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'''Music/Sounds:''' A triumphant fanfare, culminating in a grand, sweeping version of the "Still the One" jingle.

'''Logo:''' We zoom into a line of the words "channel nine" repeating with two bars above and below as well as red- and blue-colored flames on the left and right sides, respectively. as we zoom into a small sphere and a larger sphere appearing between the bars and over the letter "e" in "channel". The spheres rotate and the smaller one is revealed to be surrounded by a Saturn-esque ring, as we continue to zoom in through more concentric spheres before a cubic version of 9's famous dots appears, rotating throughout. We zoom through the dots to reveal the 9 logo on a red and blue background with stylized sparks emerging either side of it and the words "channel nine" both above and below it.

*An alternative version exists, which uses orange and aqua blue colors for the flames and background instead.

*One variant has the URL "ninemsn.com.au" below the logo in the place of the "channel nine" text.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic, building fanfare leading into the tail end of the previous ident's music. Two versions exist, each with a different-sounding intro.

'''Logo:''' We zoom through a fire red background filled with gold spheres. We zoom into one of the dots, which opens to reveal "2000" with three CGI spheres as the zeroes. We zoom through one of the zeroes as nine more spheres fly past us to form the iconic dots as the nine logo is revealed in an updated version of the previous ident's background with numerous 2000's in a horizontal line repeating in the background. The "still the one" slogan appears below.

*In some airings, either the tagline "new millennium television" or the ninemsn.com.au URL replace the slogan below the logo.

*In Adelaide, the slogan reads "spirit of south australia".

* '''"News":''' The nine dots appear in the middle of the screen before more dots appear spreading horizontally across the screen, then vertically in strands, eventually filling the screen with strands of dots animating in a Matrix-esque manner and forming a city landscape, before a swoosh appears, revealing the 9 logo on the bottom right of the screen with a yellow rectangle on the left and the "still the one" slogan on the right as well as a white rectangle. A world map appears above the logo along with pulsating circles in a polar field shape.

*'''"Lifestyle:"''' We see a silhouette of a woman dancing with Chinese fans through a kaleidoscope effect. Eventually, two rectangles appear and split apart to reveal the 9 logo.

*'''"Urban:"''' A gold-clad woman is shown through various kaleidoscope effects. The 9 dots then appear and move to the side as the rest of the logo and the slogan appears.  As the center of the background turns white at the end, the logo and the text turn black.

*'''"Sport:"''' The nine dots briefly flash before cutting to various shots of people playing sports, ending with the 9 logo on a black background with a faint white light below.

*'''"Entertainment:"''' We see various angles of a woman dancing with a shining shroud against a background of CGI light streaks. The logo animates in in the same manner as in "Urban".

 

'''Variant:''' Sometimes the ninemsn URL will appear in place of the slogan.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Each ident has its own musical score; all idents (except Sport) end with the iconic "still the one" jingle.

*'''"News":''' A rousing string orchestration with various computer sounds related to the animation.

*'''"Urban:"''' A jungle-type breakbeat.

 

'''Availability:''' See the previous logo. "News" was the main ident and is the easiest to find. The "Lifestyle" ID has cropped up on YouTube, though the others are much harder to find.

'''Logo:''' We fly around inside the 9 before flying out of the side towards one of the nine dots. We then zoom out rapidly to reveal the 9 logo on a white background with the ninemsn URL below.

*The ident would be a different colour every day of the week: Dark Blue (Monday), Violet (Tuesday), Orange (Wednesday), Light Blue (Thursday), Green (Friday), Yellow (Saturday), and Red (Sunday).

*Several themed idents for select programmes were produced using this design.

*Sometimes, there would be no URL below. In other instances, the "still the one" slogan appears instead.

 

'''FX/SFX:''' CGI.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A calm beat leading into a modern version of the "still the one" jingle.

'''Logo:''' An updated version of the previous IDs. We see the inside of the nine logo again, but this time, the words "STILL", "THE", and "ONE" appear one by one in white as we transition to different "walls" in the logo before flipping out to the nine logo appearing on a white background.

'''Logo:''' On a warehouse-like background, we see two panels at a diagonal angle facing inwards and the new 9 logo, a white 9 (an updated version of the original logo's 9) in a blue box, in the middle.

*Initially, a cloud background was used instead of the "warehouse".

'''Editor's Note:''' This rebrand was received very poorly due to it's abandonment of the 9 dots and the apparent cheapness of its associated on-air graphics, which were said to resemble a PowerPoint presentation.

'''Later Variant:''' Beginning May 2007, the nine dots appears on opposite sides of the box, alternating with the 9 numeral.

'''FX/SFX:''' CGI and live action. A generic version of this ident only uses CGI.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An intense score ending with a four-note jingle, which varies according to each variant.

File:Dbd5c7d10e768ec47ee0a7e2a49a8b12dd42c2c4.png|dotless variant used on STW-9 in Perth and NWS-9 in Adelaide, which were under separate ownership to the rest of the network.

'''Logo:'''  On a sky background, we see a translucent rendering of the new slogan,  "we heart (the heart being an actual heart symbol) TV" as a series of CGI discs, representing the nine dots, fly around it. The slogan rotates and turns into the 9 from the previous logo as the dots settle into place next to it to form an updated version of the classic 9 logo.

'''Variants:''' A long version of the ident exists, in which various shots of the flying dots are seen before cutting to the slogan.

'''FX/SFX:''' CGI animation.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The new network song, a modified cover of "Smile" by The Supernaturals.

'''Logo:''' We see a green dot zoom out and explode into many dots. This leads to a cascade of other dot "explosions". The explosions rotate, changing colour with each turn from greens and yellows to pinks and purples to blues and whites. Finally, we see 9 of the dots rotate in to fill about half the frame. The word "Choose" appears in one of the dots, next to which the Nine logo appears.

'''Logo:''' We see a blue structure from various angles, as streaks of light pass through the logo. We pan through one of the walls to reveal that the structure is actually the Nine logo. We then see the logo from various close-up angles before cutting to the front as the logo zooms into place and the new slogan, "Welcome Home", writes itself in in a cursive font.

'''Editor's Note:''' This ident marks the return of the classic Nine jingle, as well as pays homage to the 3D styling of the 2002 idents.

'''Logo:''' We see various shots of a "swoosh" passing the frame in various colours, sometimes weaving around spheres in the same colour as the swoosh and the background. The colours are as follows: blue, red, green, purple, yellow, green. Eventually we cut to a shot of the swoosh moving up the left side of the frame as the Nine logo appears on the right with "Welcome Home" below it. As this happens, the colour changes three more times from purple to yellow to blue.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An upbeat tune with vocals, leading into the "Still the One" jingle.

'''Availability:''' Extinct. While elements of this branding are still in use, albeit in a slightly updated form, the ident itself is no longer used.