[Former Member 443]

As mentioned this isn't true. Most ITV companies did not put the copyright date on the endcap but several did - most notably TTTV but as mentioned STV as well, and I believe Border did as well for a whole. I don't think it was ever a rule.

Here’s an example from my own collection:


It looks a bit naff with the copyright date in a different font. Clearly not in line with the EMP guidelines for the 1989 generic look - not that they were adhered to well across the network.

It was, though, oddly consistent - the same font was used on the preceding endcap, and on all future versions up to 1996. For TT, that was unusually corporate!