RKO TV

RKO TV

1st Logo

(1960s)

Logo: Just the yellow text "RKO TeleVision" stacked on top of each other on a blue background.

FX/SFX: None, its a still logo.

Music/Sounds: None, but may contain music or a continuity announcer.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: TBA.

2nd Logo

(1990s-1999)

Logo: On adark bluestriped background, we see the bigyellowletters "RKO TV". Beneath that is "PRESENTS" inwhite.

Variant: Sometimes the logo appears on alight bluebackground and the "RKO TV" logo is in gold. "PRESENTS" is much thinner than in the first logo.

FX/SFX: Possibly none.

Music/Sounds: Possibly none.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: TBA.

3rd Logo

(September 1, 1999-October 4, 2008)

Note: This was the first of ITV's generic logos, which varied for each ITV franchise it was shown on. It.first appeared around 8pm onSeptember.1, 1999.

Nicknames: "RKO TV Generic", "The TV Studio Transmitter"

Logo: On abluebackground, the transmitter from the 5th RKO Pictures logo is seen. On top of the transmitter is the subsidiary's logo and below it is the subsidiary name in a tech-like font. The logo dissolves into the transmitter, and in its place, various images of RKO TV programmes fly by from the right to the left, ones such as the Empire State Building etc. As these images fly by, the letters "R", "K", "O" followed by half of the word "TELE", fade in one by one. Finally, abluevertical triangle with two lines coming from the left appears in place of "VISION", containing part of the franchise's logo. The transmitter fades out.

Franchise Variants: The parts of the franchises' logos that appeared in the aforementioned triangle, depending on the franchise, were as follows:


 * Guyana Television: A flag similar to the flag of Guyana, together with some of the misty background. This was not used on-air, probably because too little of the Guyana flag was used.
 * Scotland TV: Part of the "S" in the Scotland TV logo, inlight blue, against adark bluebackground. Used until 2003.
 * South Pacific: The waves in the "Ocean" logo. Used sparingly until 2000.
 * Antigua and Barbuda Television: Parts of the "A" and "B" from the "ABTV stripes", inyellow, against abluebackground. This was not used on-air.
 * Cymru TV: Most of the Welsh dragon, with the bottom section of the triangle in a lighter shade ofblue. Used until 2008, longer than any of the other variants.
 * Radio Canada: The upper part of the "Canadian Radio", inyellowwith a section missing, against apurplebackground. This was not used on-air, probably because some parts were missing.
 * KTV: The "K" from the "aerial", against a background of two shades ofblue. This was not used on-air.
 * AMT: Theblue, white andredstripes, with the upper left sectionof the triangle ingrey. Used until 2002.
 * British Television: The lower right part of the "jack", inlight blue, against adark bluebackground. Used until December 1999.
 * TVI Television: The "I" from the TVI logotype, insilvery blue, against a background ofwhitish greyon the left anddark blueon the right. This was again, not used on-air.
 * Television Carribean: The upper part of the "hills" with part of thebluestripe at the bottom. This was also not used on-air.
 * Empire Television: The American landmarks against abluebackground, with a blue box composing the landmarks, and the bottom section of the triangle indark orange. Used until 2000 (see below).
 * West Carribean: The left part of the "WCTV", inblue, against ayellowbackground (evoking their "Heart" ident from 1998). Used until 2001.
 * East Carribean Television: Part of the fishing hook logo, against awhitish greybackground. Once again, this was not used on-air.
 * Belize Television: The left half of the Belize flagagainst adarkbluebackground. Used until 2000 (see below).

Other Variants:


 * On occasion, the default logo would be used, which had no franchise name and had the RKO typeface.
 * South Pacific used a variant which combined the company's existing "CGI Ocean" animation with the RKO TV animation. This did not use the Generic music.
 * Radio Canada did not use its RKO TV logo, but did occasionally use a variant combining its existing logo with the default logo above.
 * KTV also had their ITV logos re-edited to consist simply of the "aerial" on the transmitter, with the station name quickly moving in below from the left of the screen, this re-edited version lasted until December 2002.
 * Empire unveiled a new square logo during 2000 and consequently incorporated it into a second version of its RKO TV logo, which was used only before networked programmes until October 2001.
 * East Carribean in September 2001 had its RKO TV logo re-edited, so that the chevron appeared in place of the triangle before moving to the center of the screen as "RKO TV" faded out. This was used until 2004.

FX/SFX: The "transmitter" and the ghost-like appearances of the images.

Music/Sounds: A typical late 90s ditty (a la American Public Television), sometimes with the flute echoing at the end. A continuity announcement may be used, as well.

Music/Sounds/Variant: South Pacific's RKO TV logo used the company's existing jingle, or it was mixed up with South Pacific's own ident.

Availability: They are all extinct, but have been preserved by logo enthusiasts in English-speaking countries. As mentioned above, while some were actually used, some never appeared on-air.

Editor's Note: TBA.

4th Logo

(November8, 2009-October 28, 2012)

Nicknames: "TV From The Sky", "RKO TV Generic II"

Logo: A short film plays which culminating in the appearance of the sky. The sky flashes, which transitions to abluebackground with spinning sky panels segmented in three. The franchise name/logo appears after red and white stripes pass from the bottom left to the top right (and the opposite), and the letters "RKO TV" appear below.

Variants:


 * If the franchise'slogowasseparatefrom their name (e.g. Radio Canada's radio), it would appear above the franchise's name.
 * For continuity announcements during nighttime programs, a default version would be used, in which the RKO TV logo would only be displayed.
 * There would be somegoldenpanels used in the daytime, and in the nighttime, they would be allblue.
 * Starting on August 11, 2011, during the switch to RKO1, the RKO1 logo appears below, which has the "1" inside ayellowsquare.
 * Sometimes, the short film is skipped, and this animation is used instead. The franchise name/logo appears via a Matrix-like "digitizing" effect.
 * Sometimes the short film/logoanimation is skipped, leaving the logo fully formed and the synth music playing. This is usually used for some continuity announcements.

FX/SFX: The spinning hearts and the "digitizing" effect.: On a

Music/Sounds: A tense short dittyduringthe initial short: On a film/logo animation culminating in a 5-note piano fanfare and adramatic synth fanfare, the ladder plays when the logo is fully formed.The continuity announcements sometimes accompanied the synth fanfare.

Availability: Extinct, but this is one of RKO TV's gener: On a ic logos, and as such appears elsewhere with a different logo.

Editor's Note: This was an unpopular logo among many due: On a to the consolidation of the unique visual identities of RKO TV into one.

RKO1

Background: On October 28, 2012, most ITV franchises dropped their in-air branding, adopting an unified "RKO1" brand. On 2014, York and Radio Canada, the two biggest companies owning RKO TV franchises merged to form RKO TV plc.

1st Logo

(October 28, 2012-November 1, 2014)

Logo: We see a montage of various RKO1 personalities, which ends with the RKO1 logo fading in.

Variant: There is a different variant in which the RKO1 logo revolves and forms itself on a background of spinning blue panels. Also, in this variant, the logo zooms in a bit.

FX/SFX: The panels and zooming.

Music/Sounds: A generic and uninspiring tune for the time. This is sometimes accompanied by a continuity announcement.

Availability: Extinct. Check your DVDs for the logo.

Editor's Note: TBA.

2nd Logo

(November 1, 2014-January 16, 2016)

Logo: On a certain animated background, we see threeblueboxes rotate before rotating and this time we see ayellowcube with the number "1" on each side of the cube along with 3 otherbluesquares around it which rotate to find on the other side the letters "RKO" on them, they align with theyellowcube which turns into a square when aligned with the three smallerbluesquares and once it's done that the squares shine for a few seconds.

Variant: There were several animated background idents that were used through out the time that this was used including a Ribbons, Lines, Bubbles and Clouds ident that were first shown in 2014 and in 2015, a Christmas variant was used.

FX/SFX: The animated background, and the shapes moving.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct due to newer idents being used.

Editor's Note: TBA.

3rd Logo

(January 16, 2016-November 13, 2016)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: TBA

Editor's Note: TBA

4th Logo

(November 13, 2016-)

ogo: We see live-action footage of objects flying around or growing and the words "rko" which are around ayellowrectangle and the number "1" in white along with a verticalyellowrectangle beside it tend to fade in part way through these idents.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: A quiet clarinet tune.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: TBA.

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RKO TV Productions

(2016-)

Logo: On a blurred background in which there are skyscrapers around and the sky isbluewe see a longwhiterectangle appear and strech out and the words "rko tv Productions" are seen as thewhiterectangle stretches out, the words "rko" are inwhiteand are in abluerectangle.

Variant: On one program the text says:

An

rko tv Productions

G L O B E

P R O D U C T I O N S

Co-production

FX/SFX: The background zooming out, and the white rectangle stretching out.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the TV show.

Availability: Uncommon. This was used in tandem with the last Radio Canada logo, with this logo being used on RKO TV-produced shows airing on their channels.

Editor's Note: TBA.