History of the BBC's Idents
For this assignment I will be talking about the history of the BBC’s idents throughout the years since the channel was first broadcasted and also why they changed.
Station identification is the practice of radio or television stations or networks identifying themselves on air, typically by means of a call sign or brand name (sometimes known, particularly in the United States, as a "sounder" or "stinger", more generally as a station or network ident). Over-the-air (OTA) transmitters may be required by a governmental licensing authority to identify themselves at regular intervals; this requirement can apply to any form of transmission over the radio spectrum by any means, not merely mass-media audio or video broadcasters. Non-OTA broadcasters, such as cable or pay TV networks, may also practice regular identification as a form of branding.
History of the BBC ONE Idents
Since the launch of the channel in 1964, BBC ONE has seen nine different incarnations of the on-screen identity. 1964 - The first ident was a continuation of the BBC-tv ident of 1963. It featured the globe on a white background. The original ident had a BBC-tv logo. This was changed to just BBC when the channel was launched. 1966 - While the BBC 1 ident symbol remained, a "watch-strap" globe was introduced in 1964, showing the globe in the middle of a striped band. In 1968, the channel converted to colour - the globe and BBC 1 logo remained. 1969 - The first colour ident was introduced. A blue and black mechanical globe rotated while a curved mirror placed behind made up the famous image. 1972 - The globe and colour scheme remained the same, but a rounder, italic font was used for the ident introduced in 1972. 1978 - A new blue and yellow globe was introduced. The colour was added using electronics and a new big bold font was introduced. 1981 - A colour change was made to the globe - yellow became green. The caption also changed to a double line version (similar to the BBC 2
Station identification is the practice of radio or television stations or networks identifying themselves on air, typically by means of a call sign or brand name (sometimes known, particularly in the United States, as a "sounder" or "stinger", more generally as a station or network ident). Over-the-air (OTA) transmitters may be required by a governmental licensing authority to identify themselves at regular intervals; this requirement can apply to any form of transmission over the radio spectrum by any means, not merely mass-media audio or video broadcasters. Non-OTA broadcasters, such as cable or pay TV networks, may also practice regular identification as a form of branding.
History of the BBC ONE Idents
Since the launch of the channel in 1964, BBC ONE has seen nine different incarnations of the on-screen identity. 1964 - The first ident was a continuation of the BBC-tv ident of 1963. It featured the globe on a white background. The original ident had a BBC-tv logo. This was changed to just BBC when the channel was launched. 1966 - While the BBC 1 ident symbol remained, a "watch-strap" globe was introduced in 1964, showing the globe in the middle of a striped band. In 1968, the channel converted to colour - the globe and BBC 1 logo remained. 1969 - The first colour ident was introduced. A blue and black mechanical globe rotated while a curved mirror placed behind made up the famous image. 1972 - The globe and colour scheme remained the same, but a rounder, italic font was used for the ident introduced in 1972. 1978 - A new blue and yellow globe was introduced. The colour was added using electronics and a new big bold font was introduced. 1981 - A colour change was made to the globe - yellow became green. The caption also changed to a double line version (similar to the BBC 2