Pick UK HD

Problem is, if it was a late decision because of the football, and wasn't planned before the pandemic, then they haven't had time to make new idents. It'll look rushed, yes, but that's because it is.

And actually, while those lines do line up with the letter K in the channel name, they're NOT actually integral to the final transition - it's just a diagonal slide revealing the final image with the name already in place. The problem I see, actually, is that the Sky logo ended up too close to the left edge of the screen. But making it smaller wouldn't have covered up the existing logo, and it does have to be covered up if they don't have a logoless version of the ident footage and animation.

I suppose they could use most of the current ident sequences, and then just change the final lockup after the last transition to a centered logo with some of the footage in the background?

Come to think of it, doesn't More 4 have the same problem, the logo was changed, elements of the old logo are in the idents - and they didn't replace them?

It's also branded as 'The Adventures of Merlin' with a badly tacked on 'The Adventures of' which suggests to me it's the international version. NBC broadcast it in the US so perhaps Sky by extension now have the broadcast rights?

That’s because Sky/Pick needed to buy the international version of the show mainly so they don’t have to manually create the advert breaks for themselves as the original BBC One version doesn’t have adverts

I think people are mistaking the current “Pick” branding “K” thing from the 2011 “Pick TV” Idents where it was actually used for transitions with the logo on idents 👇

https://youtube.com/watch?v=QW5zOP1Y5x4

That YouTube channel also has the Challenge idents on there in 1080p as well... not that they'll ever be broadcast that way, but still... nice to see.

Interestingly, the video description says that the company filmed 8 idents for Pick in total, yet any time I watch Pick it's only ever the cat, popcorn or flashing lights idents that get used. I see a demonic eye one, but I've never seen that on air. I wonder what the other 4 are?

Interestingly, the video description says that the company filmed 8 idents for Pick in total, yet any time I watch Pick it's only ever the cat, popcorn or flashing lights idents that get used. I see a demonic eye one, but I've never seen that on air. I wonder what the other 4 are?

Saw that someone on this thread mocked what a "Sky Pick" ident would look like, and so I thought: "Hey, maybe I could do that."

So I did.

Have at me.