Eesti Televisioon

Credits

Descriptions by
Grimagikoopa

Compiled by
Grimagikoopa

Video captures courtesy of
ZXCii

Background

Eesti Televisioon is an Estonian free-to-air public broadcasting television channel originally launched on 19th July 1955. It is the first and main television channel in Estonia.

1st ID (1992-1995)

Visuals: On a clear late evening backdrop, there is a silhouette of a large deciduous tree. The tree's leaves move around a bit before the tree suddenly begins to morph into a spinning reflective model of ETV's symbol (a sphere with 9 lines going through it) with layered text below it reading "ETV". The model is tilted at a °5 angle and its reflection is that of the tree that it morphed into, and it continues to spin throughout the logo.

Technique: Raytraced CGI.

Audio: A melancholic, gentle synth horn tune with a bright finish.

2nd Logo (1996-2000)

• 
  Regular ident
• 
  Christmas 1998 variant

Visuals: On a blue grid background with small pinholes on it, a black square containing a cyan lighthouse and a spinning metal square with white light beams shooting out of it engraved with an abstract eye symbol zooms slowly towards the camera. One of the light rays hits the camera, causing a short but bright flash. As the flash dissapitates, a glass version of the ETV logo at the time (a remake of its 1965 logo) can be seen.

Variants:

• There is also a variant used for Christmas 1998; On a dark blue background with an ocean and cyan mist visible, we see the full visible lighthouse from the 1996 ident, this time in more realistic colours (brown and grey instead of entirely cyan). The spinning cube is also tilted and spins a lot slower than before, and its light beams are blue instead of white. There is also snow visible. The camera slowly zooms into the lighthouse before the ETV logo appears as a negative colour overlay, while the camera blurs and fully zooms into the ligthouse.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A soft but majestic orchestra theme with bells, with flute also being able to be heard in the background at one point, and a soft "gong" sound effect for when the ETV symbol appears. For the Christmas 1998 variant, a more synth-based, solemn sounding version of the regular variant's mnenomic can be heard at first. This rises into a Christmas-like bell tune after it repeats twice, before eventually transforming into two long, drawn out, melancholic sounding synth horns when the ETV logo appears.

Availability: Extinct, and can be found on Estonian VHS tapes from the late 1990s. The Christmas 1998 variant is found on a program called "Jäljed tähetolmus" (Footprints in the Stardust).