International News Presentation: Past and Present

DR, Denmark, 2015 general election compilation (debate intro, election night intro, results announcement):

The U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision debuted a new set for Noticiero Univisión on Monday, July 20th. Here is the behind-the-scenes look at the new set

And the tweet just before the new set launched

Porque queremos que seas el primero en verlo, aquí un adelanto de nuestro nuevo set. http://t.co/WUed2dzJ5I pic.twitter.com/XfWIK70EJy

— Univision Noticias (@UniNoticias) July 20, 2015

Wow that is so similar to the previous set. Just bigger with the Newsport view. Its ok. Shoulda did something new.

It is somewhat similar to the set of the Miami station WLTV, which moved into the Newsport earlier this year.

Hessenschau on HR -- the ARD broadcaster covering the German Land of Hessen -- has a new look:

Apparently they relocated and refreshed the previous set to a larger space that features a window looking into the NewsPort. (Love that Miami newsroom naming thing....Newsplex...NewsPort. LOL

Here is a montage of the new studio and graphics for Noticiero Univision from July 20, 2015

and the close and pan of Newsport

plus the behind-the-scenes look at the set, as reported by the Miami station, WLTV Univision 23, whose set is right next to theirs

Personally, they should have changed the blue to either gray or red, since the blue just feels out of place with the new graphics.

And another compilation showing how TV2 covered the election:

A historical compilation of TF1's news intros from 1975 to the present day:

I really couldn't work out why TV2 felt the need to have massive letterboxing of their debate coverage - like they were aiming for some strange movie-style framing.

Incidentally, that first debate (filmed in TV2's breakfast studio at Copenhagen central station - from about 1:20 in the clip) opened with the candidates charging through cheering crowds of supporters. I can't say I've seen that done in other countries' elections!

I'm a massive fan of the Danish approach to elections on TV. The graphics tend to be incredibly dynamic and clean, and the general tone and approach is much more 'street-level' with presenters among the crowds and in the heart of the parliament. The UK could actually learn a lot from it. It's surprising that we still have the very old fashioned approach with a large, expensive studio set and a rotating round of 'experts' and previous MPs.