International News Presentation: Past and Present

Another good Canadian promo, this time for CBC's The National:

We've mentioned KSL in Salt Lake City, so here's a clip showing the 2012 launch of their new set:





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And from Shanghai, China, here's SMG Dragon TV's morning news on the day their new set was unveiled:

The National is a really good show, CBC are great at that kind of stuff. And Peter Mansbridge is a proper legend.

Here's what The National looked like 35 years ago, in 1978 -- the first report was from a young Peter Mansbridge:





...and in 1984 :

And speaking of The National , here's the short-lived Australian (ABC) newscast of the same name (which wasn't really "national" at all, but instead produced in each of the capital cities). It used the Channel 4 News theme:

Canal Sur, Andalusia, Spain, 2013:

VSB, Bermuda, 2013:

looks 90s. and notice logo fail....

Here's a news promo for their competitor, ZBM, the CBS affiliate for Bermuda:



(For those unfamiliar with the TV situation there, Bermuda is considered a part of the U.S. television market despite being a British territory. It gets its network TV signals from New York.)

Horrible!! They clearly don't have the money to hire a proper graphics designer. ZBM is marginally better.

The NBC logo is totally off color wise!

roygbiv.

The 1956 logo went in ROYGBIV order, ignoring the circles.
http://hub.tv-ark.org.uk/images/International/usa/nbc/images/idents/nbc_color_ident_a.jpg