Sat Idents

Sat Idents was a television presentation website, owned and operated by Edmund Hobbs. The site was launched on the 27th of February 2010. Originally the site showcased presentation from Sky's catalogue of channels. But in in later times the site switched focus to the the second party broadcasters which broadcast on satellite.

History
Sat Idents originally launched in the Summer of 2009 as Sky Idents on Piczo, this site proved very unpopular. In a major effort to combat the perception of the site, the site moved to a new host and relaunched in February the following year, with a new look design and layout. The relaunched site proved popular and in the following year the site had grown to become the largest and most popular site for Sky Presentation. In late 2011 the site extended its coverage of presentation adding presentation from non BskyB channels. Originally this proved unpopular by TV Presentation fans alleging the site as a knock off of The Ident Gallery. During the early months of 2012 dozens of channels which had been previously uncovered by TV Presentation sites were added to combat the originality accusations. As of Summer 2012 the site boasted more than 1000 videos and showcase over 140 channels from the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy and Australia. From Summer 2013 onwards a new look YouTube video embed page design began to roll out across the website, as of October 2013 the player was available on more than 75% of videos. In October 2013 the site was rebranded to from Sky Idents to Sat Idents due to a trademark / copyright dispute with BskyB. At this time all BskyB presentation was removed from the site as a precautionary measure. Sky presentation began to return to the site in in the following weeks using Flowplayer as a video host as opposed to the rest of the site which used YouTube. The site closed on 29 November 2013 when its host Yola removed the site from the internet when a second trademark / copyright dispute was launched by A+E Networks.

Sections and Content
The website mainly focused on new presentation, although content from as far back as 1990 was available. Each summer Sat Idents held a themed presentation week, in which content from a specific era or network was added.
 * Nostalgia Week July 4th to 10th 2011: During this period classic presentation from the 1990's to the early 2000's was added.


 * 4 Week July 2nd to 8th 2012: To mark the launch of Channel 4's new catch up channel '4seven' content from the entire Channel 4 network was added.


 * International Week July 1st to 7th 2013: Presentation from around the globe was added to the site.