International News Presentation: Past and Present

Some content from Croatia's HRT again, this time with the intro and headlines of an afternoon news flash in 2012.

Compared to Dnevnik (the main newscasts), Vijesti used a lighter musical theme and turquoise blue as the dominant colour.

A historical compilation of news intros from BTQ-7 in Brisbane, Australia:

Belgium's first dedicated news channel launched earlier this month and its inaugural schedule is now in place. Here's LN24's launch:



The schedule is currently:
0630-1000 La Matinale LN24 (Pierre Fagnart)
1000-1200 Le Fil LN24 (newswheel, with live updates every 30 mins)
1200-1400 LN24 Midi (Catarina Letor)
1400-1700 replays of segments from La Matinale LN24 (newswheel, with live updates every 30 mins)
1700-1800 weekly news magazines
1800-2000 LN24 soir (Maxime Binet)
2000-2130 Le Grand Débat Mon-Thu / Chez Laurette et Louis Fri / documentary Sat / Super Sunday Sun
2130-0630 newswheel/replays
Weekends newswheel/replays (with live updates every 30 mins daytime)

Some background in this article in French too: https://www.moustique.be/24489/ln24-le-nouveau-media-qui-entend-bousculer-info - interesting how none of the formats will be altered for breaking news and they seem to have pulled off 2 relatively decent sets on a tight budget.

A promo for CNN/CNNI's business anchors from the early 1990s:

By the way, CNNI aired some very impressive business promos back then. This one could still run today -- if you replaced all the electronic gadgets with more somewhat recent equipment:

Voiced by Mark Lenard, who played Sarek, Spock's father in the Star Trek TV series, movies and The Next Generation.

Here's another one from the same series; YouTube user OldNews is uploading some real CNNI gems:

By the way, Tom Mintier first became well-known for his coverage of the 1986 Challenger disaster:

France 2, intro to the special edition news bulletin where former French President Jacques Chirac has died. They crash midway during a lunchtime game show.

The news from ORTF's First Channel reporting the death of President Pompidou, 1974:

Montage of all the main French news channels breaking news of Jacques Chirac’s death - and the main networks’ lunchtime bulletins:

https://www.ozap.com/actu/mort-de-jacques-chirac-comment-les-chaines-de-tele-ont-annonce-son-deces/583931

TF1.