Blue was electronically added to many black and white idents when colour arrived.
Myth Source: Urban myth
Only partially true: most black and white idents were originally white-on-blue or yellow-on-blue (white-on-black overwhelming 405-line cameras due to too much contrast). Many colour idents were simply the monochrome ones viewed as designed for the first time.
The first Thames ident was the skyline ident.
Myth Source: Internet myth
The first ident seen on Thames was the plain ‘Television House’ version. The second ident, used concurrently until the arrival of colour, was the skyline version.
The monochrome version of ATV’s Zoom 2 ident was the inspiration for Central’s first idents.
Myth Source: Internet myth
Nonsense
The ABC triangle was the first ABC ident dating back to 1956.
Myth Source: Internet myth
The ABC shield was the first logo of this company, followed by two variants (in typeface) of the ABC triangle.
In 1969 ATV changed its animation and revamped its jingle for the final time, this arrangement was to stay with ATV until 1981.
Myth Source: Internet myth
There was more than one colour version of the ATV Zoom ident music during the course of the 70s, as well as a black and white version of the ident and music.
