangle border (like the movie logo) all in gold. We slowly zoom out of it as searchlights go by. One searchlight briefly shines at the screen, revealing a rectangular structure in gold with the text inside of the border, with "SPORTS" in front of a dark gold rectangle. The screen zooms out more until the logo is at the center of the screen. Then it fades out.

Technique: The panning of the structure and the transition to the rectanglular structure. This logo was animated by Studio Productions (now known as "Flip Your Lid Animation").

Music/Sounds: Just the high-pitched 1994 Fox Imperial Pictures fanfare by Bruce Broughton with Dick Ervasti providing the voiceover.

Availability: Extinct.