12-05-2023, 09:28 PM
(10-05-2023, 06:43 AM)AaronLancs Wrote: Here is one that is more homage to the BBC News theme rather than instantly copying it.
Denmark's DR1 has a daily newscast called TV Avisen. It broadcasts at 7am (8am weekends), noon, 6.30pm and 9pm (except Saturdays). Several years ago in what become their "BBC News 2008" as it seems a blueprint had been laid. I present Steffen Breum & Finn Markwardt's theme for it.
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Someone did copy that theme. It was Spanish regional PSB Telemadrid. It happened in 2017, when the broadcaster was on a rebuilding process and relaunched every aspect of their content, programming and brand assets. For Telenoticias, news director Jon Ariztimuño took cues from TV Avisen, down to the theme:
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The plagiarism didn't went unnoticed, and an amended version was hastily commissioned within weeks:
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