Meridian Television was the holder of the ITV franchise in the South East of England. The station was launched on January 1, 1993, replacing TVS. Originally as a consortium between SelecTV, Mills & Allen International and Central, it became part of United News & Media in 1996 when MAI was sold off. It was sold to Granada in July 2000, which later renamed it ITV Meridian in 2002, and in 2004, it became an in-name-only unit of ITV.
Visuals: An explosion of light occurs and we see blue and yellow-orange colors radiating from the screen. Two rows of crystalline sun rays revolve into place, forming an abstract sun and moon combination with a face (yellow with a purple eye and red-orange rays on the left side, and purple with a yellow eye on the right side). The background is then divided into yellow on the left and blue on the right. "MERIDIAN", in purple, appears at the bottom.
Variants:
Technique: CGI.
Audio: An uplifting fanfare with a four-note horn sounder, which faded out once the logo had fully formed up and the "STEREO/888" text appeared.
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Visuals: On a moving pink and purple striped background, there is a purple bubble with yellow dust particles following suit. Both objects form the usual Meridian sun/moon logo with the "MERIDIAN" text below in white.
Variants:
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A remix of the Meridian fanfare from before with electronic beeping. Like the previous logo, the remix is composed by David Dundas.
Audio Trivia: This remix, and a few other versions could also be spotted on Logos, Links & Stings - Part 1, and Logos, Links & Stings - Part 2, under their tracknames "TV Ident 15" and "Daytime TV 26".
Audio Variants:
Visuals: Over a bright yellow/orange background is the Meridian sun/moon logo rotating into place from the left side of the screen. The words "MERIDIAN" fade in at the bottom right.
Variants:
Technique: CGI. In this occasion, the symbol's "face" is slightly out of proportion.
Audio: Same as the the previous ID.
See ITV.
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