.tv

Background
.tv was a British television channel dedicated to technology that was owned by British Sky Broadcasting. The channel began broadcasting as The Computer Channel and broadcasted at 18:00 to 20:00 on Granada Good Life (later known as Granada Breeze). The broadcasting hours were expanded to midday-midnight when The Computer Channel (later .tv) started broadcasting on BSkyB´s digital satellite platform Sky Digital in 1998. The channel ceased transmissions on 1 September of 2001 because of low audience ratings.

(1996-1998)
TBA

(1998-2001)
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Logo: On a black background, a {{Font color|blue|blue}} light flashes and then transforms into a rotating {{Font color|blue|blue}} globe while digital stuff and lights appear in the background. The logo then fades into a {{Font color|red|red}} digital eye with a metal border on a {{Font color|red|dark red}} background. There´s another fade, and then we see another digital globe (sliced horizontally) which emits {{Font color|blue|blue}} lights. The globe fades out and then another {{Font color|blue|blue}} globe (the color´s a little more darker) appears and the other globes emit from it. The digital stuff/lights disappear and the background changes into a {{Font color|cyan|cyan}} one. "{{Font|Courier|[.tv]}}" and the channel´s URL appears via "blur" effect below the globes.

Variants: Two other idents for the channel's programming blocks have been made.
 * family.tv: We see a kid in a {{Font color|red|red}} shirt and {{Font color|blue|blue}} pants playing a game on a portable game console with his dog in a {{Font color|green|green}} bubble, but the game console explodes into 3 TV tube-like shapes in three colors ({{Font color|blue|blue}}, {{Font color|green|green}} and {{Font color|red|red}}), and the camera pans into a father on a {{Font color|hotpink|pink}} bubble as he looks at the shapes. The dog chases these shapes and the camera pans more, as a person on a transparent {{Font color|green|green}} bubble appears in front of the dog, and the dog jumps, and it meets a girl on a {{Font color|blue|blue}} bubble, which shows the dog a teddy plush. The camera zooms back so we can see all the members of the family. The {{Font color|blue|blue}} bubble is also more bigger than usual. The shapes then move below and form the text "{{Font|Courier|[family.tv]}}", and the shapes return to the kid.
 * internet.tv: TBA

FX/SFX: Not bad animation for 1998.

Music/Sounds: First a take-off sound is heard. Then a funky theme plays, then there´s an ascending sound and a female announcer says "Dot TV".

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * On the family.tv variant, a playful theme is used.
 * On the internet.tv variant, an atmospheric drum & bass theme plays, and a swoosh is heard when the result forms.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: The beginning may surprise a few, but it´s a very nicely done logo.

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