Random TV History

That Ten logo was unique. It’s a logo of it’s time but I’m curious about who came up with the concept.

Seeing it as a child, I didn’t really think much about it. But looking it it now it makes me think there was probably some thought behind it. X is the Roman numeral for 10 and that the circumference is in fact made up of ten stylised Xes.

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Off the back of @Didz awesome find capturing the first moments of Seven’s Mk.1 ‘Ribbon’ logo, I’ve managed to find a recording of its neering demise. From the evening of Saturday the 13th of September 2003, (and the early hours of Sunday the 14th), there are some telling signs it’s on the outs!

Considering the amount of screen grabs I decided to take (I’m not usually this thorough), I’ve left them in their respective Presentation and News threads.

On-Air Presentation

News

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Found these on Flemishdog’s Twitter account.
A Network 0-28 ID from January 1985.

https://x.com/FlemishDog/status/1890334664608403890

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Prior to changing name to SBS and opening in Brisbane, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Newcastle and Wollongong.

Really liked this ident

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incidentally, Tom’s Expert Subject on Hard Quiz last week was SBS.

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Blue Heelers’ Police Station for sale

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And here’s the video.

https://x.com/FlemishDog/status/1890667131856933134

Nice use of early computer animation there, especially with the Network 0-28 text.

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Funny that the song mentions Hobart, seeing as how Network 0-28 wasn’t broadcasting there.

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Bryant Gumbel and “Today” covers the 1986 Russell Street bombing.
As with HWT down at 44 (the address is now “46” in 2025 for reasons unknown) Flinders St, that building in this screenshot is technically still there and technically heritage listed - but it’s “facadism” - only the outside shell and nothing that might have been a heritage valuable internal feature… :rage:

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Any ideas which channel this is from? Likely recorded in the ACT


TVQ-0 Brisbane, knowing the quality of the picture it is likely recorded in SEQ. The only way that TVQ-0 would had been received in the ACT is during an E-Skip opening.

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Now seeing an ad for Suncorp, so probably is TVQ-0.

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Blu-ray and 4K releases of Thunderbirds, Space: 1999 and Captain Scarlet will be available from later this year.

Definitely TVQ-0 Brisbane. There’s no denying it.

The special Retro - Ten Years Of SBS Television, broadcast on 24 October 1990, is now on YouTube. Includes footage and programs from the early test broadcasts…

YouTube: TapedMostlyByAccident

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Displaying a call sign in 1999. Is there a time when they stopped any form of call sign use in broadcasting? I guess digital TV would have changed things.

TEN-10 Sydney kept it up for a while.

NBN and WIN Southern NSW did it as well. In fact WIN Southern NSW is still doing it. :wink: