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In Germany, the newscasts across the Seven.One channels will be unified under the ":Newstime" umbrella next week, though their editorial styles are still different:

As early as next week, Seven.One Entertainment will unify the news offerings of Sat.1, ProSieben and Kabel Eins. From 19 June, "Kabel Eins News", "Newstime" running on ProSieben and "Sat.1 Nachrichten" will thus become the new ":newstime". All digital news activities and those on Joyn will also go by the new name.

"Where ':newstime' is on it, ':newstime' is in it. The brand will be an absolutely reliable source of information for people - up-to-date, fast and on all platforms," Sven Pietsch, the editor-in-chief of Seven.One Entertainment Group, is certain. The aim is to establish the new brand ":newstime" as a "seal of quality for comprehensible and non-judgemental quality journalism in the German news landscape. ":newstime" will also become the brand on platforms such as YouTube or Instagram.

Despite the same name, the news programmes are to be quite different. Arne Teetz, Editor-in-Chief News: "We are combining our strengths and competencies under the joint brand ':newstime' and will continue to produce different programmes for Sat.1, ProSieben and Kabel Eins, tailored to the respective viewers' interests, with our own presenters. In the future, however, we will go beyond this and, in combination with our digital distribution channels, will be able to offer an even more comprehensive and uniform journalistic service for everyone at all times.

Translated from m.dwdl.de