From public TV national news in Germany.....the big guys....you have your choice of news from ARD (Channel 1) or ZDF (Channel 2). ARD is based out of Hamburg. ZDF is based out of Mainz.
Both run a prime-time news piece (typically 15 minutes, without commercials)....ZDF around 7 PM....ARD at 8 PM. They carry a more lengthily format (around 30 minutes) at 9:45 PM (sometimes later if a sports event is in the mix).
If you asked me on 'twists' or interpretations? I'd say both have the same general view of news and how they tell the 'story'.
Will they cover the same basic story? If you were monitoring both at 9:45....I'd say that they have about 50-percent of the content in some similar way....with remaining fifty-percent on different topics. It's not like you get more political news, or more economical news via one or the other.
Do they run the same key reporter for the news? No. Both have a 'cast' of four folks minimum....who seem to rotate.
Overdosing on news? I suspect if you really surveyed most Germans....they get one single dose of nightly news, and the majority does the 8 PM ARD 15-minute piece.
The Brennpunkt episodes? After the 8 PM ARD episodes end....if there is some massive story developing....they will run a 15-to-20 minute 'extra' episode (not programmed) where they tell the whole big story. Up until Covid....there might have been one per a month. During Covid, they were running two or three a week, and lately...we are back to one or two a month.
Could you do without one of these? Well...I suspect both the Hamburg and Mainz news folks would say 'NO'. I might suggest that a quarter of society would ask why two need to exist.
Do both RTL and SAT1 run news segments as well? Yes....same story for Pro7 and Vox. Also true for N-24 and N-TV.
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