Virgin 1 Disscusion

That ident (and I presume the others) looks like a cross between S4/C's and Channel4's idents, with objects moving together and the formation of a numeric logo.

Very nice nonetheless.

Too bad it got drowned out by the announcement

Very impressed with the idents, not sure about the programmes yet, but looking forward to watching Take It Or Leave It this evening.

A few images from last night's launch can be seen at this page on TV Live

Most of the idents don't seem to actually form the logo, and after 12pm they don't sem to use anouncers (as seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6to4oZoBGvw )

Umm That isn't a ident.

its a sting/break bumper.
Look.

It does seem to say 'The Big 1 Ident is the only ident' or these would'nt be on the same theme of red stuff being pulled away.

One hopes for Virgin 1 to go 24 hours on Freeview when UKTV Bright Ideas closes. But with Dave on 'his' way and UKTV History having it's hours cut what's the likelihood of a 24 hour Virgin 1?

Well it proceeded a programme, and the programme before was the same (different ident but no logo formation) and also had an anouncement over it, though the break bumpers are very similar, it's a bit too long for a bumper don't you think?

I enjoyed The Riches last night.

Looks like a pretty decent channel.

And don't forget folks, it's only been going for one day.

Richard Branson had to pop up on the launch video didn't he.

Yeah The Riches was good, first time I actually liked Eddie Izzard.

323,000 viewers watched The Riches last night

http://media.guardian.co.uk/overnights/story/0,,2181888,00.html

0% if you're expecting the UKTV channels to shuffle aside.

Bright Ideas' space goes to History (which will thus be timesharing with V1)
History's original space goes to Dave.

There IS an easy way for V1 to get a 24-hour slot on Freeview, but it doesn't look like they have any intention of doing it (swap one of the ex-NTL, now also VM-owned, shopping channels with V1 in the way UK History's getting swapped from a full to a partial slot).

Can the thread sub-title be changed? I really don't like posting in a thread started by a Digital Spy nay-sayer.

I thought it was a great launch night. Enjoyed the Riches and even stayed tuned for a touch of Penis Envy - just to see what it must be like for those who have it.