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S7
sbahnhof 7
As spotted by MY83, there's a strange case of graphic 'borrowing' between ITV and Australia.

ITV used 'modern' fonts on their FA Cup football coverage in 1998 and 1999, although it's hard to find videos from their sports coverage in those years - even from the '98 World Cup which had different graphics. But ITV scorebars would've looked something similar to these:

1998:
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Newcastle v Spurs, 11.04.1999
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from videos by Elmswood48 (FA Cup Final 1998), TJS Sports (World Cup 1998) and Elmswood48 (Newcastle-Spurs 1999)

And this is where it gets "interesting"

MY83 posted:
In 1999, it seems it wasn't just ITV using silver and grey boxes for rugby content. In Aus, Channel 9's NRL Grand Final coverage had a very familiar (if unconventional) look to it for UK viewers.



St George v Melbourne, 26.09.1999
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vid by Everything Rugby League https://youtu.be/xEwgEr0XLlo?t=3m22s (@3:22 mins)


So maybe the ITV football graphics set was 'shared' in some way? With some differences - like the NRL broadcaster deciding "don't name both teams" on the graphic there. (Anti-Melbourne sentiment?!) As well as Channel Nine, it looks like Optus Television had this game.


Rugby union on ITV was slightly different – just a week later in the UK, the 1999 World Cup started, and the ITV scorebar was a bit posher for the upper class. A serif font Shocked if the one blurry video is any guide.

Scotland v Uruguay, 08.10.1999
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vid by Unión de Rugby del Uruguay
DE88 and TopOfTheHour gave kudos
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TopOfTheHour
sbahnhof 7 posted:

So maybe the ITV football graphics set was 'shared' in some way? With some differences - like the NRL broadcaster deciding "don't name both teams" on the graphic there. (Anti-Melbourne sentiment?!)


The Channel Nine scorebar only showed the team in front (or home team I think if it was 0-0) from when they introduced it on screen until a graphics change around the early 2000s.
MY
MY83
That serif font used for the RWC in 1999 is, at first glance, identical to the one ITV used for their mid-90s Champions League coverage....

Weird though how I don't remember the 1999 RWC having that font, I remember it being the squary boy sans one....
S7
sbahnhof 7
RWC '99 (above) does look like the same font as the old CL (below).

MY83 posted:
One scoreboard that didn't go off screen when a goal was scored was the ITV Champions League bug of 1995-97ish. Very stylish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9R8EVIG7KE
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Wasn't this an official Champions League font and ITV "cheekily" used it in other competitions? Or am I misremembering?
(Edit) Already answered by Steve earlier!

Steve Williams posted:
That font in the mid-nineties was also used on ITV for all their other football at the time, which probably they wouldn't be allowed to do now.



So... would UEFA have ever licenced it for a Rugby World Cup? Or more likely did ITV use a very similar font?
Last edited by sbahnhof 7 on 16 February 2018 8:55am
RD
rdd Founding member
Were they the very first UEFA Champions League official graphics (and one of the earliest examples in any sport?)

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