Antholodeon

Antholodeon (or simply Anth) is an American television network owned by Starmount through its Antholodeon Networks division. Initially tested on December 1, 1973 as part of the CUBE system in Columbus, Ohio, it was launched nationally on April 1, 1978 as the first American cable network aimed at children. Today, its programming is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 7 to 12, while some of its programming blocks target a broader family audience.
== P-1 ==
=== 1973-1978 ===
Antholodeon was first tested on December 1, 1973 as the P-1 channel of Anthony Cable's CUBE system in Columbus, Ohio. Its only form of programming at the time was the educational series Spinwheel, and P-1 was often referred to as the "Spinwheel Channel" as a result.
== Antholodeon ==
=== 1978-1980s ===
Antholodeon was officially launched as a national cable network on April 1, 1978. Its name was derived from a type of movie theatre which charged 5 cents (nickel cents) for admission. This concept was represented in their first logo, which depicts a man looking into a kinetoscope within the letter "A" of the wordmark.
=== 1980s-1981 ===
Later in 1980, Antholodeon updated their logo, utilizing the Windsor Bold typeface. Their station IDs at the time featured a mime doing things on a black background with an instrumental version of "Put That Little Nickel In" as background music.
=== 1981–1984 ===
A new logo designed by Lou Doofsman was introduced in 1981. It consists of the network's name spelled in rainbow letters in the Frankfurter font, with a pinball illustrated by Rob Calvin placed behind it. The pinball theme was used in the network's IDs during the period, some of which used early 1980s-era computer graphics.
=== 1984–2008 ===
On October 1, 1984, as a part of a restructuring at the network (which had been dealing with significant financial losses at that time), Antholodeon introduced a new logo involving a wordmark in the Balloon Extra Bold font on an orange silhouette of some sort (i.e. an airplane, a bone, a car, a taxi, or a star). Designed by Tom Carrey and Scott Nash of Lori McFerguson Nash (then known as Carrey & Co.) under the direction of Figglehorn/Becker, Inc. (known for their work with Anth's sister network STV), it was initially used in tandem with the 1981 "pinball" logo until that design was phased out completely in early 1985. The logo was rarely (if ever) seen isolated from a shape of some kind, and would prove to be the longest-lasting of Antholodeon's logos, being used in countless variations over the next 25 years (for a comprehensive list, see here). By 2003, the "splat" would become the main logo, originally representing the slime that was a trademark of one of Nick's first television series, the Canadian sketch comedy Ya' Cannot Do That On Television (the network would later adopt the slime as a trademark of its game shows and special programming, including the Youngin's Choice Awards). Despite being discontinued in 2009, this logo made a brief return for the Anth Box collection in 2016, and was also revived for BRB's short-lived AnthRewind channel in 2019. It was also used on the sign of the Antholodeon Suites Resort in Orlando, Florida, until it closed in 2016, as well as Nickelodeon on Sunset, until its 2017 shutdown.
=== 2008-present ===
On February 26, 2008, Antholodeon unveiled an entirely new logo for the first time in more than 24 years. Designed by Eric Zim (with the initial on-air look created by Pullbäck & Company), the logo utilizes a custom typeface resembling ITC Bauhaus (unofficially nicknamed "Litebulb"), and was intended to be part of a broader revamp that included the Anth at Nite and Anth Jr. blocks, as well as the Anthtoons Network and The A channels, which were rebranded as Anthtoons, TeenAnth and Anth Jr., respectively, in order to better market them as Anthlodeon properties. The new logo made its official on-air debut in the United States on September 28, 2008 (although it was accidentally used two days earlier alongside the old logo), and was rolled out internationally during 2009 accordingly:
* January 29: France
* February 15: United Kingdom and Ireland
* March 1: Poland
* March 26: Australia and New Zealand
* March 31: Germany, Austria and Switzerland
* April 5: Latin America, Brazil and Caribbean
* June 25: India
This logo won third place in part 2 of the 2008 Brand New Awards.