Czechoslovak Television

Background

Czechoslovak Television (or ČST) was the state television broadcaster of Czechoslovakia. Founded on May 1, 1953, it was known by three names over its lifetime: Czech: Československá Televize, Slovak: Československá Televízia (until 1990) and Česko-Slovenská Televízia (from 1990 until 1992).

1st (known) logo (Mid-Late 1980s)

Logo: On a cyan background, a brown circle zooms in before turning yellow. It then splits in half in a wavy form (forming the s) and the halves move slightly apart, also stretching the right side of the circle a bit. A television shape draws itself around it with a curve on the top right corner and 2 different lines sticking out from the top right corner, forming the logo. 6 lines, 2 green, 2 red and 3 blue appear from either side of the logo and zoom towards the front/sides of the screen before fading out and reappearing. After that, the textČESKOSLOVENSKÁ

TELEVIZE

in white fade in between the logo.

Variant: Sometimes the logo is still.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A cymbal crash, which segues into a triumphant fanfare.

Availability: Extinct on TV.

Editor's Note: None.