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UTV rebrand

New look to bring it in line with ITV (October 2016)

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DE
denton
Have there been any new, filmed in Northern Ireland, idents yet... as we were promised earlier in the year... or are they all recycled ones so far?
DB
dbl
The absence of ECP graphics is interesting. A technical limitation within the playout centre, perhaps (i.e., equipment availability/software limitations)?

Well it's Chiswick. So I doubt it's a limitation, perhaps they haven't yet sorted out the Clarity automation templates for UTV?

(Clarity is the graphics engine software thats used to generate graphics live, such as Pointers, IPPs, ECPs, Menus)
Last edited by dbl on 17 October 2016 8:03pm
SC
Si-Co
The absence of ECP graphics is interesting. A technical limitation within the playout centre, perhaps (i.e., equipment availability/software limitations)?


Do the end credits have VOs?

I imagine it must be a temporary glitch as ITV are big on ECPs, as indeed are most channels these days.
MM
MMcG198
Have there been any new, filmed in Northern Ireland, idents yet... as we were promised earlier in the year... or are they all recycled ones so far?


Not a single NI ident that I've seen. All just UTV-branded versions of network idents so far. And in fact, a number of idents have been shown twice already today.
MM
MMcG198
Si-Co posted:
The absence of ECP graphics is interesting. A technical limitation within the playout centre, perhaps (i.e., equipment availability/software limitations)?


Do the end credits have VOs?

I imagine it must be a temporary glitch as ITV are big on ECPs, as indeed are most channels these days.


Gillian Porter's pre-recorded announcements have been heard over end credits this evening - but no sign of any ECP graphics yet. Most of today's daytime programmes had no voiceover or ECP graphic.
SC
SCBNI
Have there been any new, filmed in Northern Ireland, idents yet... as we were promised earlier in the year... or are they all recycled ones so far?


Not a single NI ident that I've seen. All just UTV-branded versions of network idents so far. And in fact, a number of idents have been shown twice already today.


Yes we've already had Autumn leaves, the skipping one, flamingos and the concert one all twice today so far.
FO
Footballer
Have there been any new, filmed in Northern Ireland, idents yet... as we were promised earlier in the year... or are they all recycled ones so far?


Not a single NI ident that I've seen. All just UTV-branded versions of network idents so far. And in fact, a number of idents have been shown twice already today.


Yes we've already had Autumn leaves, the skipping one, flamingos and the concert one all twice today so far.

Looks like ITV only made four idents for UTV then.
DB
dbl
Or there's more but it's not being scheduled....
RD
rdd Founding member
That's ominous as far as how long lived this branding might be is concerned.

Meanwhile no changes at still-ITV-owned UTV Ireland, not that we were expecting any.
WH
Whataday Founding member
Anyone else think that the UTV version of the TV Forum logo would make a pretty decent permanent replacement?
JO
Joe
For UTV?

No, it has the wrong letters.
BR
Brekkie
It gives us an idea of what UTV's logo might have looked like if TV Forum had bought them out.

That said the day TV Forum buys out a television channel is probably the day television dies (but with a very nice ident to mark the occassion!)
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