Nebraska Public Media: Difference between revisions

Nebraska Public Media is the statewide network of [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] and NPR affiliates in Nebraska. It was previously known as Nebraska ETV until 2004 and as Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET) from 2004 to May 15, 2021. In 1976, Nebraska Public Media (then Nebraska ETV) was infamously involved in a dispute with [[NBC National IDs|NBC]] regarding their trapezoid "N" logo introduced in 1976, which was identical to Nebraska ETV's logo except for the coloring.<ref>https://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-of-nbcs-great-blunders.html One of NBC's Great Blunders</ref> The dispute ended out of court with NBC giving Nebraska ETV between $25,000 and $60,000 to keep the logo and for ETV to design a new one; even so, the fact of the matter is that much more comical due to the original Nebraska ETV logo only costing $100 to design.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/07/19/at-nbc-alls-well-that-ns-well/e949b47a-55b1-4b55-8869-a30f51fc3964/</ref>

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* Version 1 (August 10, 1980-August 15, 1983): On a black background, a stylized, {{color|red|red}}, lower case "{{color|red|'''n'''}}" zooms in from the center and stops in the left center of the screen. "A PRODUCTION OF" fades in at the top right corner of the screen, just as the "{{color|red|'''n'''}}" comes to a stop. "THE NEBRASKA ETV NETWORK" wipes in below, line-by-line.

* Version 2 (July 2, 1984-July 11, 1986): On a black background, the same stylized "{{color|red|'''n'''}}" (darker and flickering this time) zooms in from the center, taking a curved "rollercoaster" path, leaving a choppy trail behind it (''a la'' the 1978 [[Telepictures Productions|Telepictures]] logo). As it comes to a stop, "'''A PRODUCTION OF'''", this time in a bold, centered font with {{color|firebrick|dark red}} shadows, spreads out from a single point on the right side of the screen to take the same place as before. "'''THE NEBRASKA ETV NETWORK'''" (in the same font) moves into place, again splitting apart from a single off-screen point.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, the same "{{color|sienna|'''n'''}}" from the previous logo, now colored{{color|sienna|dark bronze}} with bevels and still shines, as well as a soft spotlight on the bottom, flips up just below the middle of the screen. The text "'''THE NEBRASKA ETV NETWORK'''", in white with a {{color|chocolate|pale brown}} shadow similar to the first [[Embassy Home Entertainment]] logo, fades in below.

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'''Logo:''' On a time-lapse cloud background, the same {{color|sienna|bronze}} "{{color|sienna|'''n'''}}" from the previous logo, but brighter, swings in from the left and plasters itself against the background. As it moves into its final position, the text "{{color|mediumslateblue|'''''NEBRASKA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION NETWORK'''''}}" fades in below in {{color|mediumslateblue|lilac}} with a black drop shadow, similar to the 2nd logo.

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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|blue|blue}} marble background, 2 {{color|red|red}} streaks (one straight and coming from the bottom, while the other is diagonal and is coming from the top) fly in, along with 2 {{color|steelblue|bluish gray}} streaks, each coming from the left and right sides of the screen, respectively, and also being stacked on top of each other. When the streaks settle, the {{color|red|red}} streaks turn into the familiar "{{color|sienna|'''n'''}}" logo from the previous logos, the top {{color|steelblue|bluish gray}} streaks turn into "{{color|steelblue|'''NEBRASKA'''}}", and the bottom turns into "{{color|steelblue|'''ETV NETWORK'''}}". In the background while this happens, 2 clusters of dots run across the top of the screen and the right side, crossing each other when they first fly in, and 2 {{color|red|red}} lines streak along the bottom, delayed for a bit.

* Extension: On some programs, the name fades away after one second, and 3 {{color|steelblue|bluish gray}} lines fly in to wipe in "{{color|steelblue|'''NEBRASKANS'''}}", "{{color|steelblue|'''FOR PUBLIC'''}}", and "{{color|steelblue|'''TELEVISION'''}}" one by one, all stacked on each other. The background animations happen again as well.

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'''Logo:''' The logo, consisting of three {{color|gray}} boxes with the letters "net" in each box and "Television" below, zooms out and flips upwards to face the screen. The bottom third of the left box is {{color|red}}, separated by a white curved, the "n" being in the red part. As the logo places itself, a light wipes through the logo before fading out.

'''Technique:''' CGI animation

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'''Logo:''' We see a comet fly and hit a black background, making it brighten up, thus revealing a rotating sky. We see a square with a curve and an "{{Font|Courier|'''n'''}}" below trail out where the comet hit. Once it solidifies, the area above the curve is {{color

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|red|red}}. Another square containing an "e" does the same thing, but is completely {{color

|gray|gray}}, without the curve. At that point, we see the sky warp and change to a slightly different one and then into sunset. Another square containing a "t" trails out. The letters "Television" join together with an {{color

|orange|orange}} trail which disappears. At that moment, the sky turns {{color

|darkblue|dark blue}}, and at the end, stars flash.

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