Nine Network: Difference between revisions

=== Background ===  

The '''Nine Network''' (commonly known as '''Channel Nine''' or simply '''Nine''') is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network, founded in 1956 as the '''National Television Network''', becoming known as the Nine Network in the late 1960s. Nine adopted their famous "dots" logo in 1970. In 1975, Nine Network along with all other Australian TV channels switched to full time colour broadcasts. The Nine Network is one of three main free-to-air commercial networks in Australia, the others being [[Seven Network National IDs (Australia)|Seven]] and [[Network 10 National IDs (Australia)|Ten]].

*Humphrey B. Bear, Channel 9's iconic and long-standing children's' character/mascot does the shuffle in front of a real bear at a zoo.

'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' There is also a variant where the trumpet tune is more of a fanfare. The announcer here explains the transmitter info.

* '''Variant #3:''' A third variant apparently involves a larger green dot with a face juggling the 9 dots. The only evidence of this variant is a brief clip appearing in a [https://youtu.be/ggSAO-Ijlxg?t=1 "Still the One" promo from 2003].

'''Music/Sounds:''' The same trumpet fanfare as before, but with added vocals in the background. The first variant had a fluctuating synth sound playing over the tune, while the 2nd variant had cartoonish sound effects added.

'''Logo:''' We zoom across white buildings on a yellow-orange grid map of Australia in a space background. We then zoom out to see the full map to then see the words "STILL THE ONE" in a yellow golden font. The text zooms in as the Channel Nine logomark appears.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestrated fanfare ending with three notes (likely to represent the Still the One slogan)

'''Logo:''' On a space background, lines form a similar grid map of Australia to the previous one in blue. We then pan across the buildings (again) on the blue grid map in first person view. The camera then pans upwards and the words "STILL THE ONE!" appear by glowing in blue. The Channel Nine number then appears in the same way.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A fast paced, upbeat fanfare.

'''Logo:''' A similar concept to the 8th logo, only this time done with full 3D animation and with the "Still the One" slogan floating past in 3D at the beginning as opposed to showing up at the end. The final logo is shinier and in a lighter blue than the previous logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the 8th logo, albeit slightly enhanced.

'''Technique:''' CGI animation.

'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' During the first month or so of this ID's use, the theme was arranged slightly differently.

'''Legacy:''' This ident is heavily associated with one particular incident where a special called ''Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos'' was pulled off air mid-broadcast at the demand of the station's then-owner Kerry Packer who famously made an irate phone call to the station upon seeing the special on a TV at a dinner he was attending, ordering them to "Get that s**t off the air!" in those precise words. The clip of this ident appearing immediately after the show was pulled with a "technical difficulties" announcement delivered over it leading into a rerun of ''Cheers'' is one of the most infamous moments in Australian television history.

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*Also in 1996, a variant celebrating 40 years of Australian television was used.

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

There are station-specific variants with the city name listed below the logo, though oddly, the Brisbane variant has "Queensland" instead of the city name below it.

'''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.

'''Variants:'''

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* '''"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.

'''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.

* When NWS-9 marked its 45th anniversary, the ident would end with the 9 logo to the right and the words "Still The One" in large 3D letters to the left. "Celebrating 45 years" would appear above in a fancy script font and "1st in South Australia" would appear below.

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

'''Variant:''' On NWS-9 in Adelaide, "ADELAIDE'S NUMBER 1" fades in below the logo as the animation finishes.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A redone version of the previous theme.

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'''Variants:'''  

*For Adelaide and Perth, the nine dots are removed, due to affiliation disagreements of WIN ownership in mid-2007.  

'''Music/Sounds:''' An upbeat tune with male singers vocalising throughout then singing what sounds like "smile" at the end.

'''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.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A grand, rising orchestration leading into the classic "Still the One" jingle.

'''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.

'''Legacy:''' This is Nine's final regular ident to date. As of 2017, only holiday-themed idents are used as well as some made for special occasions and significant events (such as the COVID-19 pandemic).

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