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Origins and examples (January 2021)

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MA
Markymark
https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=95379

This LWT clip begs another question from someone who is just slightly too young to remember front caps - did regions airing their own programme air an ident and frontcap back to back?


It's a good question, my memory of my three regions of the 70s and 80s, (Ths/LWT, Southern/TVS, ATV/Central) was that they normally preceded them with IVC
AndrewPSSP, VMPhil and Brekkie gave kudos
AN
Andrew Founding member
Nobody has mentioned Yorkshire’s clock with the hours marked by 12 chevrons.

https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=111045

I assume Channel 3 North East didn’t have one like this!
CO
Coronavision
YTV and Granada tended to announce the programme over a slide of the show itself, cutting to the ident of the production company. Later YTV had a revolving chevron which would fade into the company ident, but they'd use the slide if it was one of their own shows.

Tyne Tees would either crash straight to the producer ident from a promo/advert, or use IVC. The only times they ever used their own ident was before the news, or spliced onto the start of a film. Unusually for an ITV company they continued this practice into the 90s, although they did intermittently use a static ident from 1988.
IS
Inspector Sands
Lots of ITV on screen clocks here:
https://www.transdiffusion.org/2000/01/01/time-2

That first Rediffusion clock I remember seeing in a museum, either Bradford or Momi
BL
bluecortina
Which ITV companies never had an electronic continuity clock ?

I'll open the batting with Thames?


Thames may have been the only one, although didn't LWT just scrap theirs altogether in the early 80s?

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I've seen an electronic LWT clock, it had the Orange/White/Blue corporate ribbon as a circular band around the clock face?


Which ITV companies never had an electronic continuity clock ?

I'll open the batting with Thames?


Thames may have been the only one, although didn't LWT just scrap theirs altogether in the early 80s?

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I've seen an electronic LWT clock, it had the Orange/White/Blue corporate ribbon as a circular band around the clock face?


I don't remember anything electronic like that in the bays.
CO
Coronavision
Nobody has mentioned Yorkshire’s clock with the hours marked by 12 chevrons.

https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=111045

I assume Channel 3 North East didn’t have one like this!


No they didn't.
BL
bluecortina
Lots of ITV on screen clocks here:
https://www.transdiffusion.org/2000/01/01/time-2

That first Rediffusion clock I remember seeing in a museum, either Bradford or Momi


The blue & white 'Southern' Clock is wrongly described. It was just a mono camera going through a Cox colour synthesiser. There was no 'shading' or 'faux 3D lettering'. It' just that their particular screen grab has a lot of streaking on it.
IS
Inspector Sands
Lots of ITV on screen clocks here:
https://www.transdiffusion.org/2000/01/01/time-2

That first Rediffusion clock I remember seeing in a museum, either Bradford or Momi


The blue & white 'Southern' Clock is wrongly described. It was just a mono camera going through a Cox colour synthesiser. There was no 'shading' or 'faux 3D lettering'. It' just that their particular screen grab has a lot of streaking on it.

The shading and 3D lettering is refering to the Granada one above the Southern one.

An odd comparison as they aren't really that similar at all
BL
bluecortina
Lots of ITV on screen clocks here:
https://www.transdiffusion.org/2000/01/01/time-2

That first Rediffusion clock I remember seeing in a museum, either Bradford or Momi


The blue & white 'Southern' Clock is wrongly described. It was just a mono camera going through a Cox colour synthesiser. There was no 'shading' or 'faux 3D lettering'. It' just that their particular screen grab has a lot of streaking on it.

The shading and 3D lettering is refering to the Granada one above the Southern one.

An odd comparison as they aren't really that similar at all


Ah yes, I see. My mistake, and as you say they aren't much alike really.
BR
Brekkie
Lots of ITV on screen clocks here:
https://www.transdiffusion.org/2000/01/01/time-2

That first Rediffusion clock I remember seeing in a museum, either Bradford or Momi

Thanks - some really interesting examples there, none more so than the first.
SP
Steve in Pudsey
https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=95379

This LWT clip begs another question from someone who is just slightly too young to remember front caps - did regions airing their own programme air an ident and frontcap back to back?


No, they would generally avoid that by either introducing the programme in-vision or using a programme slide, eg this Granada junction

MA
Markymark

Thames may have been the only one, although didn't LWT just scrap theirs altogether in the early 80s?

.




I've seen an electronic LWT clock, it had the Orange/White/Blue corporate ribbon as a circular band around the clock face?



Thames may have been the only one, although didn't LWT just scrap theirs altogether in the early 80s?

.


I've seen an electronic LWT clock, it had the Orange/White/Blue corporate ribbon as a circular band around the clock face?


I don't remember anything electronic like that in the bays.


No, I think we decided with the clip posted above, it was mechanical, and faintly scary I'd say !

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