LOL. So if idents use rich colours, cutting edge (at the time) computer technology, and spacey futuristic music, it's americanized. However, look at today's UK idents: point the camera at a tree and paste on the channel's logo in a corner of the screen, and that's a good old British ident, eh? Give me UK 80s/early 1990s idents ANY DAY. Even over todays TV shows!!!
@Applemask Oh man. Looks like this is the end of Channel at least having something. I think the way they do it in Japan of just having random local TV channels that are channels in their own right rather than being part of a big network would be good. Then again I don't know if they're going when analogue turns off or whether they're bothering to make them digital.
Channel's 1993 ident looks to me like it ought to appear in a frontcap for an early 90's VHS. reminds me of the Channel 5 video idents and the macrovision idents to me.
Sorry to say this (as I really like this series!), but Channel had IVC as well. I really don't know how well-used it was, but some IVC from the early 90s is kicking around on the net. Fully-fledged set jobbie it was as well, similar to UTVs but more ornate. Not much of it will survive though due to the tiny stature of Channel.
@Applemask I'm sure I've mentioned this before either on a forum or on one of your videos but I work with somebody who used to work at Channel and he says his greatest achievement in broadcasting is that he was once a puppet on Puffin's Pla(i)ce. For one show.
LOL. So if idents use rich colours, cutting edge (at the time) computer technology, and spacey futuristic music, it's americanized. However, look at today's UK idents: point the camera at a tree and paste on the channel's logo in a corner of the screen, and that's a good old British ident, eh? Give me UK 80s/early 1990s idents ANY DAY. Even over todays TV shows!!!
Aexexx 1 month ago
@Aexexx I didn't say it as a criticism, just an observation.,
Applemask 1 month ago
Hmm,it's funny,the 80s idents didn't strike me as American. I suppose it's not a bad thing.
tokutom 1 month ago
Some sad news to report Applemask. ITV plc has bought Channel Television today for about £10m.
Linky: channelonline . tv / channelonline / DisplayArticle . asp?ID=496567
MrBSergeant 4 months ago
@MrBSergeant Ah, the fuckers.
Applemask 4 months ago
@Applemask LOL! Aye! terrible isn't it? Only STV and UTV still standing.
MrBSergeant 4 months ago
@Applemask Oh man. Looks like this is the end of Channel at least having something. I think the way they do it in Japan of just having random local TV channels that are channels in their own right rather than being part of a big network would be good. Then again I don't know if they're going when analogue turns off or whether they're bothering to make them digital.
tokutom 1 month ago
Did you know that Channel did take its ITV network feed from Westward, then TSW before this was changed to TVS and Meridian later on?
cwilliams1976 6 months ago
What? Is that the end of dat?
Feisty1967 1 year ago
Channel's 1993 ident looks to me like it ought to appear in a frontcap for an early 90's VHS. reminds me of the Channel 5 video idents and the macrovision idents to me.
rexeljetsmocks 1 year ago
Apparently, Channel launched a competition to design their first logo, the hexagons and leopard's head being the winning entry.
deselmes 2 years ago
The first animated logo (at 3.36) uses library music.
It's from a suite called 'Superstar Fanfare' by Keith mansfield. There's about 8 variants of it.
It was recorded in 1981, so it must have been a fair few years old by the time CTV picked it up, no doubt for a bargain price.
JoeScaramanga 2 years ago 2
Sorry to say this (as I really like this series!), but Channel had IVC as well. I really don't know how well-used it was, but some IVC from the early 90s is kicking around on the net. Fully-fledged set jobbie it was as well, similar to UTVs but more ornate. Not much of it will survive though due to the tiny stature of Channel.
jasejames 2 years ago
Great work as ever!
cdoakley 2 years ago
The ident at 5:14 reminds me of nothing less than, ironically enough, Channel 5 video, the fantastic video distribution label from the 80s and 90s.
ste1bro 2 years ago
No mention of Puffin's Pla(i)ce?
LuthansaTerminal 2 years ago
It's in there.
Applemask 2 years ago
is it?
LuthansaTerminal 2 years ago
Between 3:08 - 3:10.
deselmes 2 years ago
@Applemask I'm sure I've mentioned this before either on a forum or on one of your videos but I work with somebody who used to work at Channel and he says his greatest achievement in broadcasting is that he was once a puppet on Puffin's Pla(i)ce. For one show.
wuzzlevideos 6 months ago
Yes I thought it looked like Blockbusters too
steveh31no2 2 years ago