Viacom (1971-2005)

1970–1976
This is the first Viacom Logo and was seen on television from 1970 to 1976. This logo is nicknamed the "Pinball Logo" because of the music which sounds like a pinball machine. This logo has a lot of variations with the colors and no speed variations. It does have a higher pitched variation. It is considered a very scary logo by most people but it might not be to some people.

1976-1990
This logo is known as the "V of Doom". It says "A Viacom Presentation" and the V zooms on on the viewer. This is said to be the scariest logo on YouTube with Film-O-Vision, videotaped, warp speed, and remakes.

1986–1990
This version of the 1976 logo is nicknamed the "V of Steel"; this logo is 3-D and is silver in color. It was said to be the friendliest Logo on YouTube that disliked scary logos in Film-O-Vision, Videotapes, and Remakes.

1990–2006
 In 1990, Viacom traded its stylized "V" for a geometric "VIACOM", desgined by Chermayeff & Geismar.

There is actually two versions of this logo as it appeared at the end of television shows. It starts out with a close-up of the "V" and it moves up and down like a zig-zag. It spells out "Viacom" and an announcer is heard reading the name "Viacom" after the logo is fully formed. In 1999, all the letters were jumbled together, then put in the right order. A voice that can barely be heard says "Viacom". This was dispensed of in 2004, and replaced with the Paramount Television logo.

2006–present


Viacom would be split into two companies - the "old" Viacom (CBS) and the "new" Viacom in 2006. The new Viacom replaced the geometric logo with this. The previous logo was used in tandem with this until 2010 (e.g. the byline on the Paramount Pictures logo continued to resemble the old logo).