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International News Presentation: Past and Present

(February 2007)

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Charles
Those were some cool graphics. Too bad the content didn't match the nice branding.
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WW Update
From 2000, here's a clip of WGCL in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., featuring the short-lived "Clear News" branding -- the theme is based on the song "I Can See Clearly Now":



And from the 1980s. here's another popular song being used as a news theme -- "Do You Know the Way to San Jose" on KNTV in, you guessed it, San Jose, California:

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WW Update
ORTF, France, intro to the regional news for the Rhone-Alpes region, 1974 -- using a cut from "The Good Word" by Johnny Scott, better known as the BBC Nationwide theme:

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WW Update
From Germany, a look back at the first 25 years of ZDF's Mittagsmagazin ("Midday Magazine"), 2014:

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WW Update
Staying with ZDF, a look at the changing face of Heute Journal through the years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6BGAWdFfQg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/az2si/zdf-heutejournal-90s_zps566cb888.png
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cnnfan1230
FR3 Paris-Ile-De-France-Centre, First edition of Regional News for Paris and IDF; leading with a international story (September 6th 1983) (from 3:15)
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Kevizz MS
After years and years and years, ProSieben Newstime has finally updated its presentation, thought still manages to look distinctly 1990s.

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Viakenny
RCN, Colombia, 2014 (7pm weeknight open):


6am open:


7pm weekend open:


Headline sequence (12:30pm):


A better look into the new look and Noticias RCN over the years:


And another look their opening sequences over the past few years:
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WW Update
This 1985 news promo from Seattle shows '80s newsgathering technology in action:

GM
Gary McEwan
Hart van Nederland from SBS6 with their updated set...

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Mouseboy33
Whoa. Very X-Factor talk show-esque. I dont really like this too much. Maybe its the dots and the x-brace that holds up the centre monitor.
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WW Update
Kabel Eins, Germany, 2014:

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