The RTF/ORTF had held a monopoly on French television for years.
With the split of the RTF/ORTF under the 1974 law, TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3 began their operations on January 6, 1975 as France's Big Three television channels.
For Antenne 2, although state-owned, it was uniquely a television channel known for innovation.
On February 14, 1977, which was an appropiate day celebrating love, symbolized by hearts, Antenne 2 introduced a new look to its newscasts (in music, intros and presentation).
Jean-Pierre Elkabbach masterminded the 1977 look for the newscasts on Antenne 2.
November 1977 was when Antenne 2 began using a chroma key backdrop.
using an American-like newsroom/bullpen via its regional stations.
The Normandie region, served by FR3, had two stations, one in Rouen, the other in Caen.
During the early-1980's era, FR3's Caen news operation made its relocation to Rue Fred-Scamaroni; its editor-in-chief Henri Sannier delivered the news from the newsroom.
19/20 (FR3), upon its May 6, 1986 debut, put the newsroom-as-set trend being seen in FR3's own Caen operation on a national basis via Henri Sannier.
Antenne 2 responded to the immense success being made by 19/20 (FR3) by hiring Henri Sannier.
Coupled with its opening sequence being created by David Niles, during the late-1980's era, Antenne 2 utilized the newsroom as a studio centrepiece under Henri Sannier, but via chroma key.
On September 6, 1989, not long after the 200th anniversary of the 1789 French Revolution, TF1 began tearing down the walls of a world map for a physical mutli-monitor control room backdrop.
Until 1984, both Tagesschau (ARD) and Heute (ZDF) held a national duopoly on the German television news landscape.
Sat.1 and RTL, both being the first national private television channels in Germany, countered this news formula of both ARD and ZDF with their American-style news aesthetics in 1984.
For Sat.1, its own launch on January 1, 1984 (New Year's Day 1984) resulted in the introeduction of the newsroom-as-set trend to the DACH region.
ORF and SF DRS followed in the Sat.1 footsteps by adopting this trend, first in 1984 and then in 1985.
ProSieben embraced the physical newsroom-as-set trend based on WSVN (and BCTV/CNN) for three years since 1996.
N24 (now Welt) has used the physical newsroom-as-set trend since the mid-noughties.
The television iteration of TROS Aktua was one of the first news programs outside the Anglosphere to embrace an American-like newsroom/bullpen, both on a regular basis and in a physical form.
Lasting from October 1974 to October 1984, with an exception that lasted 2 years starting in 1981, the bullpen was a regular studio feature for the television iteration of TROS Aktua.
Wibo van de Linde developed a unique style through his ties to American media.
In 1961, Wibo van de Linde began his career in journalism as an apprentice at the US-based UPI news agency; he was the the official Dutch reporter for Time-Life.
Besides, in 1977, Wibo van de Linde hosted Europe Calling, an English-language program for TROS.
Europe Calling is a Dutch program focusing on international American network approaches, which had aired in August 1977.
For Wibo van de Linde, his vision for TROS Aktua did not just emulate American aesthetics, he made a different form of journalism in the Benelux.
Televisa began using the newsroom-as-set trend designed by BDI in the mid-noughties.
Having been based on BCTV/CNN, Televisa's own newsroom-as-set trend was part of the newly-built expansion of its Chapultepec headquarters.
However, this newsroom-as-set trend was not new for Televisa, as it was already used, shortly after the April 1997 death of Emilio Azcarraga Milmo until 1998, for 24 Horas with Jacobo Zabludovsky.
Plus, Televisa's local stations, like XEWT and XHBC, use the newsroom-as-set trend.
Rival TV Azteca used the newsroom-as-set trend for some Hechos editions from the late-1990's to the noughties.
ECO, which is television's first all-news service in both Latin America and the Hispanic world, used a multi-monitor control room set similar to CNN Headline News.
During the Carlos Menem presidency, newsroom-as-set trends were introduced to Argentina in a more modern and professional manner.
For example, Telenoche (Artear) used a studio set, which featured a multi-monitor control room as its primary backdrop, designed to have a working newsroom feel.
In Chile, from 1990 to 2002, 24 Horas (TVN) utilized a small-sized newsroom-as-set trend.
Also in Chile, Teletrece (UCTV) used the newsroom-as-set trend from the 1990's to the noughties.
However, the newsroom-as-set trend was not new for Teletrece (UCTV), as it was already used for its secondary editions (afternoons/late-nights) during the 1980's.
QAP broke from tradition by using a newsroom-as-set trend, the first of its kind in Colombia.
Based on one for CNN (and in turn, BCTV), the newsroom-as-set trend for QAP conveyed urgency and transparency that other newscasts in Colombia have not.
Since QAP, this newsroom-as-set trend has been used by Colombia's private television services, such as RCN, Caracol and CityTV, the latter being based on the original Toronto version.
Meanwhile, in Peru, Red Global used the Canal De Noticias NBC set, but through chroma key, and in 1997, a physical newsroom-as-set trend was used.
