Draft:First Channel Clock

Background
First Channel is the second oldest Russian TV channel, (after Fifth Channel) which started broadcasting in 1951 as First Program of Central Television USSR. After the collapse of the USSR, First Program was changed on First Channel of Ostankino, which lasted until 1995. ORT (Obshestvennoe Rossiyskoe Televidenie) started broadcasting on April 1st, 1995, and changed name to Perviy Kanal (First Channel) in 2002.

1st ID (1st April, 1995-30th September, 1996)
ID: On a blue background, we see a white clock.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Variant: Sometimes clocks stays for over 1 minute.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: No longer current. Was seen before news programs of the channel, such as Time and News.

2nd ID (1996-2000)
ID: We again see a white clock, the background this time is what seems to be a blue-ish blurry collage of footage of Russia and Russian media

Technique: CGI.

Variant: A winter themed version.

Music/Sounds: Two versions exists


 * Normal version: collage of various Russian media
 * Winter version: collage of various Russian winter media
 * sometimes there would be no audio.

Availability: No longer current. Was again shown before "News" and "Vremya"

3rd ID (2000-2011)
ID: On the cloudy sky background, we see the digital-like clock with seconds at the bottom and countdown on the top. The background changing one-by-one, with clock staying.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Two variants exist, both of them ending with countdown beeps: Trivia:
 * Morning version (appeared in 2000): An energetic downtempo electronic rock music.
 * Evening version (only variant until 2000): The tick-tock sound with dreamy synth at the beginning, with a weird, pulsating drum-loop (the "Tension 1" drum loop) joining in at the 15 second mark, changing into the music with same dreamy synth.


 * Two variants of the music are composed by Sergey Chekryzhov using Spectrasonics' Distorted Reality 2 sample CD.
 * The cloud footage came from a video pack by "Artbeats" from "Sky Effects"

Availability: No longer current, but still easy to find. Seen on many News and Time broadcasts at the era. Also appeared at many technical difficulties with UEIT (УЭИТ) following, followed again by clock at the end.

4th ID (2011-Today)


ID: It's brightened and enhanced version of previous ID, and in widescreen and 4:3.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous ident.

Availability: Current. Was seen on newer News and Time broadcasts, especially the Good Morning program airings.