International News Presentation: Past and Present

Channel 5, Singapore, News 5 Tonight, 2011:

I wonder why they use open captioned subtitling. Of course, Singapore has many ESL speakers who benefit from subtitles, but with today's digital technology, it's so easy to add closed captions for foreign language learners and the deaf without distracting other viewers.

By the way, this is what the newscast looks like these days (w/ less distracting subtitles):

Prva TV's news intro on New Year's Eve 2018 (Serbia).

Canale 5, Italy; mid-evening news, 1996:

RTP, Portugal, 2000 -- note that they still used a mechanical clock at the turn of the century; it's an interesting contrast to the modern graphics:

Dubai TV, United Arab Emirates, 2015:

I had to laugh at 53 seconds, when she hits F1 to F5 on the keyboard.

The previous look and the refreshed look (introduced on Jan. 7) of 1ère / France Télévisions' news for the tiny French territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon just off the cost of Newfoundland, Canada:

From Three in New Zealand, a special breaking news intro to Newshub, 2019:

That would seem to trigger a lot of unintentional things occurring. Is it possible the keyboard they use isn’t English ?

The intro and titles of an edition of Croatian HRT's Dnevnik in 1999.

BTW, that anchor is now at HRT's commercial competitor, Nova TV. Here's a clip from a few days ago: