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<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffffff" face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by <font color="#000000">V of Doom</font><br/>Logo captures by <font color="#000000">Supermarty-o, </font></font></font></i></font><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffffff" face="Arial"><font color="#000000">Eric S, and Silversword55</font></font></i></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffffff" face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Editions </font><font color="#ffa500">by</font></font><font color="#ffffff" face="Arial"><font color="#000000"> </font></font></i></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><i>BudtheChud1989, V of Doom, Shadeed A. Kelly, and thehugetvfan<br/><font color="#ffa500">Video capture courtesy of <font color="#333333">GDelva2003</font></font><br/></i><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: </font><font size="3">Almi Television Productions was a subsidiary of the Almi Group, formed in November 1978 by <b>Al</b>bert Schwartz and <b>Mi</b>chael Landes (hence the name of the company). They introduced themselves as "The dynamic, innovative producer/distributor (...) The fresh idea company for the 80's". Their ident appeared on some Almi productions prints for television in the  early 1980s, and despite having a library of more than 500 films, most current prints of their previously distributed material is now controlled under several different companies. Le Canal+ (now [[StudioCanal (France)|StudioCanal]]) acquired and folded Almi in 1987. Video releases of <i>After the Fall of New York</i></font><font size="3">, </font><font size="3"><i>BC Rock</i></font><font size="3">, </font><font size="3"> </font><font size="3"><i>Superstition</i></font><font size="3">, </font><font size="3"><i>I am the Cheese</i></font><font size="3">,</font><font size="3"> a</font><font size="3">nd<i> Prime Risk</i> had the standard Almi Pictures logo.  There is no information on the Web about Almi Television, but [[Almi Pictures Productions|Almi  Pictures]] and Almi Television were basically the same.<br/></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/><br/></font><font face="Arial" size="3">1st Logo<br/>(1981-1983)</font><font size="3"><br/><div align="center">[[File:Oau6m GFF4vsmzelz2d03w17153.jpeg|260px|Almi Television Productions]]<iframe frameborder="0" height="202" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/f5202d96b944565e64b5dd1567082c3913643698" width="357"></iframe></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>Nickname</u>: "Almi Shield"</font></div></font><font size="3"><br/></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>Logo</u>: Against a black <font face="Arial">background</font>, two blue "ALMI"'s, in a fancy broadway theater-esque font, streak in from the top and bottom of the screen and meet in the center and flash brightly. "TELEVISION" and "PRODUCTIONS", in an arc and in the same font as before, are wiped in on the top and bottom of "ALMI", respectively. Then, two sparks form a bronze frame from the top and bottom of the text, traveling clockwise. The finished product shines with a few "pings".</font><font size="3"><br/><br/></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: '80s quality animation.</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A deep synthesized jingle, with a few high-pitched notes to go along with the "pinging".</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><u><br/><br/>Availability</u></font><font face="Arial" size="3">: Extremely rare. Seen on an Australian VHS and other internati<font face="Arial">onal <font face="Arial">prints</font></font> of </font><font face="Arial" size="3"><i>The Creature Wasn't Nice</i></font><font face="Arial" size="3"> <font face="Arial">(AKA:</font> <i>Spaceship</i>).</font><font size="3"><br/></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: A rather solidly-animated logo for its time.</font><font size="3"><br/></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(1983-1987)</font><br/><div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="1">[[File:43de8460457480068b236791ffbed7da.png|347px|Almi Television 1980s - Widescreen]][[File:4f89571db2f6b77ac183aad1b96b1f38.png|260px|Almi Television 1986 - 4:3 Full Frame]]<br/><iframe frameborder="0" height="206" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/6877cf1fac09d96e9adfc406486ac7563550d774" width="368"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="204" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/6877cf1fac09d96e9adfc406486ac7563550d774" width="363"></iframe><br/></font></div><font face="Arial" size="3"><u><br/>Nickname</u>: "Linewriter Block"<br/><br/><u>Logo</u>: On a dark <font color="#0000ff">blue</font> background, we see several tri-dimensional red stripes move in from the left and then zoom out, forming the word "<font color="#ff0000">ALMI</font>", in the same font as before. When the forming is complete, the logo starts to shine twice.</font><font face="Arial" size="3"> Then a rounded red </font><font face="Arial" size="3">rectangle zooms out from nowhere, and places itself around "ALMI" and the word "<font color="#ff0000">Television</font>" in cursive, draws under it and shines. </font><font face="Arial" size="3">"<font color="#ff0000">Television</font>" is between 2 red lines.</font><font size="3"><br/></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/><u>Variant</u>: There is a variant where it shows only the parts starting with the rectangle zoom-out. In this variant, the name and rectangle outline are orange at first, then it turns red when the rectangle stops zooming out.<br/></font><font size="3"><br/></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The forming of "ALMI", the shining, the drawing of "Television", all top '80s CGI.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A relaxing and synchronized synthesized jingle. Sometimes, it is silent, or has the opening theme to any given film.</font><font face="Arial" size="3"><u><br/></u></font><font size="3"><br/></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>Availability</u></font><font face="Arial" size="3">: Very rare. Is and may be intact on some [[Vestron Video]] releases of their output such as <i>I am the Cheese, The House by the Cemetery,</i> and <i>Spaceship</i>. Can be seen on the 1998 [[Fox Lorber Home Video|Fox Lorber]] DVD and a 2008 Showtime airing of <i>La Historia Official</i> (a.k.a. <i>The Official Story</i>).</font><font size="3"><br/></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: A nice logo with some great CGI for the '80's as well as a gorgeous and lush musical theme.</font><br/></div>