International News Presentation: Past and Present

Here in Brazil, the Globo newsroom in São Paulo (home to Jornal Hoje and Jornal da Globo , their midday and late newscasts, respectively) is under renovation (with such bulletins currently broadcast from CSO sets).

Here's a blooper from the end of first edition of Jornal da Globo from the CSO set (an intern walked behind the desk, likely believing the newscast was already over):


But here are some renderings of what the new sets will look like (taken from yesterday's " vem_aí " special, which was a preview of Globo's new and returning shows for 2014):









The real thing is expected to make its debut later this month.

Meh, not a fan.

Antenne 2 (later France 2), 8 P.M. news, 1978:



France 2, midday news, 1997:



France 2, 8 P.M. news, later in 1997 -- with a minimalist look:

And this is what the 8 P.M. news on France 2 looks like these days:

KGMB, Hawaii; on a day Hawaii was hit by severe weather, 2013:

Le Journal really is trippy as hell.

Why did they go for that interesting way of doing things back then?

French presentation seemed to be a generally trippy affair pretty much until ten years ago.... Here's a full version of the Le Journal ident from the early 90s:

Here are some more examples of "trippy" or unconventional news presentation from France:

Antenne 2 (later France 2), 1984:



FR3 (later France 3), 1989:



France 3, 1995:



France 3, 2004:



Of course, who could forget the trippiest news intro sequence in television history -- TF1 in the 1970s:

TV2, Denmark; morning show, 2014:



TV2, Denmark; late news, 2014:

Wow, are the broadcasting from a train station? I quite like the idea, St. Pancras would look nice has a backdrop.

I like the idea as well, perfect location for a morning show. The Danish Wikipedia says they have been broadcasting from the Copenhagen central station since 2002.

Here's an older clip from 2002. The train station makes a great backdrop.

More cutbacks in news: Swedish TV4 has announced that they will close down all their local news stations. At present, TV4 has 24 local newscasts produced by 165 people around the country. 140 of them will be sacked, while the remaining 25 will deliver news stories to national bulletins.

The local news for Stockholm were already discontinued last year.

TV4 Sweden and ITV are the only national commercial broadcasters in Europe that provide regional news (AIUI).

An article in English:
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=5832394&playaudio=4914895

More news in Swedish (use Google Translate):
http://www.svt.se/kultur/tv4-lagger-ner-lokala-nyhetssandningar-1