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Communications and Entertainment Limited (often abbreviated to '''CEL''') was an Australia n Home Video Cassette distributor in the 1980s . They were originally known as ''Publishing and Broadcasting Video'' (unrelated to Publishing And Broadcasting Limited ). PBV's labels included: Embassy Home Entertainment , MGM/UA Home Video , Muppet Home Video , Star Video (featuring low-budget films from around the world), Australian Video (featuring films from the South Australian Film Corporation ), Film World Festival (like Star Video, but better-budget releases), The Storytime Collection (released children's videos of TV and movie versions of famous Storybook characters), and Playaround Video (released low-budget Horror Film s, and a few videos of rock (mostly Heavy Metal concerts). Its logo consisted of a space background, with "PBV" in giant block letters inside a rounded rectangle, inside a square, then fading to the first logo for Star Video. Once the animation for Star Video was done, the square would turn (like a trilon) to reveal other logos, with Embassy Home Entertainment coming next, then Australian Video, then Film World Festival, then Playaround Video, followed by the Storytime Collection, Muppet Home Video, and finally, MGM/UA Home Video. By the time PBV had become CEL, many of the labels were discontinued, or moved to another company (MGM/UA's releases were through Warner Home Video ). CEL's labels included the aforementioned Muppet Home Video, and Thames Video (although this appears to be non-exclusive; some of Thames' video releases were through ABC Video and Festival Video ). CEL also released RCA-Columbia Pictures Home Video releases prior to the joint venture with Hoyts . The company was publicly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange , but was delisted in 1989 for failing to pay annual fees to the ASX. The company continued for a few years into the 1990s, but has since disappeared altogether. CEL had also bought Sundowner Film and Video Productions Pty Ltd. |
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