Idents

Idents (not to be confused with Promotions) are the short videos slotted in before and after our main programs in order to reinforce YSTV's channel identity. In practise they were very rarely shown until the availability of the Video Server in 2003. From 2005 the re-written scheduling system plays out idents automatically whenever there is a suitable gap in the schedules, thus considerably increasing their usage. This led to mass production of more idents, notably the 2003-07 "Natural" series.

Many have had long lives, although as we only make about two a year most years this is probably a good thing. This is a category where YSTV has a long history of NaSTA success, winning either best or highly commended in five successive years from 2002-2006.

• 1995Unverified or incomplete information Cube
• 1998 Balloon
• 1999 Naturally YSTV
• 2000 Naturally YSTV 2 (more nudity from Peter Bowles), Pigeons, Bubbles
• 2003 Snow, Pen, Eeyore, Fish, Water, Back To Business, Shows, Blobs, Ocean, Ripples, Oil
• 2004 Paint, Watch Online, Lava, Clouds, Terrain
• 2005 YSTV Gold
• 2006 Shows 06, Ducks
• 2007 Ice, Pizza, Fireworks 40, Antarctic
• 2008 Sofa, Colour Pulse
• 2009 Shows 08/09, Coloured Dust, Campus Pan Collection
• 2011 Willow Rave, Burglar, Flasher, Celebs, Around Campus, Fire
• 2012 Paper, Ducks 2012
• 2013 Lloyd
• 2023 Balloon Fiesta, Summer Ball, Scarborough, Clifford's Tower