Caspian Entertainment

Background
Caspian Entertainment was initially formed by Linda Dunn to acquire the rights to films produced by her mother, religious filmmaker Lisa Dunn and distribute to networks and on video. The company would later break into the syndication business after striking a deal with the Australian ad sales company Gallop Films, even extending to the production of B movies. Gallop would fold and its owners Mandy York and Ruth Dodd would join Caspian in 1989, reorienting the company as a general production company and moving operations to Dewsbury, Yorkshire. 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 where SAFC's money would be contributed to. 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. 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 (1995)
Logo: On a purple marble background, we see an outline of a caspian tiger on its hindlegs slowly form. A flash occurs as the outline becomes solid black on the inside and "CASPIAN ENTERTAINMENT" appears in a stacked fashion below it.

FX/SFX: 3D animation.

Music/Sounds: A deep synth tune, ending with a majestic fanfare.

Availability: Appeared on the 1995 remakes of The Beast of Yucca Flats and Rabbit Test. Was also seen on Huge.

3rd Logo (1999-2003)
Logo: We fade in to a cat from a distance pacing to the left. It is illuminated by a torch that manifests from the left. We then cut to the cat's face as it begins to run away from the background, slowly morphing into a caspian tiger. It would then run toward the viewer as the company name slides in in a weird font. The background turns black, leaving the name behind in blue.

FX/SFX: Oil paint animation.

Music/Sounds: A bizarre tribal tune, ending with a distant pan flute theme

Availability: Appeared on Savior, Beauty Queen's Revenge, Her Glass Slippers, Mark of the Beast, Five Fading Stars, An Old Friend Still and Far Darrig.