[matthieu1221]

As the single BBC News channel looms, some had hope for a change in the Lowe theme, which was assumed to stay afterwards. This made me think about themes that have the same logevity as the BBC's, if not longer. This is a thread to appreciate them:

Kicking start, a home example: TVB News. The beeps had been in use since the 70s, as the Morse Code for "News Today". Current iteration, in use since 1996, is a witness to multiple graphics, studio and editorial changes to the newsroom:
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Any other examples?

Funnily enough that was also the first example I thought of! HK (and TVB in particular) seems to love sticking to a theme once they like it.

This is the Financial Report from 1991, I don't quite know when it's from (1986 had a different theme for sure), and today you can still enjoy the same tune on TV!
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12 years later on the English channel
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And 10 years later in 2013!
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And not quite 10 years later in 2021, but they still use the same theme today!
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Meanwhile Good Morning Hong Kong's theme has stayed the same ever since they swapped from a magazine to a news-heavy format.

That shift in format happened in 1993...
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Ten years later in 2003
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And in 2013
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And not quite ten years later, in 2022:
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