International News Presentation: Past and Present

In addition to CBS This Morning's innovative style, I really like this set. It's retro, but in a fresh, modern way -- truly post-modern in a way few broadcasters would manage.

They even got the details right. Take a look at the book behind Gayle King:

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It's a real book from the 1970s -- Air Time: The Inside Story of CBS News --, which I happen to own:

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Photo: Amazon.com

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Someone mentioned that ARD's Tagesschau is getting a new set this fall. I wonder if it's going to be similar to this one?

BTW, the set reminds me a bit of TV Slovenija's set, even though the latter isn't based on a single projection screen:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/az2si/11340647.jpg

VIDEO: http://tvslo.si/predvajaj/odmevi/ava2.142963084/

And here are bits and pieces of Aktuelle Stunde , which covers WDR's entire service area:

RAI Due, Italy, news update, 1991 -- during RAI Due's elegant era:



BTQ, Brisbane, Australia, promo and Seven National News intro, 1983:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxKwtO7PW5s

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/az2si/08937819.jpg

Norticas MundoFox, 2012:



Part of Fox's venture into Spanish-language television.

BELGIUM: VRT's Het Journaal has a wonderful, clean on-air look which has been in use since 2008. 4 years after its debut it really has not aged, and I think the look has also been mentioned by other people on the forum - its a really great design right across the spectrum - music, graphics and the set, are all top notch



But after 4 years, VRT has just announced that it is working on new branding for Het Journaal which will debut in Spring 2013. The set has already been 'demolished'.
It will be really interesting to see if they can better the brand, because at the moment its just brilliant.


From Flemish TV Pres site www.tv-visie.be

After seeing arch-rival Nine News amass an insurmountable number of weekly wins and thus claim first place for 2012 in the key Sydney and Melbourne markets, Seven News has attempted a relaunch tonight.

It features new L3 graphics blatantly copied from Nine News, which compliment their new "First on Seven" slogan that they have recently begun using despite (or perhaps because of) Nine already using "First on Nine" for several years prior.

The biggest changes have occurred in Melbourne, which has seen their decrepit 7 year old set replaced with a replica of Seven Sydney's set and their content selection and presentation overhauled under the oversight of a new director, the former editor of a local tabloid newspaper.

Firstly, Melbourne's final pre-bulletin update:

Up until recently these were relatively staid previews of the day's top stories, but as you can see it is now a rapid-fire succession of log lines. They've also drastically upped the number of these aired prior to the bulletin, with only a single commercial break going without one in the 90 minutes leading up to its airing according to a local viewer.

And here's the opener, closer and some other highlights from the main bulletin:


Also, here's a Nine News L3 for the sake of comparison:
http://www.mediaspy.org/report/wp-content/gallery/9-news-2012-gfx/01162012175404.jpg

Thanks to Media Spy's users for recording and uploading this content.

At the International (general) Presentation thread, I've posted some SBT image promos over the years (in honor of their 31st anniversary last Sunday). Now, I'll bring you how their news bulletins looked over the years:

TJ Brasil (short for " Telejornal Brasil " - "Television News Brazil") - 1988:


TJ Brasil - 1991:


TJ Brasil - 1993:

1995 variation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzBLrji44qI

TJ Brasil - 1997:

closer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9YJOyICAOk

opening sequences for their late bulletins:
1988 - Notícias de Primeira Página ("Front-Page News"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4rA0FFrF5Y
1989 - TJ Noite ("Television News - Night"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ber6mPK10-8
1990 - TJ Internacional ("International Television News", dedicated to world news and broadcast from the NBC newsroom, in Washington, D.C.): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8blXh38R53Y
1992 - TJ Internacional : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH5enMnpb8E
1993 - Jornal do SBT ("SBT News"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHJbtxVpdww
1994 - Jornal do SBT : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkmr_kNxf-g
1997 - Jornal do SBT : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzhfz5LCsYo

excerpts (including close) of Jornal do SBT / CBS Telenotícias (co-produced with the now-defunct, Miami-based news channel, CBS Telenotícias - SBT also simulcasted CBS TN on late nights), from 1998:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYUaotOLirc

1999 (after CBS Telenotícias closed down) - Jornal do SBT : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzDRHlBWq9s

opening sequences for SBT's newscasts after the premiere of SBT Brasil (also the re-establishment of a full-fledged news operation for the network, weakened after CBS Telenotícias folded and SBT's investment in news massively decreased) may be available several pages back on this thread.

@Kevizz: Is Seven Local News in regional Queensland still using the old graphics? I read on MediaSpy that they didn't change along with the capital city stations.

@Joshua: Do you happen to have any caps of VRT's temporary set?

@Viakenny: Interesting! I never realized that CBS Telenoticias ran a Portuguese-language operation (in conjunction with SBT).

POP TV, Slovenia; a sample of the new weather graphics (no audio):

Speaking of POP TV, here's a longer recent clip of the station's 7 PM news (on the day when a Slovenian player won the Stanley Cup):



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BFM TV, France, new look of late-night news, TOTH:

http://medias.lenodal.com/video.php?id=12845

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/az2si/09bc1e42.jpg

TV Zagreb (now HRT); news update and weather forecast, 1989 (when Croatia was still a part of Communist Yugoslavia):



TV Beograd (TV Belgrade, now RTS), main evening news, 1971 (when Serbia was a part of Communist Yugoslavia):

the globe looks alittle France 24 to me.