[DTV]

Probably a stupid question but weren't the titles previously re created in 2012 for the move to Broadcasting House and the transition to HD as standard?

I believe they were reedited from the originals - which, in typical Lambie-Nairn fashion, had already been designed and produced in HD anticipating the shift. Aside from the recolourings that mdta mentions, some shots were also slowed down.

As I understand it, the World News versions of the titles, always used more international place names, rather than more prominence for UK ones.

Yes, there are minor differences to the cities featured on the two titles, but not to the extent of the 1999 titles - where the One and Six had wholly UK placenames, the generic and Nine/Ten titles had entirely non-UK placenames, World had major world cities (including London) and News 24 had a mix of domestic and international cities.

Comparing the 2013 World titles and the full-length domestic ones, Dubai, Islamabad, Mumbai, Singapore and Vancouver appear solely in the World version, while Manchester is the only city that appears solely on the UK titles. London also is a bit more prominent in the World version. Looking closely, and I know that it's based on where the BBC have bureaux, but some choice exceptions - I'd never noticed that New York isn't included, indeed all of the Americas are quite underserved - Rio de Janiero the sole city from Latin America.