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Island Television (Ashley Barrett)

**ISLAND TELEVISION : 1962-2002**

**Graphics and text © Ashley Barrett**

## 1962

1962, the launch of a new independent television channel for the Channel Islands, Island Television. The first ident was a simple still, featuring the logo of the station, an abstract 'island in the sea', accompanied with a short tune.

## 1975

It took until 1975 before Island brought out it's first colour ident. The word 'ISLAND' appearing in different colours down the left to the familiar tune, and a colourised version of the logo in blue and green. The logo was also slightly altered so that the island 'met' the sea.

## 1986

1986 and Island got their first computer generated ident. A very simple affair, one again with the familiar tune, but with a strange edit on the end.

## 1988

1988 and Island replaced their ident with the generic version provided by the ITV as it was felt it was considerably better than the version they were currently using. This also meant that the familiar tune was never heard again.

## 1993

1993 and Island launch a new logo to coincide with the new Channel 3 contract. The ident still used a shortened version of the theme from the ITV generic ident and had a 'wavy' background with the new logo in blue. The animation wasn't to adventurous and was soon replaced.

## 1994

The new ident burst onto the screens in 1994 with a re-edited version of the ITV generic theme and spectacular animation. The ident has since been considered Island finest ident.

## 1999

1999 saw the introduction of a new set of live action idents. The logo remained and a new font was used for the name, plus the 'television' legend was removed. The new ITV logo was also included, but Island refused to go along with the 'hearts' branding. The idents were edited later to include the stations web address, www.islandtv.com. This ident was a version used around autumn.

## 2002

2002 was the year in which ITV again tried to introduce a generic ident across the network. Island, still independent, but still wanting to be part of the network, adopted an edited version of the idents with a logo based on that of their previous idents. These also saw the first mention of 'ITV1' in the Channel Islands.

Christmas 2002, and island decide to do their own Christmas version based on the network promotions after ITV's pathetic attempt of editing the normal idents.

**LAST UPDATE: 20th February 2003**
Continuity from a Dream

**KamafaDelgato021469**: I had a dream in November 2018 where I was watching a video with "S4C" in the title on YouTube. The video contained a clock that looked similar to the BBC1 clock from 1984, except that the background was black instead of blue, and the "BBC1" text was replaced with medium-grey text saying "INDEPENDENT TELEVISION FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES" in Eurostile Medium font (the picture uses Menlo Bold font because I don't think there's a free version of Eurostile available for IOS). It was accompanied by "The Journey" (the song used to accompany the Channel 4/S4C schools "roto" ident in the late 80s/early 90s). The weird thing is that, despite having watched logo, bumper, and continuity videos online for years, this is the first ever dream I have had that is related to any of these topics.
Argosy Pictures

Background: This was the movie studio of Argosy Media, launched in 1975. Its first movie was B.O.O.M, released on December 17, 1975.

1st Logo
(December 17, 1975-2012)

Opening Logo:"ARGOSY PICTURES" zooms in. Then "PRESENTS" fades in below "ARGOSY PICTURES".

Closing Logo: Basically a white copyright disclaimer on a black BG saying "(C) (YEAR) ARGOSY PICTURES".

FX/SFX: None (or the fading in and out if you want to count it), or the scrolling up of the text in the closing credits on some movies.

Music/Sounds/Voices: None,or the ending theme of the movie.

Availability: Common. First appeared on B.O.O.M. Appears at the end of credits of movies made by Argosy up to 2012, when it was replaced by the closing variant of the 5th logo.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo:
(December 2nd, 1982-2011)

Logo: Aaron, a grey cat with green eyes and a red mouth, peeks from the bottom of the screen. Then runs around the street. He goes on and on and on and on and on (about 8 times). When he stops, we see a sign saying "ARGOSY PICTURES" in a colorful font, then Aaron falls into a hole.

Variants:

* Starting in 1984, he speaks. As he falls in the hole, a "WHOA!" is heard instead.
* In adult-oriented films between 1985-1996,he crashes to the sewer below the hole.
* By late-1999, coinciding with Aaron's change of design, his whiskers are now visible, and his eyes switched to a black cornea with a white pupil.
* By 2009, Aaron's design has updated even further.

FX/SFX: Typical Argosy/MTM cartoon animation from the era.

Music/Sounds: A hip-hop tune, with screeching sounds as Aaron stops. Then a slight swish as he falls into the hole.

Availability: First spotted on Aaron: The Movie, which was released in theaters on December 2nd, 1982. Was discontinued in 2011.

Scare Factor: Low.

3rd Logo:
(January 1, 2000-January 16, 2010)

Logo: On a morning sky background, particles zoom toward us. We zoom out through a sphere, which turns chrome. We zoom out further which reveals the particles formed the "A" and the text "RGOSY MEDIA PICTURES".

FX/SFX: The particles.

Music/Sounds: Silent, or the opening theme of the movie, or an 6-note orchestral tune.

Availability: Common.

Scare Factor: None.

4th Logo:
(December 18, 2009-2012)

Logo: On a black BG, orange glowing wave/swirls form the "A" in gold, then "RGOSY PICTURES" in silver slides in from the bottom.

FX/SFX: Not that much.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Common.

Scare Factor: None.

5th Logo:
(2012-)

Logo: Opening Vairiant: Same as the 2011 Argosy Media logo, except it says "Argosy Pictures" instead of "Argosy Media".

Closing Variant: The print logo of AP at the time, which is the opening variant in a box, excluding the tool box, and "Argosy Pictures" is below the box, with the "A" in its corporate form. The Cairo/MTM byline is below that.

FX/SFX: None, unless you count it scrolling up with the credits at the end of them and it fading out to be FX/SFX.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the movie.

Avalibility: Current.

Scare Factor: None.
Northern Television (remastered)

Originally by **Ashley Barrett**
Remastered by **Ben Gia Tran**
Compiled by **Theresa Hendren**

1955 and ITV is launched. The North Weekday license is awarded to Northern Television, with Granada winning the Weekend license. A bold square logo with an arrow pointing north was adopted. The first ident was a very simple animation with no music.

1968 and after winning the license for Yorkshire, losing the North West side of the original franchise to Granada, but now broadcasting 7 days a week. A new animation was introduced to celebrate, still no jingle though.

1970 and the first colour ident for the station was introduced, a simple animation with no jingle. The logo remained white, but the "Northern Television" legend was now in yellow.

1984 and with computer generated graphics available, Northern introduce this design. The logo now has a more 3D feel but still no jingle.

1985 saw Northern's 30th anniversary, and to celebrate, a special ident, a revolving square with the Northern logo on one side and "30" on the other, all to a rather haunting tune. The station reverted back to the previous ident at the end of the year.

The unused 1989 Generic ident.

Northern Television joined in the ITV branding with their own ident as they didn't like the version they had been given which restricted the logo to an abstract form in the triangle. The ident uses the generic ITV music and starts with the Northern logo (blue on black) which fades out and the ITV logo forms, this spins round and zooms until only the silver of the logo is in the screen and the Northern logo forms again on the screen.

In 1993 it was decided the channel needed a new fresh look and so a new ident was created abandoning the ITV branding. New music was composed for this ident which sees the letters of 'Northern' appear on screen 1 at a time in time to the music before the logo forms on the screen.

To celebrate Northern's 40th anniversary in 1995 a special version of the ident was produced based on the current ident but with '40' appearing instead of the letters and with a special piece of music to accompany it.

In 1999 Northern joined the rest of ITV with a new branding strategy, the heart. Although the ident does not actually carry the ITV branding, just the heart. The ident also used the music from the generic ident it had been given. Again Northern preferred to produce it's own version. this was also Northern's first widescreen ident.

In 2001 Northern decided to add the ITV1 branding after the introduction of ITV2 and at the same time started to move away from, but still keeping the heart branding. It edited its current ident by changing the ending to rotating Northern logos, and adding the ITV1 logo and a new piece of music.
Dynasty (video game)

### Caption

Report for year nine, showing a food surplus, plague, an average harvest and average land prices.

### Modes

Single-player

***Dynasty*** is a text-based resource-management game for the Apple II family of computers, written in BASIC in December 1978 by Weyman Fong and distributed by San Francisco-based Apple Core. The game is an expanded version of the earlier *Hamurabi*.

The player assumes the role of the governor of Hunan Province in China during the Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368). At the player's direction, crops must be planted and harvested, grain must be stored and portioned out for sowing fields and feeding the citizenry, and disasters large and small must be endured. These disasters range from losing grain to rats or graft, to earthquakes that destroy land, to plagues that can decimate the population. Crop yields fluctuate as the result of rains and droughts, as do grain prices at the market and the cost of purchasing land; balancing these factors is the principal challenge of the game. If the player achieves a combined total number of acres of land and bushels of grain that meets or exceeds one million, the game is won and the player declared emperor.

Similar titles for the Apple II include *Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio* (1978) by SoftSide, *King* (1978) by James A. Storer, and *City of Sumer* (1980) by Crystalware.

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East Midlands Television

East Midlands Television was the ITV contractor for the East Midlands between 1956 and 1981, in it's time as a broadcaster it produced some of Britain's best loved shows. In 1980 it lost it's contract to Carlton who inherited it's vast library of programmes.

Formed in Nottingham in 1954 to bid for the East Midlands independent television contract, East Midlands television was run by local showbiz mogul Freddie Tuckwood who owned numerous theaters and cinemas in the region. He was joined by BBC exec Andrew Miles and Parlophone CEO Robin Ashworth. The company was the sole bidders for the contract.

From the get-go East Midlands TV set about changing the landscape of British television, producing radical gritty dramas such as The Streets, Love and Hate and Leading the Pack. In 1969 it started color transmissions and first produced it's flagship soap After Hours which lasted until the end of EMTV's contract and was continued by Carlton.

In 1980 the IBA announced that EMTV had lost it's contract to Carlton Television, EMTV's management later sold the studios and programme library to Carlton in September 1981. On 31st December 1981 EMTV bowed out with a six hour retrospective celebrating the station's output, after this ended Freddie Tuckwood gave a farewell message followed by a montage of EMTV shows set to the song "Thank you for being a friend" by Andrew Gold then the screen faded to black and EMTV was no more. It's legacy has been secured thanks to shows from it's library being repeated regularly and through commercial releases on DVD.
Pharmacia

Pharmacia began public operations in 1976, using the symbol that would "stick". It was owned by MCA, until 1987.

In 1987, The Walt Disney Company bought Pharmacia, thus designing a new logo in the process. The first Pharmacia title under Disney ownership was "Nightmare On Elm Street III: Independence Day".

In mid-1987, Pharmacia created a new ident which would later become the basis for the next idents shown below.

In 1994, Pharmacia merged with another film company, Upjohn, and made the first 3D ident for the company. First appeared on "The Mask", and finally appeared on "Orkney".

In 1995, Pharmacia and Upjohn's ident was later reanimated.

In 1998, Woodpartment acquired Yoyle. So, Pharmacia and Upjohn's ident was not changed much.

In 2008, Pharmacia and Upjohn split again, thus the new Pharmacia was born.

This was the last ident to use the normal Pharmacia logo in 2010. On the same day, MEDIA/SPHE Holdings started distribution for Pharmacia output.

In 2011, when Pharmacia is celebrating its 35th anniversary, the ident was changed. First seen on "The Rite".

The ident didn't change much in 2019 when Woodpartment/Yoyle was launched.
TWW

TWW survived the 1968 franchise round despite strong competition from HTV with a promise that the station would base themselves in the area that they served with a small sales office in London.

In 1972 they started a new set of idents, one for each area they served.

Wales:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AEOe2HJZV8
American Invasion (Canada)

In 1991, with the relaxation of CRTC rules, American television networks saw this as an opportunity to expand their assets internationally. Let's take a ride in this alternate universe...

(TBA)

The first victim was CBC, acquired by Columbia Broadcasting System. The exploding pizza was replaced by CBS' eye.

(TBA)

Next was CTV, acquired by the National Broadcasting Company. As a result, the CTV shapes were retired and the peacock was now the station's logo.

(TBA)

Next, American Broadcasting Company purchased Baton Broadcasting Service, rebranding the channel under its own name and logo.

(TBA)

Next, Fox Broadcasting Company (owned by News Corporation) purchased Global Television and rebranded it as "Fox Canada".

(TBA)

Next, Paramount Pictures (part of Viacom International) purchased CityTV in Toronto from CHUM and the Citytv wordmark was replaced by the UPN shapes logo. In 2001, UPN Canada expanded into Vancouver. In 2006, by which time UPN Canada was now owned by CBS instead of Paramount, it was sold to Fox and became MyNetworkTV Canada.

(TBA)

Next, Warner Bros. purchased NewNet from CHUM. The NewNet station logos were retired, replaced by the standard version of the WB Network logo with no station identification whatsoever. In 2006, 50% of The WB Canada was sold to CBS, forming The CW Canada.

(TBA)

Next, PAX TV purchased the CH network from CanWest Global and the CH logo was retired in favor of the PAX TV logo with no station identification.
Island Television (remastered)

Originally by **Ashley Barrett**
Remastered by **Ben Gia Tran**
Compiled by **Theresa Hendren**

1962, the launch of a new independent television channel for the Channel Islands, Island Television. The first ident was a simple still, featuring the logo of the station, an abstract 'island in the sea', accompanied with a short tune.

It took until 1975 before Island brought out it's first colour ident. The word 'ISLAND' appearing in different colours down the left to the familiar tune, and a colourised version of the logo in blue and green. The logo was also slightly altered so that the island 'met' the sea.

1986 and Island got their first computer generated ident. A very simple affair, one again with the familiar tune, but with a strange edit on the end.

1989 and Island replaced their ident with the generic version provided by the ITV as it was felt it was considerably better than the version they were currently using. This also meant that the familiar tune was never heard again.

1993 and Island launch a new logo to coincide with the new Channel 3 contract. The ident still used a shortened version of the theme from the ITV generic ident and had a 'wavy' background with the new logo in blue. The animation wasn't to adventurous and was soon replaced.

The new ident burst onto the screens in 1994 with a re-edited version of the ITV generic theme and spectacular animation. The ident has since been considered Island finest ident.

1999 saw the introduction of a new set of live action idents. The logo remained and a new font was used for the name, plus the 'television' legend was removed. The new ITV logo was also included, but Island refused to go along with the 'hearts' branding. The idents were edited later to include the stations web address, www.islandtv.com. This ident was a version used around autumn.

2002 was the year in which ITV again tried to introduce a generic ident across the network. Island, still independent, but still wanting to be part of the network, adopted an edited version of the idents with a logo based on that of their previous idents. These also saw the first mention of 'ITV1' in the Channel Islands.
Sark Television (KMF Version)

Originally by **Lumogo**
Remastered and compiled by **Theresa Hendren**

## 1967-1976

This was the first logo from Sark Television, the ITV contractor for the island of Sark. It was a white polygon and inside of it, another polygon. It was used from 1967 until colour television was enabled in 1976.

## 1976-1986

In 1976, Sark adapted its ident into colour. Used until 1986.

## 1986-1991

In 1986, Sark unveiled its first CGI ident, which featured a yellow-orange gradient background.

## 1989

In 1989, Sark adopted the ITV Generic style. It was one of the generics that was used by the regional franchises, and it was used during mid to late 1989.

## 1991-1994

1991, and Sark got a new, up-to date identity....

## 1994-1998

...which became even more up-to-date in 1994....

## 1998-1999

....and again in 1998. Granada Media Group, at this point, had purchased Sark Television.

## 1999-2001

In November 1999, Sark adopted the "Hearts" generic look along with the other GMG regions.

## 2001-2002

In 2001, ITV became ITV1, and Sark modified its idents accordingly, even changing its corporate typeface.
Nelvana (Carltonized)

In 1997, Michael Green's Carlton Communications decided to purchase Corus Entertainment for $1M/£607K To take over Nelvana, YTV, Treehouse TV and Teletoon. All production companies began to use a Carlton Byline.

After only a year of use, The four were in big danger; Carltonization happened to them! Nelvana, YTV, Treehouse TV and Teletoon were all Carltonized in 1998 with Nelvana dropping their iconic Polar Bear symbol after 20 years.

In 2002, the time had come; The Nelvana, YTV, Treehouse TV and Teletoon names were finally consigned to history books as Carlton rebranded them as:

* Nelvana = Carlton Kids Productions
* YTV = Carlton Youth
* Treehouse TV = Carlton Kids Canada
* Teletoon = Carlton Toons
MTM Network

What if **DuMont Network**, **Metromedia**, and **FOX** had never existed? Instead, the fictional **RKO Television Network** had started broadcasting on TV in 1938, was reorganized into a group of independent stations called **Telecasting Corp.** in 1956, and was acquired by MTM Enterprises in 1986 to form a fourth major TV network called **MTM Network**? What would have happened?

(TBA)
Thames after 1991

(TBA)

In 1991, Thames was expecting to retain its franchise to continue serving London on the weekdays. Despite the strong competition of Michael Green's Carlton Communications and Richard Branson, David Frost and Chrysalis Group's CPV-TV, both failed on quality grounds, and Carlton Television was also disqualified due to its unrealistic business plan, rendering Thames' future secure. However, Granada was replaced with North West Broadcasting. During the first four years of its new franchise, Thames retained its 1991 ident.

(TBA)

Thames' new franchise also bring great changes to its news department. Thames News was axed on December 31, 1992 and it was replaced by London Tonight in partnership with LWT, making the first time that a television newscast serves London 7 days a week (ever since BBC One had a newscast for both London and the South East).

(TBA)

The endboards didn't suffer a small change with the franchise renewal. However, a big change would come in 1997.

(TBA)

After the 1994 Pearson takeover, Thames launched a radical change to its branding in 1997, replacing its triangle by a silhouette of the Tower Bridge, accompanied by live-action idents showing London's touristic spots. This version showed the Tower Bridge. Also, in the late 90s, Pearson expanded by buying North West and Westcountry. After TVS Entertainment was bought by Central, they were forced to sell HTV to what was now FremantleMedia, making HTV a sister station to Thames, North West, and Westcountry.

(TBA)

London Tonight remained the same during the new branding, with the new logo being the only difference.

(TBA)

The endcaps were changed during the logo change.

(TBA)

In 1998, Thames celebrated its 30th anniversary and to celebrate, this extremely gaudy ident was shown.

(TBA)

In 1998, with the launch of the new ITV logo imminent, Pearson thought the time was right for the introduction of similar idents across all their regions. This was prepared, but rejected, in November that year as one of the options (but was used by the regions owned by Central and TVS, as well as Channel and Border.)

(TBA)

This was introduced instead. The press release said of the endboard, "The new identity for Thames Television is designed to take us into the twenty-first century while not forgetting the importance of our past strengths and successes. The dynamism of the station as a forge of creative ideas is emphasised by the dramatic stormclouds in the background, while the font face we have used recalls the professionalism and respect for tradition which have become synonymous with Thames over the past three decades."

Yes, well.

(TBA)

In 2001, ITV became ITV1 and the ident set was slightly modified.

(TBA)

In October 27, 2002, Thames lost its on-air identity and on the next day, it merged with LWT to form ITV1 London.

(TBA)

The Thames 2002 blue Fremantle endcap. In 2004, Fremantle Media and Central Media Group merged to form ITV plc.
United States Broadcasting Service

The result of National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 319 U.S. 190 (1943): the network operations of NBC (but not the radio stations owned by RCA), as well as all RCA-owned television stations (this being back when TV was still a relatively-new technology), would be nationalized. USBS radio operated 2 networks: USBS Red (now USBS Radio 1, formerly NBC Red) and USBS Blue (now USBS Radio 2, formerly NBC Blue). Meanwhile, the then-fledgling NBC TV network became USBS Television.

(TBA)

The USBS Color Eagle, based loosely on the design of the obverse of the US Great Seal, heralded the dawn of color TV in 1956. A simplified version of the eagle logo was launched in 1986 and is still used today.

(TBA)

A late-1960s closedown, used by all USBS O&Os and most affiliates. Contains shots of several USBS buildings, including the HQ at the Social Security Building in DC, the main studio at 30 Rock in NYC, and USBS Color City in LA.

(TBA)

USBS Schoolhouse Rock in 1973, from KUSB LA.

(TBA)

"Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" The first episode of SNL, recorded from KUSB in 1975.

(TBA)

Due to its government ownership, the only commercials that air on USBS are network (or affiliate) promos and Ad Council PSAs. Here's a Smokey Bear PSA from the 70s, played before closedown on WUSB-TV New York.

(TBA)

In 1989, USBS began producing its own PSAs: "The More You Know".

(TBA)

Matt Groening's "Simpsons" shorts premiered in 1987, to fill time during late nights after USBS decided to expand its operations to 24 hours.

(TBA)

The Simpsons were an unexpected hit, and got their own 30-minute show in 1989. This show slowly became very popular, and is still running today. Here's a promo, recorded from KING in Seattle circa 1993.

(TBA)

10/10/2000: members of a Christian fundamentalist group use car bombs to blow up the Empire State Building and the Sears Tower. Another car bomb is stopped on its way to the Lincoln Memorial. This causes the "War on Domestic Terror". USBS News reports.

(TBA)

2016 election: pitchman Billy Mays achieves a shock victory, beating both Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush and becoming the first 3rd-party candidate to win an US presidential election.

(TBA)

2017. To show support for the USSR, the USA's main ally, on its 100th Anniversary, landmarks accross the USA, including the World Trade Center Twin Towers, 7 WTC, the Hollywoodland Sign, the Pittsburgh Westinghouse Sign, the South Dakota US History Monument (comprising the busts of 4 presidents and Susan B. Anthony), the Crazy Horse Monument (near the US History Monument), the NY Penn Station Building (a historical landmark saved from demolition), and the Freedom Tower (New Empire State Building). are lit up in red and yellow. USBS News reports.

(TBA)

The USBS covers themselves again, like the BBC in the UK does often; this time, they're refusing to let an eSports league use their Burbank studio, as they fear that "gamer" culture would sully their good name. 2017.
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Walt Disney Television Stations

## 1st (known) logo (1988-19??)

Nickname: "Rainbow Castle"

Logo: Exactly like the 1985-2003 Walt Disney Television logo, but "Television" reads "Television Stations." The fading is also not present.

FX/SFX: Same as the 1985-2003 Walt Disney Television logo.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: Nice to see that Disney just got into owning TV stations. It's a pretty favorable logo.
MTM/TVS Entertainment Japan

1st Logo
(1988-1996)

Logo: On a black background, we see the big text "MTM/TVS" in a petty blue Rockwell font. The small text "ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN" in the same font, but in white, fades in below the MTM/TVS text.

Variants:

* There was an International Family Entertainment byline for the logo as well between 1993 and 1996.

FX/SFX: None, or a blur effect at the start of the logo.

Music/Sounds: None, or the closing theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on most episodes of *PreTeen Girl Force* (not on Argosy Kids reruns however, it plasters it with the next logo) and other MTM/TVS shows. The byline variant appeared on the TV movie *A Catgirl's Life*, but sadly, that variant is now extinct. The best way to find this is to check your old tapes of it or go to eBay for a video of the TV movie.

Scare Factor: None to minimal.

2nd Logo
(1996-1999)

Logo: On a navy/black gradient background, we see the MTM/TVS text, which is in the same font as before, only in a CGI gold effect instead of in Petty blue, and we zoom out a little bit. The "ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN" text appears (in a CGI silver color this time, and the font is different, too).

Variant: On the *MTM/TVS Presents* TV movies, the "MTM/TVS" text is metallic blue instead of gold, the gradient background is gone, and the background is black.

FX/SFX: The screen zooming away from the logo.

Music/Sounds: A synth chime.

Availability: Appears on 1996-1999 episodes of *PreTeen Girl Force*. This also plasters the previous MTM/TVS logo whenever Argosy Kids airs 1991-1996 episodes of *PreTeen Girl Force*.

Scare Factor: None.
UBU

## Ugly Boy University

The **Ugly Boy University** is a location created as a replacement for the original UBA after its destruction in the Second Zarek MB Conflict. After joining forces with the UBA, Donald Trump nearly added to 302 stories to the height of Trump Tower and donated the building to become the Ugly Boy University.

## Sub-locations

* **Lobby:** the ground floor, where visitors and staff check in. A bronze statue of Zarek sits in the front.
* **Dormitories:** Dormitories are scattered throughout the building and are where the Ugly Boys live, work and train. The founding members have their own special dormitories.
* **Laboratories:** Created by Billy Ontario, for studies by the Ugly Boys.
* **Shelter:** 4,000 feet beneath the building, there is a massive doomsday bunker, where up to 105% of the UBU's permanent residents could reside in case of cataclysmic event.
* **Armory:** Much of the high-tech weaponry collected by the UBU and UBA throughout their time as an organization, such as Hartley Rathaway's sonic weaponry.
* **Library:** The UBU contains a massive four story library, holding all of the UBU's collected knowledge.
* **Gloop Donuts:** This Donut Bar run by Augustus Gloop, is the largest donut bar in the world.
* **Observation Deck:** A place where UBU and UGA members come to relax and clear their heads over the beautiful NYC skyline.
* **Owen Theater:**  A theater with some of the largest flat screen televisions on the planet, 160,000 seats, and 12 performance stages.
* **Obstacle Course:** Designed by Billy Ontario, this state of the art obstacle course was the most high-tech course of it's sort in the world, perfect for training UBU and UGA members.
* **Royal Fund Vault:** This vault contains all of the UBU's fund, and could only be entered by the founding five of the UBA.
* **John Barrowman Storm's Coffee Shop:** This shop run by J.B.B, was the perfect place to relax, work, read, and enjoy a hot beverage.
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Spencer Storm

### Life Before the UBA

Born to parents Jeph and Pam Storm in Innsmouth, Massachusetts in 1994, Spencer received an unnotable public school education in Innsmouth until his high school graduation at the age of 18. While receiving a higher education at the local Miskatonic University, Spencer began to work the night shift at a local Domino's,
Hauptquest / Die Reise beginnt

## **Dialog**

Hafenmeisterin Psyche: *"Dies ist ein guter Ort für Abenteur, um ERF zu sammeln. Ihr solltet ein wenig Arbeit annehmen, um Euch mit der Gegend vertraut zu machen. Douglas, der Söldnerhauptmann, benötigt Hilfe. Ihr solltet ihn treffen."*

Hafenmeisterin Psyche: *"Die Sprechende Insel ist immer voller Leute. Ihr passt gut zu den anderen Anfängern, [Name des Charakters]. Ihr habt alle so einen überwältigten Gesichtsausdruck. Wir arbeiten zusammen, um dem Land Frieden zu bringen. Ich werde immer hier sein und Euch meine volle Unterstützung geben, [Name des Charakters]."*
Rediffusion Post 1968

To the suprise of many Rediffusion survived the 1967/8 franchise round. Rumours abound still as to why but Adastral House was unperturbed. However changes were happening inside the company. Tom Brownrigg had retired and the "BBC with commericials" way of thinking was now anachronistic. The 1970's were approaching and image was everything.

This was their main ident from 1969:
Argosy Media (Carltonized)

Shaw Communications acquired International Family Entertainment in 1995. The classic cat mascot was retained for the Argosy Media ident. Times were changing and this wasn't exception for Shaw.

In the summer of 1997, Michael Green's Carlton Communications (which besides Carlton, it already owned Central and Westcountry) proposed a hostile takeover of Shaw Communications. Shaw accepted Carlton's offer and for the first months of its ownership, Argosy retained its ident, but adding the Carlton URL. Carlton were already taking credit for Argosy's programmes!

In April 1998, came an even worse thing: Carltonization. Carlton was already using these endcaps since 1996 and as a plan of brand unification, Argosy, Central, MTM, and Westcountry adopted their parent company's graphic package. After 16 years of existence, Aaron the Cat was retired.

With Carlton's takeover of Argosy, its productions started to use a Carlton-like endboard. This version was used on Revenge of Sarah.

In 6 September 1999, the horror! After 26 years of use, the Argosy name became history. With the rebrand, all Argosy, Central, MTM, and Westcountry productions became Carlton productions. In the same day, Central, MTM, and Westcountry also ditched their names in favour of Carlton's branding. The endcaps were designed by Lambie-Nairn.

In the last years under Carlton's ownership, a new common endboard was launched. In 2004, former Argosy productions would start to be Granada America productions.
Transpennine Television

In 1966 Granada and ABC stunned the industry when they announced that they would team up to broadcast to Yorkshire and the North-West as one company

Transpennine Television (or TPT as it became known unofficially) would build new studios in Liverpool and Sheffield whilst keeping their facilities in Manchester and London. The ITA who were secretly worried about ABC's future looked favourably upon the new company when it was revealed that they would have a 50% share in the new firm.

TPT launched on the 30th of July 1968 with this ident

Here is the startup slide. The announcement said "This is Transpennine Television. Broadcasting across North-West England and Yorkshire on the Winter Hill, Emley Moor, Scarborough, Storeton, Lancaster and Sheffield transmitters of the Independent Television Authority."
ITV's Takeover of MTM Enterprises

Granada acquired MTM in 1998. In 2002, programs produced by MTM used purple Granada endboards. This lasted until February 2004. Could this mean that MTM as a name was to disappear completely?

In 2004, ITV decided to retire the MTM kitten logo, and switch to a text-only version as part of the switch to endboards associated with the evil and horrid "Celebrities" package.

The logo was taken away. They just used the MTM name, which was sad. However, the worst was yet to come.

We're almost there.

That was it. No more MTM, ever. How sad. I am sorry for MTM.
Gannett (TimzUneeverse)

**Gannett Co., Inc.** is a publicly traded American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia in Greater Washington DC. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher and broadcast company as measured by total daily circulation.

Its assets include the national newspaper USA Today and the erstwhile weekly pullout magazine USA Weekend which is found in local newspapers (including some non-Gannett newspapers). Its largest non-national newspaper is the Detroit Free Press in Detroit, Michigan. Other significant newspapers include The Indianapolis Star, The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Tennessean in Nashville, Tennessee, The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Kentucky, the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, New York, The Des Moines Register, The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, Arizona, The News-Press in Fort Myers, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and the Great Falls Tribune. The company also owns many television stations, most of which are affiliated with NBC and CBS, but also owns a small number of ABC, Fox, Disney Network, CW, MyNetworkTV, and independent stations.
Mercia Television (William Neale)

MERCIA INDEPENDENT TELEVISION: 1982-1992

Graphics and text © William Neale

Mercia Television - 1982
Mercia’s ident, as shown here, was attached to the beginning of all its productions. The ‘stripes’ branding was designed by the Minale Tattersfield agency, which had previously designed Thames’s skyline. A jingle, specially composed by Mike Moran accompanied the ident.
LAST UPDATE: 20th February 2003
Hearts Pictures

Background: From 1998 until 2001, The Powerpuff Girls used Hearts Pictures' 1940-2002 "Hearts" logo design for its animated episode outros. Apparently, Hearts Pictures approved use of its design. In 2002, a new design of the "Hearts" logo was introduced for both Cartoon Network and Hearts Pictures. Hearts Pictures became a low-budget division of MGM after celebrating its 80th anniversary in the year 2004.

1st Logo
(1940-1953)

Logo: On a heart background, we see the word "Hearts" write itself. Next to it, the word "PICTURES" fades in.

Variant: On colorized prints, there is additional text that reads "COLORIZED PRINT (C) (year) HEARTS PICTURES".

FX/SFX: The hearts in the background zooming out.

Music/Sounds: A fanfare that sounds like the 1970s Sanrio Films logo.

Availability: Rare.

Scare Factor: Low to Medium.

2nd Logo
(1953-1967)

Logo: On a dark mint green background with fireworks, we see the word "Hearts" background from the previous logo on the left side of the screen. On the right, the words "A Hearts Picture" write themselves.

Variant: On films produced in CinemaScope, the heart background is bigger and "A Hearts Picture" fades to "Produced in" and the CinemaScope logo.

FX/SFX: The hearts in the background zooming out and the script writing itself.

Music/Sounds: A re-orchestration of the previous logos music for the regular version, but its the 20th Century Fox "CinemaScope" fanfare for the CinemaScope version.

Availability: Rare.

Scare Factor: Low to Medium.

3rd Logo
(1967-1975)

Logo: On a red-blue gradient background, we see a white "S". Suddenly, the "S" spins to reveal the hearts background from the first two logos and "HEARTS PICTURES" types itself in.

FX/SFX: The spinning.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Availability: Rare.

Scare Factor: Low to Medium.

4th Logo
(1975-1986)

Logo: On a yellow-blue gradient background, we see the heart background from the 1940 logo. Below it is the company's name.

Variant: On Base Brawl, a baseball hits the logo.

FX/SFX: The hearts in the background zooming out.

Music/Sounds: A short version of the 1940s logo's music.

Availability: Rare.

Scare Factor: Low to Medium.

5th Logo
(1986-2002)

Logo: On the same background as the first logo, we see a brown "C", a light blue triangle, and a brown line fly to from the letter "H". After that, "EARTS" and "PICTURES" zoom in.

FX/SFX: The flying and zooming.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie.

Availability: Common.

Scare Factor: Low to Medium.

6th Logo
(2002-)

Logo: On the new background, we see the letter H and the company's name below it.

Variant: Starting in 2004, the MGM byline is used.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Current.

Scare Factor: None.
RKO after 1955

(Credit to Luke Sams, GavinWorld, and the Johnsonverse people.)

Somehow, RKO managed to hold on after 1955. The original radio tower logo was used until 1965.

In 1965, the logo was colourized, and “Radio” was dropped from the name. It also received a new fanfare, which was iconically used in “Rocky Horror Picture Show” (but sadly, with the “Radio” version of the logo, somewhat anachronistically).

The late 70s-early 80s were a bad time for established logos. Even Warner Brothers dropped their iconic shield in favour of a stylized letter W. RKO had used this thunderbolt motif as a print logo for years, but in 1981, it fully replaced the original radio-tower logo that had been used for decades. Obvious Scanimation effects here. The accompanying music was an eerie synth scale.

1991, and the radiotower is back after nearly a decade of absence. RKO’s parent, Teleradio Corporation, had merged with TV station holder Tribune, and the combined company was known as “RKO Holdings”. This logo’s fanfare would be used until 2019.

1997, and RKO gets another facelift. Paramount and Universal, among others, also made updates to their early-90s logos in the late-90s-to-early-00s period.

A later version from 1999, where the ownership byline is replaced by a web address.

2009, once again, modernization with the thunderbolt logo, yet the radiotower is still visible at the start.

2019 marked not only 90 years of RKO, but also the 100th Anniversary of one of its predecessor companies, FBO (Film Booking Office). To celebrate, a retro radiotower, and the 1966 fanfare returns.
Falkenauge

Das **Falkenauge** ist eine Krieger-Klasse des Menschen in Lineage 2: Revolution. Falkenaugen sind langsame Schadenausteiler und verlangsamen ihre Gegner. Sie haben die größte Reichweite im Spiel und könne Schaden an Gruppen von Feinden machen. Sie benutzen Bögen und tragen leichte Rüstung.

## **Navigation**

***Bischof, Hexenmeister, Paladin, Schatzjäger, Warlord***
ITV Breakfast/Sunrise Television

In 1984 following heavy criticism of the aftermath of the Brighton Bombing the IBA revoked TV-AM's licence to broadcast. Despite attempts by Bruce Gyngell to get the decision overturned by the courts TV-AM closed down for the final time on the 31st of December 1984. Here is what greeted viewers the next day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezs1JyeB6ag&feature=youtu.be

A temporary service was hastily cobbled together. ITN provided brief news bulletins whilst Thames who was given special permission to start early provided children's programmes whilst the IBA handled transmission. Here is the ident.
File:Interim Breakfast Service Startup Card.pdf
Argosy Digital Center Warning Screens

1st Warning
(1979-1982)

Warning: On a blue BG we see WARNING and the generic text below.

FX/SFX: None, as some warning screens.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on 1979-1982 tapes.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

2nd Warning
(1981-1984)

Warning: We see on a black BG "Warning" in red and the generic text below "Warning".

FX/SFX: Same as before.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on 1981-1985 tapes.

Scare Factor: Low.

3rd Warning
(1984-1994)

Warning: We see a green-like BG with the warning scrolling up.

FX/SFX: The warning scrolling up.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on 1984-1994 laserdiscs and tapes by Argosy Pictures.

Scare Factor: Minimal. Of course, that's nothing compared with the follow-up...

4th Warning
(1994-2001)

Nickname: "Blinking Warning", "The Warning of Doom"

Warning: We see on a blue BG the word "WARNING" blinking many times with the generic text below it. On 5 seconds, the word "Warning" ends blinking.

Variants:

* In 1995 the font is different.
* Some tapes/DVDs had the copyright.
* On DVDs, the generic text is different.

FX/SFX: "WARNING" blinking.

Music/Sounds: Alarm sounds when "WARNING" blinks.

Availability: Seen on VHS and laserdiscs until 2001. DVDs have this one, too.

Scare Factor: It can range from medium to nightmare; many have had bad dreams about this warning due the blinking. Especially if you're searching the 3rd warning and blow up with this. But low for these who are used to seeing it.

5th Warning
(2001-2012)

Warning: TBA

Variants: TBA

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Common

Scare Factor: Minimal, much better than it's predecessor.

6th Warning
(2012-)
TBA
Do Dil

**"Do Dil"** (Urdu: **دو دل**, literal English translation: "two hearts") is a song by the Pakistani pop rock band Noori from their upcoming third studio album, released on November 11, 2008. The song was produced by Noori and Mandana Zaidi and the single is the very first song written and composed by the band, back in 1996. The music video of the single is directed by Mandana Zaidi. The engineering and the production was done by Shiraz Uppal.

## Music video

The video is directed by Mandana Zaidi. It begins with the actual footage from 1996, of the first attempt to record the song. The video has clips of some of those that have been a part of the noori journey in one way or the other. The engineering and the production has been redone thanks to Shiraz Uppal.

## Track listing

**Do Dil**

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## External links

* Official Website

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Digital Speciality Channels (Tim Brent)

**DIGITAL SPECIALITY CHANNELS : 2004**

**Graphics and text © Tim Brent**

As there are always new and odd Specialty Channels popping up on the various platforms, there may be some you have missed...

Here are a few that are now launching, coming to a digital platform near you.

## 2004

### Al-Jazeera English Service

Even though ATV never used the Hearts ITV had them use the Hearts as the endcap for ITV Networked shows.

### The Beatles Channel

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! 12 hours a day of the Fab Four! Movies, videos, documentaries,and current news about the releases for John, Paul, George, and Ringo.

### TV Caribbean

Mon, enjoy the tropics from your television.

Programmes from Jamaica, Trinidad, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and the Virgin Islands.... all for you.

Relaxing TV from the Islands...TV Caribbean.

### CBC Britain

CBC, Canada's Public Service broadcaster, now has their own British service. The National, The Fifth Estate and other provocative news programmes, as well as sport, drama, and comedy, from Canada's Own to the UK.

### The Police Channel

The Police Channel features the finest in crime shows, including dramas like Kojak, Richmond Hill,and The Bill, to less serious fare such as Barney Miller and The Thin Blue Line.

The Police Channel... arresting TV.

### Speed Channel Great Britain

If it moves, it's on Speed. Motorsport, car show reports, classic motor vehicles, powerboat racing, air shows, all from the World's #1 motorized channel, Speed Channel. Includes coverage of F3000, CART, and NASCAR TV.

**LAST UPDATE: 24th March 2004**
Hotel (Pakistan TV series)

### Starring

Adnan Siddiqui, Sarwat Gilani, Madiha Iftikhar, Ayesha Toor, Tipu Sharif, and Maham Nizami

### Website

http://www.tv1online.tv/dramas/hotel.html/ Official Website

***Hotel*** is a crime drama series that airs on TVOne Global.

## Plot

A ruthless murder is traced to an exquisite hotel resort in the beautiful locales of Nepal… Shrouded in its own façade of mysteries, the resort turns out to be a hotbed of intrigue, passion and suspense, shielding a conspiracy involving high-tech weaponry that becomes a matter of life and death for the suave yet unsuspecting hotel manager. To save his life, and to gain the love of his life, he embarks on a thrilling adventure that provides pulse racing moments and a climax that is worth waiting for.

## External links

* Official Website

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Persian Toon

**Persian Toon** later renamed **Top Toon** was a Persian language free-to-air TV channel on the Eutelsat platform which broadcast content specialized for kids and teenagers. This channel broadcasted cartoons and animation and was available via Yahsat satellite.
The channel claimed that it was the first pure Persian language TV channel broadcasting focused content on cartoons.

On January 18th 2015, the channel shut down due to technical issues.

## Programs

### TV shows

* Tom and Jerry (تام و جری)
* Pink Panther (پلنگ صورتی)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (لاک پشت‌های نینجا)
* Oscar's Oasis (ماجراهای اسکار)
* Mr. Bean (روآن اتکینسون)
* Kickin' It (کاراته کاها)
* Pair of Kings (یک جفت پادشاه)
* Avatar: The Last Airbender (آواتار)
* Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (پاندای کونگ فو کار)
* Shaun the Sheep (گوسفند ناقلا)
* SpongeBob SquarePants (باب‌اسفنجی شلوارمکعبی)
* Phineas and Ferb (فینیس و فرب)
* Scooby-Doo (اسکوبی دو)
* My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (پونی کوچولو)
* Sonic X (سونیک ایکس)
* ANT Farm (مدرسه نوابغ)
* Wizards of Waverly Place (جادوگران محله ویورلی)
* Charlie and Lola (چارلی و لولا)

### Films

* The Lorax (film) (لوراکس)
* Brave (دلیر)
* Gnomeo and Juliet (نومئو و ژولیت)
* Happy Feet (خوش قدم)
* The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (دزدان دریایی نخاله)
* A Monster in Paris (هیولا در پاریس)
* The Princess and the Frog (شاهزاده خانم و قورباغه)
* Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (عصر یخبندان ۴)

## References

1. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/persiantoon.tk/photos/a.130454540464509.25930.129881710521792/384636285046332/?type=3
Summertime Entertainment

**Summertime Entertainment** was an animation studio whose first and only film was the 2014 CGI-animated film, *Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return*. The studio was founded by Ryan and Roland Carroll, brothers who had previously headed Alpine Productions; Ryan Carroll was president and Roland Carroll was CEO. Legal questions were raised about fundraising for the film, which flopped in theaters. The company closed in 2015.

## References

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