TV3 (Catalonia)

1st Logo (September 11, 1983-1985)

Nicknames : "Waving 3", "TV3", "Striped TV3"



Logo :On a black background, several sky blue lines wipe in in quick succession. Then, 4 orange lines are drawn along the top part of the screen, overlapping the sky blue lines. The lines then contract into a very long 3, waving wildly like a flag. A large dark blue block with a diagonally slanted side then slides into view. When it contracts, it reveals the segmented text "TV", which become solid after a second. 3 yellow lines, this time going through the black lines, slide into view and cut through the text, leaving cuts on them, and flowing into the 3, where it then fills it's gaps to make it resemble the Catalonia flag, also causing it to stop waving. The lines then retract upwards and the black background then fades to a sky blue. Finally, the text "TELEVISIO DE CATALUNYA", sandwiched between 2 lines, revolves around the logo and rests just below the text.

Variants : FX/SFX : The lines wiping in, the logo forming.
 * A version exists where the only the part where the yellow stripes start to flow into the 3.
 * A warp speed version exists.
 * An short version exists, where the logo is already formed. However, it also has a few changes, where the sky blue background is already in place, and the lines and text slide in separately.

Music/Sounds : Starts off with a rising synth, before leading into a bombastic synth fanfare that is repeated multiple times with various beeps and synths throughout it. The fanfare is then repeated in a heavenly choir, before ending with a rising synth.

Availability : Extinct. This was used as both an startup and closedown ident.

Editor's Note :This logo is pretty long, clocking in well over a minute. However, the logo's dated animation is pretty hard to see against the stripes. The short version is much cheaper, with the lines and text sliding in like construction paper.

2nd Logo

(1985-1993)

Nicknames : "TV3 II", "TV3D", "Shapes of the Era"

Logo : On a black background, the same 3 from before, but in 3D and elongated by matching its edge for each part, scrolls up and past the camera, before going to an comfortable angle. The camera then rotates around and the parts retract into position, before passing the camera from below. A grey plate with several translucent shapes and "TV" engraved into it then flies into view. The shapes then shrink and start moving around, as well as the camera. When it starts to leave the plate, the letters rise from the plate and fly off of it, before it leaves the view, as well as the letters a bit later which start thinning. It then cuts to a extreme close-up of the 3, in which the letters fly in and everything comes into place as the background changes into sky blue. The same "TELEVISIO DE CATALUNYA" from before then zooms and flips in under the text, making the same logo as before, but in 3D.

Variants : FX/SFX : Everything done by Animatica.
 * On the original version of Bobobobs, the print logo takes the place of the BRB International logo.
 * An abridged version exists, where the logo starts during the closeup of the 3 and forms in warp speed. Sometimes, "Barcelona, Spain" fades in below.

Music/Sounds : Same as before. The abridged version had the closing theme of the show.

Availability : Same as before. The abridged version was seen on the first season of Dark Justice.

Editor's Note : The large, in-your-face animation, darkness, as well as its length and fanfare can spook quite a few out.

3rd logo (1993-1996)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: Everything.

Music/Sounds: An fast paced yet relaxing orchestra with synth sounds.

Avalibility: Extinct.

Editor's Note: This is a really beautiful logo, though not as good as the next logo.

4th logo:

(1996-1999)

Logo: We see a test pattern forming with blocks and then we see the TV3 logo forming. It then fades out to another TV3 logo, this time in 2d.

FX/SFX: Everything.

Music/Sounds: A peaceful piano tune which ends with synthesizers.

Avalibility: Extinct.

Editor's note: This is one of the greatest tv idents of all time.