Here’s something that will be familiar to those of us in the UK in a sense, even though it’s from the US. Specifically, it’s from CBS owned station WCBS TV in New York City.
In the UK, we call them closedowns, where the US use the term sign off. But this blog won’t be signing off any time soon. We’ll have more for you shortly.
This is a title sequence that I remember well. When CNN International showed Headline News bulletins in the second half of some hours, this was the title sequence they used and the music.
I liked Headline News back then, a half hour of news, business and sport, every half hour, non-stop, around the clock. That might sound boring to some, but its perfect for me. I can choose to pick up the news when I want to, not when the schedulers say I should. 24-hour cable news in the US has lost that ability, by becoming appointment to view television. That’s a shame.
This is a bit of guesswork on my part as to the dates, if you know more, please do not hesitate to leave a comment telling me and I’ll alter it on here, but based on the very minimal amount of research that I have been able to find on the web about this, I would estimate that this startup aired from around 1979 to 1985. Certainly the music has that 70s sound about it and the startup certainly does seem to be somewhat 70s in nature. It’s also definitely on film, thanks to all the scratches and fluff that seem to be on the picture.
I’m doing a fair bit of hunting for other European countries presentation as well as a lot of UK, Ireland, Australia, US and Canada stuff. Stay tuned for more.
In Australia, SBS has recently relaunched with a new look and a new tagline, “Six Billion Stories and counting”. Not surprisingly, the new idents involve that whole idea of individual stories. Here’s one of them…
I can’t say I am a fan of this particular style, but I do think SBS have actually done a good job here. Stay tuned for more after the break!
Here’s another classic ident for your perusal. This time it’s a classic from the US, as we bring you the NBC peacock, in living colour, from the 1960s.
Much more to come over the days, weeks and months to come. Stay tuned to this station!
I haven’t done any Canadian television yet, so here are two idents for the price of one. The first ident in the clip is a network ident, whilst the second one is a local ident for the local relay.
More CBC and other Canadian channels in the near future. Stay tuned!
Ident City 