International News Presentation: Past and Present

Same station, 2005, with coverage of a severe storm:



And here's Nine's early morning / in-flight news, 2012:

A repeat... various Danish news intros, 2011:

Erm is it me or is the opening title sequence and music sounding somewhat familiar!?

Yeah, we have mentioned it before on this forum. Basically the composer sought 'inspiration' from David Lowe's work.

I believe that David Lowe was actually hired to compose it -- at least that's what the YT comments say.

It wasn't David Lowe. I'm not sure of the composers name, but it ain't Lowe.

Thanks for clarifying that! The composer certainly made it sound like one of Lowe's themes.

Here's Lenodal.com's page devoted to this past weekend's parliamentary elections in France:

http://blog.lenodal.com/index.php?/archives/0206-Legislatives-2012-habillages-et-resultats.html

http://blog.lenodal.com/uploads/actualitedelhabillage/2012/legislatives-tour1_fr2-decor-decompte.jpg http://blog.lenodal.com/uploads/actualitedelhabillage/2012/legislatives-tour1_fr3-decor.jpg

http://blog.lenodal.com/uploads/actualitedelhabillage/2012/legislatives-tour1_tf1-decor.png

http://blog.lenodal.com/uploads/actualitedelhabillage/2012/lci-2012-legislatives-resultats.jpg
Source: lenodal.com

As one might imagine, the sets and the graphics are pretty much the same as for the presidential elections.

I initially thought the huge and quite stunning France 2 set was a bit excessive but they've certainly got their money's worth out of it, more so than a British broadcaster would for their own set but that's all down to the differences in our political systems.

From Australia, the end of a local newscast and the beginning of Sydney-based Seven Nightly News , 1999:

It's sad to see how far backwards Seven has gone in terms of content and presentation. Most of the stories in that opener are of a quality Seven would never consider running in today's sensationalist bulletins, whilst their presentation has become stale and conservative. Thankfully, after years at the top that are starting to lose by significant margins to Nine News in all east coast markets, which will hopefully drive renewal.

For the sake of people not familiar with Australian television; the Seven Nightly News bulletin is also a local newscast; each major city had their own version. The bulletin which aired beforehand is another local bulletin for a specific regional area.

B92 (Serbia), 2012: