02-06-2023, 03:31 PM
(02-06-2023, 12:18 PM)matthieu1221 Wrote: I know it's a very Hong Kong thing to not want to change a longstanding news theme
Cable News/Hoy Infotainment has always used the same Cool Hand Luke-esque Gari Media news themes (News Series 2000, News Series 2000 Plus and Eyewitness News) since its inception in 1993. Take this example from 1997:
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Speaking of which... TVB has had the same theme for most of the last 50 years (complete with morse code signal), with a rearrangement at the outset of the 90s:
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In the case of now defunct ATV, since it was renamed as such in 1982, it finally had a proper news theme; it was heavily rearranged three times (around 1988-1989, a dance version around the end of the 90s, and a new version in 2001), but the melody was still there. The theme was not used for a period of time in 2000 (instead using a fully new composition), but was brought back with the aforementioned new version one season later.
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