That’s why the BFM local channels are not getting the graphic makeover of its primary channel.
They’ll be sold or, if unable to, shut down at the end of the year.
It’s quite annoying that the main channel does one full takeover of lower-thirds every three minutes, not to mention the always-on red (pretty much since the Iran war) and the always-on live marker.
The new TV2 Híradó finally launched today, after being announced quietly and at short notice during the weekend. The network planned to offer former Tények anchors “other positions” inside the network, and had even promoted a new Code of Ethics and Operations for this moment.
The new bulletin airs daily at 18:00 Hungarian time, and it looks almost exactly like Tények: an aggressive, American-style presentation, just with a new lick of paint, and a quite RTL-quite brand identity and music, but much more aggressive (TV2 has promoted the bulletin as having “more modern visuals, a faster pace, innovative visual elements and augmented reality”) and using TV2’s house red as its branding colour.
The new bulletin has two rotating anchor teams: Péter Pachmann and Zita Szedmák, who anchor on weekdays, and István Ambrus and Fanni Farkas, who anchor on weekends, all of who already had worked on TV2 beforehand; Pachmann, in fact has been part of TV2 since its launch, but had resigned last year citing “personal reasons”. The only new external hiring was that of Zoltán Fenyvesi, who presented on local radio in Tatabánya, and will anchor the morning news bulletins during Mokka, its long-running breakfast show. It looks like TV2 wants to continue being the conservative opposition’s main voice, though with a more Fox-, News24-, or quite NewsNation-esque tabloid style and feeling.
In fact, independent Hungarian outlets like Telex made scathing reviews of the bulletin: in fact, Laszlo Devai, a columnist for the outlet’s pop culture pendant After said that the bulletin was “less harmful than its predecessor”, and comparing it with its more tabloid spin-off, Tények Extra, saying it was “much more boring” and often had “weaker, flashy headlines”. In fact, the first 30 minutes (or first 10 stories) were all “if it bleeds, it leads” American local news-style content, including a report on a men pursuing him and stapping him to death, a major car crash and deaths caused by the European heat wave.
Though Devai said that TV2 Híradó was “less harmful… by eliminating propaganda”, soon the “both sides” reporting came out: first, a possible cancellation of the Sziget Festival after Fidesz complained about the annual event taking a strain into the country’s power supply system, then the Hungarian Soccer League’s matches being brought forward due to the energy crisis. The more propagandistic elements came during a report on the Paks nuclear power plant closure, though the report had balance between PM Magyar’s speech and the speeches of the opposition. However, it had reached its summit in a report which began with a clip from János Bóka (Fidesz parliamentary leader) praising Péter Szijjártó and Olivér Hortay, who had resigned from their MP positions; despite remarks from Gábor Horn to balance out the situation, Bóka’s remarks had slightly more time on air.
Devai concludes that the newscast “was not particularly outstanding in terms of details”, saying that the promised visual elements were not showcased on launch day and lack the impact, and particularly targeted the anchors, saying they were “downright bland”.
Some people were somehow more celebratory of the changes. István Pálffy, who was the original anchor of Tények between 1997 and 2002, when he moved to public broadcaster MTV, told the tabloid magazine Story (an outlet controlled by Orbán cronies), that “he didn’t watch the show, I didn’t care”. Story wanted Pálffy’s co-anchor, Judit Stahl, and their successors, András Bárdos and Kristza Máté, to give their own reactions, but they declined.
As part of the wholesale changes of the TV2 news service, the network revived its tabloid newsmagazine, Aktív, to replace Tények Extra. The new management has retooled the programme as a entertainment and gossip magazine, with three new presenters, all also part of TV2’s team: Tímea Gelencsér, Anett Czippán and Eszter Iszak. The programme will air from Monday to Saturday after each day’s TV2 Híradó.
Another Brazilian news network is also celebrating its anniversary with a new studio: GloboNews is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a whole new set. The space might be familiar to some people: it was the historic Jornal Nacional newsroom studio from 2000 to 2017, when they moved to its bigger space. This same facility inside Globo’s Rio de Janeiro headquarters stood empty for years, but it was announced during the network’s own upfront at the end of last year that GloboNews would move from its longtime broom cupboard to this bigger facility, after years of planning and preparation.
The new facility had accidentaly leaked at the end of July, after technical glitches during a broadcast of its conversation show Estúdio i, leading to the anchor calling a commercial break. However, the leak and the controversy of the network inviting influencers to take a look at the studio before its opening, generated a major interest in Brazilian TV journalists. The opening of the facility happened on July 30.
The first programme to air from the new studio was a new programme, GloboNews Radar, anchored by Camila Bonfim, part of a larger reorganisation of the network’s morning programming. The show, appropriately enough, started with a tour of the new facility, which has various presenting positions and a much larger footprint to allow anchors to freely roam inside the faciltity.
The supers were also tweaked, but they look much uglier, less cleaner and with smaller typography than they used to. Maybe the fact they changed their playout and CG systems with the move?
And Globo wasn’t the only one in Brazillian TV news that unveiled something new last night either…
SBT Cidades replaced Aqui Agora in the early evening slot, hosted by former Globo presenter Rodrigo Bocardi.
The show promises more viewer input and day-to-day issues, with a digital approach that BocaTV (Bocardi’s own platform) is familiar with.
The local touch is perhaps more emphasized in its broadcast hours and areas: Its first hour will be dedicated to the São Paulo region, while the last half hour is shown nationally to bridge to their main news.
This was how their affiliate in the northeast joined in from their local news:
And the throw to SBT Brasil:
The show’s premiere seems to be popular in both SP and nationally, as SBT received a ratings bump that surpassed Band in the timeslot.
The presenter behind Aqui Agora, meanwhile, is staying with the station.
Of all launches and endings, we seemed to have missed this one… In Belgium, VRT NWS Laat, the late news on VRT1, ended for a final time before the World Cup.
The format - analysis and sofa interviews - was originally slated to end after 5 years in September, but was pushed earlier as the newscast moved to streaming-only temporarily to make way for the World Cup.
Replacing it currently is ‘Jornaal Laat’, a 15-minute news roundup, as the Flemish broadcaster looks to put more resources into the flagship 7pm bulletin instead.
Accident occurs during filming of Diego Magão’s segment on TV Norte - Video:
Acidente acontece durante gravação de passagem de Diego Magão da TV Norte pic.twitter.com/uzqvCKxnQi
— Victor Freitas (@victorfreitastv) August 6, 2026
‘Good Morning Japan’ debuted a new virtual studio
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おはよう日本もスタジオ移転でリニューアル！
— ぬるぽん (@nullpon44011) August 8, 2026
曲も時計もセット（バーチャル）も変わってる！#nhk https://t.co/yJ6FvCdM3k pic.twitter.com/k5BWxwfCW8
NHK: 'Good Morning Japan' estrenó nuevo estudio virtual pic.twitter.com/3kCF3uylPK
— Brand Graffismo (@BrandGraffismo) August 9, 2026
Plus News
“An unexpected new studio”
まさかの新しいスタジオ pic.twitter.com/5EtdiU42cr
— くらら (@Gracemint) August 8, 2026
朝も思ったけど、NHKのニューススタジオのバーチャルじゃない方の新セット。反射の映り込みなのか透けて後ろが見えてるだけなのか分からんけどチカチカしてうざったいわね…誰か横切っても映り込むし
— 霧。 (@kirifurikogen) August 9, 2026
チカチカギラギラ ※個人の感想です pic.twitter.com/XxlSHPEPYg
Sunday Sports From the New Studio
サンデースポーツ 新しいスタジオから pic.twitter.com/zDkrkxkVJo
— ADASAN (@adasan2015) August 9, 2026
It’s not only a new VR studio for nearly all of NHK’s TV newscasts, but also a move to a new, state-of-the-art “Information Building” for them: after nearly three years of planning and two years of building, the new facility, completed on October 2024 at a cost of 65.7 billion Japanese yen, is part of a large scale redevelopment of the NHK Broadcasting Center in Shibuya, which includes a full rebuilding of the complex. The facility has a full 77,670 m2 space distributed on 11 floors and an underground service and parking lot. The facility is prepared for Japan’s seismic territory, with isolation structures and emergency power generation facilities all considered in the project.
Along with NHK’s domestic TV and radio news, sport and current affairs programming, it houses the master control areas for both NHK General and NHK Educational TV, as well as housing facilities for the NHK Disaster Prevention Centre and other smaller programmes. It will also house NHK World TV and NHK World Radio Japan, so it is likely we’ll see changes to NHK World TV’s Newsline in the coming months. The move of the mentioned departments will be completed in September.
With the Information Building completed, the pace is now set for the start of the redevelopment of the Broadcasting Centre: in March, the design for the new building was unveiled from a public tender, which was won by recognised architecture firm Nihon Sekkei, in association with NTT Facilities, the architecture and engineering pendant of the Japanese telecom holding. The redevelopment, which will encompass 130,000 m2, will be built in phases and will be completed during the 2037 fiscal year, with moving and reallocation completed by 2043.
Some Japanese media outlets have criticised the scale of the redevelopment, with these comparing how the BBC and NRK have downsized in the wake of the digital and streaming media revolution, with some saying that it might become a big mistake in the wake of changes in the media industry and the technology being used by broadcasters to provide its content.
But, as some might say, let’s wait and see…
NHK: 'News 7' estrenó nuevo estudio virtual pic.twitter.com/r3qXP6BoL3
— Brand Graffismo (@BrandGraffismo) August 9, 2026
NHK: ‘News 7’ Debuts New Virtual Studio
But hey, new graphics. Look over there!
