Draft:Tele Rebelde

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Channel 2 (Havana, 1962-1979)

ID (19??-1979/1980s)

Visuals: In a grey background, the animated channel's logo (which would resemble the one later used by Radio Havana Cuba) would zoom out, and after the logo stops zooming out, the animation continues, and a black text saying "TV cubana" (cuban TV) appears below the logo.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: Some Cuban music, with a narrator saying "Televisión Cubana; canal 2 desde La Habana; Cuba, territorio libre en América" (Cuban Television; channel 2 from Havana; Cuba, free territory in Americas)

Availability: Unknown.

Final Note

In 1979, Tele Rebelde from Santiago de Cuba and Channel 2 in Havana were merged into a unified brand, the new network retained most of the programming and the name of the Santiago de Cuba station while also opening a new studio facility. However, the use of this logo seems to be extended until early 1980s (likely until 1984), as it appears in a Cuban B&W test card recording from 1984.

Tele Rebelde

1st Logo (1968-1979)

Visuals: In a mountain background (most likely Sierra Maestra) with a black rifle silhouette, a black text "TELE-REBELDE" appears and zooms up until being in its final size at the top center of the screen.

Variant: There's a (likely still/slide) variant with "CANAL 5" text in the left of the screen below "TELE-REBELDE" wordmark.

Technique: Cel animation.

Audio: A Cuban military-sounding background music, with a male announcer saying "Aquí Tele Rebelde, a través de sus canales 5 en Santiago de Cuba, 3 en Holguín, 7 en Baracoa y 13 en Guantánamo. Desde Santiago de Cuba, cuna de la revolución." (Here Tele Rebelde, through its channels 5 in Santiago de Cuba, 3 in Holguín, 7 in Baracoa and 13 in Guantánamo. From Santiago de Cuba, cradle of the revolution.)

Audio Variants:

  • In the variant with "CANAL 5" text, a male announcer says "Aquí Tele Rebelde, Canal 5, transmitiendo desde Santiago de Cuba" (Here Tele Rebelde, Channel 5, broadcasting from Santiago de Cuba)
  • There's a variant with instrumental version of Cuba's national anthem (La Bayamesa) as background music, with a male announcer saying "Aquí Tele Rebelde, transmitiendo desde Santiago de Cuba, cuna de la revolución." (Here Tele Rebelde, broadcasting from Santiago de Cuba, cradle of the revolution.)

Availability: Unknown.

2nd Logo (1979-1982)

Visuals: In a light grey background, in the channel's logo there are 3 bars/lines of different shades of grey pointing to a outlined star, and below the star there is an outlined text saying "TV", and in the upper-right side of it there's an smaller text saying "CUBANA".

Technique: Static/slide.

Audio: Some Cuban music, with a narrator saying "Tele Rebelde, canal de la televisión cubana, desde sus estudios en La Habana, Santiago de Cuba y Holguín. Cuba, territorio libre en América." (Tele Rebelde, channel of the Cuban television, from its studios in Havana, Santiago de Cuba and Holguín. Cuba, free territory in Americas.)

Availability: Unknown.

3rd Logo (1982-1984)

Visuals: TBA.

Technique: Static/slide.

Audio: TBA.

Availability: Unknown.

4th Logo (1984-1986)

Visuals: TBA.

Technique: Electronic/computer animation.

Audio: Isao Tomita's arrangement of "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from Gustav Holst's "The Planets" orchestal suite.

Availability: Although the most likely is that this logo was in color (as fragments of it can be seen in color in the 1986 ID), as of the time this was edited, there is only a B&W capture of this logo which comes from a 1984 Cuban B&W newsreel (ironically) about the first anniversary of Tele Rebelde's colors broadcasts.

5th Logo (1986-1988)

Visuals: TBA.

Technique: Live-action mixed with electronic/computer animation.

Audio: Isao Tomita's arrangement of "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from Gustav Holst's "The Planets" orchestal suite.

Availability: Unknown.

6th Logo (1988-1994)

Visuals: TBA.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A synth fanfare (description TBA).

Availability: Unknown.

7th Logo (1994-2002)

Visuals: In a black background, three 3D wavy bars/lines, each one of a different color (blue, white and red respectively), move to the right, until when going down for the second time, the 3 lines start forming a star shape (without the left point), and "TELE REBELDE" wordmark/text starts appearing syllable by syllable (first TELE, then RE, then BEL and finally DE) left of star (except a part of the "REBELDE" word which is in the left part of the star without a point), and when after the wordmark and star are fully formed, the black background lightens and becomes green.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A synth fanfare.

8th Logo (2002-2003)


Visuals: In a mountain background (most likely Sierra Maestra), there is a tricolor (blue, white and red) star made of 3 stars at the left center of the screen, and blue wordmark "TELEREBELDE" next to it.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Unknown.

9th Logo (2003-2008)

Visuals: Unknown

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Same as 1994 logo.

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