17-01-2023, 12:12 AM
The ProSiebenSat.1 German FTA channels soft-relaunched its news offerings on New Year's Day. The rationale for the change is the expiration of a news sharing agreement with Axel Springer's news channel Welt (formerly N24). This sharing agreement went into effect shortly after P7S1 sold the news and documentary channel to a group of independent investors in 2010, which later sold it to Axel Springer in 2014.
ProSieben Newstime:
www.youtube.com
Sat.1 Nachrichten:
www.youtube.com
Kabel 1 News:
www.youtube.com
Instead of signing a new sharing agreement, P7S1 took the bold decision to relaunch an in-house news operation, including building new facilities in their headquarters in the Unterföhring suburb of Munich, part of a larger campus project for the broadcaster. The news operations are being overseen by a newly-created division of their in-house production company, Seven.One Entertainment Group, under the direction of Sven Pietsch, also responsible for factual programming. A Welt veteran editor, Arne Teetz, is serving as managing editor, whilst Charlotte Potts, formerly anchor of the ZDF Morgenmagazin, will be the political editor, based in Berlin.
karriere.prosiebensat1.com
www.p7s1-newcampus.de
As part of the massive relaunch of the news department, P7S1 hired a number of key news presenters and reporters from mainly public service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, including Karolin Kandler and Linda Zervakis. Additional presenting changes were made: Marc Bator took the decision to stop presenting the Sat.1 news on weekdays to take on a reduced role, including anchoring on weekends and as fill-in; he was replaced by Claudia von Brauchitsch; additionally, former Welt and DW Español anchor and reporter Angela van Brakel joins Norbert Anwander as anchor of Kabel 1's news bulletins, as Barbara Scherle has been promoted to occupy a principal editor position in the new operation.
Although the operations are back in-house, they are no graphical changes to be seen as of right now. The horrid virtual set designs introduced in 2021 (when Welt moved to its new studio at the Axel Springer House) are being retained, as is each channels' news designs; however, this is a temporary measure. P7S1 plans to gradually introduce from May a common, unified news brand, where newscasts in all three channels and a new digital offering will sit. Additionally, a real set design is being built for the common brand, set to launch this summer.
ProSieben Newstime:
www.youtube.com
Sat.1 Nachrichten:
www.youtube.com
Kabel 1 News:
www.youtube.com
www.dwdl.de
Even with the outsourcing agreement with P7S1 being over, Welt eventually decided to sign a new agreement with Red Bull-owned ServusTV, whose German operation is starting to detach from its Austrian counterpart. The Vienna-based access prime slot was replaced with new shows targeted at the local audience, including Germany-specific newscasts at 6pm and 7:20pm (aping the slots of its Austrian newscasts) and a lighter style magazine produced by subsidiary Maz & More, Guten Abend Deutschland.
These new shows debuted on January 9; however, it has been having low ratings since its inception, which is no surprise given the start-up nature of the venture. These new broadcasts air from a refurbished Studio 2 at the Axel Springer House, with a real studio coming from their to-go set designers Veech x Veech.
Pre-launch promo:
www.youtube.com
First full German breakaway block:
www.youtube.com
Ratings report:
www.dwdl.de
ProSieben Newstime:
www.youtube.com
Sat.1 Nachrichten:
www.youtube.com
Kabel 1 News:
www.youtube.com
Instead of signing a new sharing agreement, P7S1 took the bold decision to relaunch an in-house news operation, including building new facilities in their headquarters in the Unterföhring suburb of Munich, part of a larger campus project for the broadcaster. The news operations are being overseen by a newly-created division of their in-house production company, Seven.One Entertainment Group, under the direction of Sven Pietsch, also responsible for factual programming. A Welt veteran editor, Arne Teetz, is serving as managing editor, whilst Charlotte Potts, formerly anchor of the ZDF Morgenmagazin, will be the political editor, based in Berlin.
karriere.prosiebensat1.com
www.p7s1-newcampus.de
As part of the massive relaunch of the news department, P7S1 hired a number of key news presenters and reporters from mainly public service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, including Karolin Kandler and Linda Zervakis. Additional presenting changes were made: Marc Bator took the decision to stop presenting the Sat.1 news on weekdays to take on a reduced role, including anchoring on weekends and as fill-in; he was replaced by Claudia von Brauchitsch; additionally, former Welt and DW Español anchor and reporter Angela van Brakel joins Norbert Anwander as anchor of Kabel 1's news bulletins, as Barbara Scherle has been promoted to occupy a principal editor position in the new operation.
Although the operations are back in-house, they are no graphical changes to be seen as of right now. The horrid virtual set designs introduced in 2021 (when Welt moved to its new studio at the Axel Springer House) are being retained, as is each channels' news designs; however, this is a temporary measure. P7S1 plans to gradually introduce from May a common, unified news brand, where newscasts in all three channels and a new digital offering will sit. Additionally, a real set design is being built for the common brand, set to launch this summer.
ProSieben Newstime:
www.youtube.com
Sat.1 Nachrichten:
www.youtube.com
Kabel 1 News:
www.youtube.com
www.dwdl.de
Even with the outsourcing agreement with P7S1 being over, Welt eventually decided to sign a new agreement with Red Bull-owned ServusTV, whose German operation is starting to detach from its Austrian counterpart. The Vienna-based access prime slot was replaced with new shows targeted at the local audience, including Germany-specific newscasts at 6pm and 7:20pm (aping the slots of its Austrian newscasts) and a lighter style magazine produced by subsidiary Maz & More, Guten Abend Deutschland.
These new shows debuted on January 9; however, it has been having low ratings since its inception, which is no surprise given the start-up nature of the venture. These new broadcasts air from a refurbished Studio 2 at the Axel Springer House, with a real studio coming from their to-go set designers Veech x Veech.
Pre-launch promo:
www.youtube.com
First full German breakaway block:
www.youtube.com
Ratings report:
www.dwdl.de
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