1. Over the weekend, the CDU Party presented a plan to renovate public TV (ARD/ZDF) in Germany.
The deal? Well....there would be a evolution to occur, where ARD becomes a regional network, and ONLY ZDF would survive as a national public TV network. Along the way....various programs that ARD produces...would either halt or be handed to ZDF to maintain.
Two national news groups between ZDF and ARD? That would basically come to an end.
Odds of ARD accepting this? I'd say near ZERO.
The CDU plan has a couple of bright ideas, and would trim cost by a significant amount. If you asked me about the main difference between nightly news from ARD and ZDF? There's just not much difference.
2. In the middle of a live show on Saturday night on RTL....the moderator's watch (one of the new fancy ones)....did an alert and told him to call the doctor (I assume his pulse or blood pressure was an issue). Just a rather odd thing. No, he apparently didn't call the doctor, if you were wondering. I should note, the moderator is an older guy (early 70s).
3. Some weird attack in Bremen over the weekend.....23-year old sister is attacked by 24-year old brother. Dead. Cops have no real explanation yet.
4. German car parts company Bosch is talking about a 1,500 employee 'cut'.
5. Bahn cards (the discount 25-or-50-percent deal) are in some way evolving....with plastic cards likely to disappear. Replacement? You'd have a App on the smart-phone to ID your status.
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