New UKTV

While I was in Costa I was flicking through a media magaziine when I saw a article abount UKTV's pending rebrand. The New UKTV logo looks like a seven year old did it.... The U, T and V are in a scribble type font. The K looks like times with the V shaded in the middle.. some how I don't thinks your gonna like. Keep a look out for it........ I have tried to block it from my memory but from what I can remember it looked like this ... oh heavens help us.

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/uktv_copy4.jpg

If that is an actual logo, and not some joke, then I reckon its for the Australian UKtv channel...

UKTV Australia

No, I am quite sure, they mentiond the stuff about channels like UK Gold being re -named UKTV Gold...... I had to look serveral times. I work as a graphic desinger so it stood out as the poo it is. I had better be right or I am gonna like a right ****,, but I am pretty sure

No, I am quite sure, they mentiond the stuff about channels like UK Gold being re -named UKTV Gold...... I had to look serveral times. I work as a graphic desinger so it stood out as the poo it is. I had better be right or I am gonna like a right ****,, but I am pretty sure

Its not the actual logo as I did not get the chance to scan it at work, i did it quick mock up from memory.

What it is (and it is a very good drawing from memory) is the logo for UKTV which was one of the original applicants for the Channel 5 licences in 1995. It was a consortium of CanWest, SBS, SelecTV and Network 10 of Australia. From the look of their bid document they promised a base at Canary Wharf with in vision presentation, news from Reuters and a lot of original commissions (although whether any of this would appear who knows - have you read Channel 5's bid document?).

What is is doing in a Costa media magazine I have no idea as it was obviously a one-off (before today's UKTV was even about) - possibly just something they had on file and used mistakenly?

thank heavens for the..... whew oh, no I was in costa reading a magazine doh!

Just noticed in Design Week that UKTV network are doing the rebrand to UKTV Gold etc with revised logo on March 8th

The firm doing it are new (but former Lambie Nairn....)

Not the first time, on the back of the current Index (or is it Argos, I can't remember- catalogue, they have an advert for a Thomson freeview box- and the logo from Thomson Holidays is used! Ouch!.