Draft:Network 10

This page shows IDs used on the national network. For idents station-specific IDs, see Network 10 Local IDs (Australia).

Background

Network 10 is one of Australia's three commercial television networks. Launched in 1964 on ATV-0 in Melbourne and TEN-10 in Sydney, the network was first known as the Independent Television System then as the 0/10 network, in reference to the channel numbers of its first two stations. By 1988, ATV-0 had moved frequencies to channel 10, aligning itself with the rest of the network, which was rebranded as Network Ten. The network was and still is aimed more at a younger demographic than the other commercial networks, embracing the swinging sixties at launch and becoming renowned for its teen-oriented programming, such as Cheez-TV in the 1990s. In the 2000s, the network reached its peak with reality shows such as Australian Idol, The Biggest Loser and later Masterchef Australia bringing ratings success, though by the late 2010s, this success had faded and in June 2017 the network went into administration, before being bought out by ViacomCBS in October that year. Following the buyout, the company was restyled as "Network 10", replacing the word with a numeral, and an entirely new logo was introduced for the first time in 27 years.

Network Ten

2nd Logo (1983-1984)

The video on the left depicts the standard variant, while the right video depicts the Melbourne/Adelaide variant

Nickname: "Ten out of Ten Australia"

Logo: TBA

Variant: A variant with a different logo was used on ATV-10 in Melbourne, after it changed frequencies and briefly on SAS-10, Adelaide in 1984.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (1985-1989)

Nickname: "Ten out of Ten Australia II" "Australia Squares"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (1988-1989)

Logo: TBA

Variant: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Ten TV Australia

5th Logo (1989-1991)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Network Ten (Second Era)

6th Logo (1991-1994)

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

7th Logo (1995-1996)

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Nicknames: "Give Me Ten!"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

8th Logo (1997-1998)

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Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

9th Logo (Early 1999)

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Ident starts at 0:15.

Nickname: "Picture Frame

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

10th Logo (1999-2000)

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  Christmas 2000

Nicknames: "Light Streaks"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

11th Logo (2001-2002)

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Nicknames: "Seriously"

Logo: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: The "Seriously" slogan introduced in this ident would last the next 17 years and would be heavily associated with their "Golden era" from the early 2000s to the early 2010s.

12th Logo (2002-2006)

Nicknames: "Seriously II" "Camera Touch"

Logo: Stars of various Ten shows, both locally produced and imported, interact with the camera on a white background in monochrome. This usually ends with the individual touching the camera, causing the Ten logo to appear alongside the slogan "Seriously"

Variants:

• The idents were updated over time to feature different people
• The first half of an ident would often lead into the program lineup, after which, the end of the ident would play out.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Various, depending on the ident

Availability: Extinct. Check your recordings

Editor's Note: The basic concept of this ident would be used for the next decade and a half in various forms.

13th Logo (2002-2006)

Nicknames: "Seriously III" "Rewrite"

Logo: Network Ten stars appear in monochrome on a white background like before with the "seriously" slogan on screen in front of them. Each individual peels letters, which seem to be some kind of stickers, and rearranges them the word into a different word or phrase, sometimes even writing in new letters with a marker. We then cut to the Ten logo.

Variants: Here are the idents currently known to exist:

• Presenter and Australian TV icon Bert Newton creates the word "Bertiously"
• Neighbours actor Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson) creates the phrase "I'm sly"
• Fellow Neighbours actor Patrick Harvey (Connor O'Neill) replaces the word entirely with "Neigbbours"
• Comedian and presenter Rove McManus changes the word into the title of his show "Rove Live"

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: A contemporary techno beat

Availability: Extinct. Check your recordings

Editor's Note: A very quirky, fun ident that is very typical of Ten's style at the time

14th Logo (2008-2012)

Nicknames: "Seriously IV" "Camera Touch III"

Logo: An updated version of the previous ident's concept, now featuring Ten's updated glossy logo and a stylised pointing hand as a secondary graphic.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None

Network 10

th Logo (2018-)

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  The Bachelor/The Bachelorette themed variant

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  Masterchef themed variant

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Nicknames: "Good Morning" "Big 10"

Logo: One of a number of animations or live action scenes occurs around the new Network 10 logo, a circle with a large white numeral "10" inside it. The circle's color changes depending on the ident, though blue is the standard color

Variants: The following is a very incomplete list of the idents seen so far:

• "Generic": On a blue background, a multicolored streak traces part of the circle which then extrudes itself from the background as the "10" numeral appears- this animation is also used for the new logo of the production division
• "Hearts": On a yellow background, a series of origami-esque hearts flutter away to reveal the logo in pink
• "Beach": On a beach sunset background, we see a surfer run past the camera, the 10 logo in the place of a large sun shifts into focus
• "Beach 2": We see a view of a beach from above with two surfers walking away and beyond the top of the frame. The 10 logo is seen drawn into the sand
• "Water park": We see a water park with a floating-river attraction, we pan up to reveal a yewllow and purple water slide. As we continue to pan, we see that one of the slide's corkscrews is forming the circle of the logo with the white 10 in the middle
• "Santa": We see Santa Claus shake a present then give a "shhh" gesture before pointing at the camera, we then transition to a Santa version of a face from the "emoticon" ident which winks at us before dissolving and reforming into the 10 logo. We then cut back to Santa who puts on a pare of sunglasses. Finally, we see a circlular shape filled with baubles which empties itself to reveal the 10 logo
  • A shorter alternate cut of this ident has Santa shake the present twice before cutting to the baubles section of the ident
• Tie in idents for Paw Patrol: The Movie, Peter Pan 2 and Godzilla vs. Kong also exist
• Before reverting their affiliation to Nine in 2021, WIN stations used the same idents with the WIN logo in the place of the numeral

FX/SFX: A mix of live action and CGI depending on the ident

Music/Sounds: The initial idents of this era mostly used various segments of Good Morning by Max Frost, the song which was used to introduce the new branding. While it is still used, albeit very occasionally and in very short segments, more recent idents have moved away from this in favor of ambient sounds from the scene or other appropriate sound effects

Availability: Current. Seen regularly on the network since 2018, although the "Beach", "Beach 2" and "Santa" idents are seasonal, only shown during the holiday period. Promotional variants become more prevalent when their associated shows are airing. The tie-in idents are by their nature extinct and relegated to recordings taken during the period those movies were in cinemas

Editor's Note: None