Draft:TV-6 (Russia)

Credits

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Background

TV-6 (formerly known as TV-6 Moscow until 2001) was a Russian TV channel that started to broadcast on January 1st 1993, initially broadcasting on the sixth frequency channel in Moscow. It was Moscow's second independent private terrestrial television channel after 2x2.

A Russian joint-stock company behind the TV station, Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation (MIBC), was established on August 2nd, 1991, and won the competition to be allotted the sixth television channel frequency on November 12th, 1992.

Initially, TV-6 Moscow was conceived as a joint Russian-American commercial partnership, under which Turner Broadcasting System undertook to supply films and news for it, and MIBC — to create the first private TV channel in Russia that would represent the interests of Ted Turner in the regions of the country. MIBC and Turner Broadcasting System signed an agreement to establish the channel during Ted Turner’s visit to Russia in 1992. However, in 1994, the agreement on the creation of a joint Russian-American TV channel was terminated on the initiative of the Russian side, and in June 1994, Turner Broadcasting System withdrew from the founders of TV-6 Moscow.

On April 14th, 2001, NTV was taken over by Gazprom-Media. 350 journalists who disagreed with the new policy began to look for a new home. Boris Berezovsky (who consolidated 75% of TV-6 Moscow after one of the founders of the channel, Eduard Sagalaev, sold 37.5% of his MIBC shares to him in June 1999) offers Yevgeny Kiselyov (one of the founders of NTV) to become the acting CEO of TV-6 Moscow, and the journalists of the old NTV to follow him. On April 26th, the Deputy General Director of TV-6, Alexander Lyubimov, whom Sagalaev appointed CEO of TV-6 Moscow in January 1993, decided to leave his post.

On May 14th, 2001, Yevgeny Kiselyov became the general director of the channel and many employees left the channel. The presenters who left TV-6 were replaced by former NTV employees. In the early days, the new presenters occupied the TNT studio seats, but later they still occupied the TV-6 editorial office. The channel's political position became similar to that on NTV in 2001: the channel stood in opposition to the government, actively criticizing it for the cult of the personality of the president or the war in Chechnya. The staff of the MIBC has greatly expanded: from 500 to 1200 people.

At the end of September 2001, the Lukoil-Garant pension fund, affiliated with Lukoil which owned 15% of the shares of MIBC, started the court battle over bankruptcy which the station lost on January 11th 2002, and was put into liquidation unanimously by 14 judges sitting in the supreme arbitration court, overturning a December 29th, 2001 lower appeal court decision reviving the channel and ordering a new hearing of the bankruptcy application. Two lower arbitration courts had decided against the network last in fall 2001.

On January 15, at a meeting of the TV-6 labor collective, it was decided to establish a new TV company, TV-6 LLC, instead of MIBC. The TV company planned to obtain a new broadcasting license from the Ministry of Printing, but it partially succeeded only in March 2002, when work began on the creation of TVS.

At midnight on January 22, 2002 the Press Ministry pulled TV-6 off the air. The frequency was temporarily filled with programming from the NTV Plus Sports satellite channel.

On April 1, 2002, the employees of MNVC CJSC were transferred to work in the new Sixth TV Channel CJSC, which on March 27 received a tender for broadcasting on the sixth frequency channel as part of the liquidation of TV-6 and the launch of TVS.

TV-6 Moskva

Contents 1st ID (January 1, 1993-September 30, 1994) 2nd ID (October 1, 1994-March 2, 1997) 3rd ID (March 3, 1997-June 7, 1998) 3rd ID (June 8, 1998-October 3, 1999) 5th ID (October 4, 1999-March 5, 2000) 6th ID (March 6, 2000-September 2, 2001)

TV-6

Contents   ID (December 3, 2001-January 21, 2002)

TV-6 Moskva

1st ID (January 1, 1993-September 30, 1994)

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Visuals:

• On a black-blue-white gradient background, two banner stripes in the styles of the Russian and U.S. flags respectively, wrap themselves over. The two rows of the text, "TV6" and "МОСКВА" respectively fade in their places as it expands and slowly rotate into a different angle counterclockwise.
• On a black background is a slowly-rotating waving scattered-like Russian flag with a slightly lighter shade panning slightly into view. A moderate row of masked rectangular stripes that contain a still image of a skyline (presumably Atlanta) at morning slides in from the left, followed by the flag crossfading into the U.S. flag, before crossfading back to said flag, with the masked rectangular stripes showing up again at a contrary direction, showing a still image of the Saint Basil's Cathedral at night. The diagonal half of the U.S. flag crossfades and blends in with the Russian flag, before subsequently transitioning twice. Whilst this happens, five transparent lavender stripes appear as they slide from the corresponding direction, in which form the text "TV6" (with the bottom having a cut-out section of segmented stripes) that fades earlier before the stripes we're revealed. Lavender rays emit from said text before dissipating. The text slowly pans to the corresponding angle, while "МОСКВА" (set in the ITC Eras Bold typeface) then zooms back from the screen while angled upwards. It then rotates into the corresponding angle, settling underneath said text.
• On a black background, the lavender rays from said text slides in from the bottom-right onto the upper-left corners. Whilst it passes upon the corners, the faint waving U.S. flag fades in the background, before transitioning to the Russian flag. The two faint rows of the text, "TV6" and "МОСКВА" respectively fade in shifted closer from the screen before backing out.

Technique: CGI animation by Render Club.

Audio:

• A short triumphant fanfare.
• A trumpet/violin-infused fanfare that was used in TNT's opening ceremony.
• A moderate-sounding brief violin-infused theme with trumpets involved, used in TNT's first logo.

2nd ID (October 1, 1994-March 2, 1997)

Visuals: Set against a gold-tinted environment full of subsequent sliding glass panes, the "ТВ6" text, now in a Cyrillic form and the first two letters blended in together (as well as the cut-out section being absent), is shown with a black-blue radial gradient banner with the spaced out "МОСКВА" under it.

Variant: A more common short version of the ident exists during programming.

Technique: CGI animation by Dmitry Venikov.

Audio: The same two variants of the previous logo, which were used by TNT on their first broadcast year.

3rd ID (March 3, 1997-June 7, 1998)

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Visuals: Unknown

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: Unknown

4th ID (June 8, 1998-October 3, 1999)

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Visuals: Unknown

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: Unknown

5th ID (October 4, 1999-March 5, 2000)

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Visuals: Over a white flag backgrop that moves in slo-mo, a group of thirty red rings (six in five rows) that contain pictograms used to indicate the genre of a particular program wipe horizontally. Then, the screen cuts to a single ring, now in blue, that rapidly changes its pictogram before a thin blue horizontal line is shown sliding downwards, wiping out the red "ТВ6" text with four blue circles below it that contain digits of a white, stretched-out number "2000". The line then slides upwards so that the logo would disappear and an another line slides in to form one of the pictograms, and a much smaller version of the logo wipes in below.

Pictograms:

• Sign-On/Promos: A bar with the play symbol.
• Ad Break: A bar with the pause symbol.
• Production logo, archive of programs, and the theater programs: The applauding hands, the latter of which is outlined.
• News, analytics, socio-political programs and socially significant broadcasts: Three stick figures holding hands.
• Humor on the channel, morning/afternoon infotainment programs, entertainment shows, educational programs, comedy films and TV series: A smiley face.
• Sign-Off: A minus symbol.
• Criminal: A skull with crossbones.
• Music or music movies: Headphones and CD.
• Adventure series and movies: Compass and map.
• TV-6 Cinema: A cut-out of a movie projector compressed into a circle.
• Action-packed movies, detective stories and action films: Makarov pistol, grenade and knife.
• Documentaries, action-packed series and dramatic films: A face mask that reacts to needles or a bomb on the left.
• Romantic talk shows, melodramatic series and movies: Two hearts, the latter of which is outlined.
• Cooking shows: Strawberry.
• Cartoon or children's movies: Goldfish wearing a crown.
• Political talk show or TV game: Victoria sign with two fingers on the hand.
• Sports: Tennis racket.
• Women's talk shows: The sign of Venus.
• Extreme shows: Kettlebells.
• Travel or geographical programs: Compass with magnetic arrow.
• Erotic programs: A pendant with the image of a heart.
• Shows about the stars, social life or concerts: A few star shapes, half of which is outlined.
• Erotic films: Crossed signs of two sexes (Mars+Venus).
• An author's analytical program, a New Year's address to the people of the Russian Federation or a political advertisement: A drawing of the Kremlin Tower with a flag.
• Short news releases, weather forecast, commercial programs, a program about the Internet or special projects: The fast forward symbol.
• Animal shows: Paw print.
• Interregional ad break and program schedules: A spherical grid with the map of Russia.
• Telemarketing: A sign with a basket.

Variants:

• A short version simply starts with the logo wiping in.
• A winter-themed variant has the background a light blue tint with icy patterns and shining sparkles. Also, instead of the logo wiping in, a red number "6" zooms in (a la the 1987 M6 ident) and fades out as a blue pictogram, contained within a counter of the said number, fades in and settles still as the TV-6 2000 logo wipes in below. During New Year, a pictogram at the end is decorated with wreaths with golden pine cones and dark blue balls.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: There are four variations about an excerpt of a library music by Abaco Music Library for this ident: "Science Update", "Consensus", "Blowout" and "Net Navigator".

6th ID (March 6, 2000-September 2, 2001)

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• March 6-April 30, 2000: Over a purple aurora background is a close-up shot of the "ТВ6" text from before, now in a golden CGI form, sliding to the left, with white rays emitting through it. It then cuts to a pictogram from before, in the same CGI form, slowly turning to the front, and the shot with the TV-6 logo replays before the same pictogram reappearing zooming out.
• May 1, 2000-September 2, 2001: Almost same as above, but the first shot also has a plum italic text of URL of the time ("www.pokoleniye.tv6.ru") sliding at the front of the logo as well as a lens flare being added atop. The second shot has three boxes of footages in a vertical row over the same aurora background, two of them which have a panning shot of the logo from a bottom view, while the central one has a pictogram moving in the same angle. A golden lens flare also shines at the bottom-left. The third and final shot has the said lens flare shining at the upper-right corner, revealing a pictogram. The background throughout the whole ident also has a group of multiple transparent texts of transcripts sliding upwards.
  • On September 4, 2000, Sign-On and Sing-Off idents, ad break and promo bumpers received an update: There are two golden striped rings surrounded by moving plum pictograms (or copies of the word "РЕКЛАМА" for the ad break; names of Russian cities for the interregional ad break), as well as a glassy, larger ring below, with a lens flare flying around near the bottom-right. As the camera turns to the bottom and the lens flare moves to the left dying out, a golden pictogram pans downwards and settles still at the center, while rings with other pitcograms fade away and a golden lens flare shines at the upper-right corner.

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: Shortened versions of music themes from the 1997-1999 idents.

TV-6

ID (December 3, 2001-January 21, 2002)

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Visuals: Starting on a black background, there are several white forming lines that emit blue rays of light. As the camera zooms out, they form three rotating wire cubes, then when they settle in one row, multiple orange glowing bars start to appear on their several faces. As the darkness in the background fades out, revealing multiple, slowly moving, translucent, geometric and segmented bars with outlines in a gradient background, along with a translucent chequered pattern of circles that slowly move on the left side of the screen, light rays from cubes died out; and the cubes themselves settle still one-by-one to face to the front (at an angle that makes them resemble hexagon shapes), revealing that the glowing bars formed geometric, hexagon-shaped letters "ТВ6". Then a lens flare flash occured, causing the FF OCR-F text "вы смотрите" to appear at the front of the logo as two more bars of the gradient background, albeit in the opposite direction, slide in above and below the logo respectively. The logo turns transparent as two bars slowed down and the text spaces out slightly.

Background Colors:

• Daytime: Light/dark orange-yellow.
• Nighttime: Blue-violet/indigo.
• Prototype: Teal/sky blue.

Technique: 2D CGI animation by Teleatelie.

Audio: Composed by Sergey Pedchenko, it starts off with a loud whoosh that segues to an airy new-age synth chord. Followed by a short series of five drum beats, accompanied by a sixteen-note techno arpeggio that repeats twice and ends with the same series of five drum beats and electronic airy sounds.

Audio Variant: The prototype version has two other music variations:

• A synth drone that's backed up by wind-blowing sounds, whooshes and multiple lazer zap sounds accompayning actions.
• Five electronic drum beats that build up to a proud eight-note jingle consisting of orchestral hits in various keys (D-D-A-A-G-A-D-D), with pauses after the first and seventh notes; accompanied by multiple lazer zap and sparkling sounds. The music can be heard here.

TV-6 (Russia)

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