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UTV had another revamp to coincide with c-day on Saturday 1st July 2000. This was they day when all advertisements on some digital channels would start being broadcast in 16:9 widescreen. The ITV companies all use widescreen idents now, and UTV is no exception. On digital terrestial TV you can see the UTV idents in all their 16:9 glory. There are only four at present, and they will all appear here shortly. Here is one of them:
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This is the new endcap for UTV trailers. The shortlived UTV logo which had been superimposed on the trailers themselves has vanished, unlike the [itv] logo on the generic trailers, which now appears within the 4:3 cut-out of the 16:9 frame.
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The old break bumper was retained for a short time, cropped to 14:9. It appeared with horizontal black bars on analogue and vertical ones on digital:
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This has been replaced with a new one which will appear here shortly.
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