Rundschau


Rundschau is a news program produced and airing on BR Fernsehen. It started airing on October 1, 1979. Originally intended as a regional-oriented program, Rundschau later include reports from around Germany which also appeal to viewers in other states. Rundschau reports updates from Bavaria, Germany and the world.

History

Initially Rundschau only aired in the evening; later on, an afternoon edition was introduced. In 1991 a sister program, Rundschau Magazin, started airing; it is similar to Das Erste's Tagesthemen and ZDF's heute journal. A late-night edition, Rundschau Nacht, started in 1996 as a new format. It was axed at the end of 2004, but was reinstated from October 2007, having remained on air since. Since 2009, a 100-second news summary edition called Rundschau News in 100 Sekunden has been broadcast, which is also available as a smartphone app, also including specific variations such as Bavaria and the economy. Rundschau Extra concentrates on particularly important current events, and is generally added to the schedule at short notice.
In spring 2012, a cross-media format known as the Rundshow was trialed for four weeks: this was a version of the Rundschau with a strong focus on audience participation, and was presented by Richard Gutjahr with varying co-hosts.
For decades, the main edition of the Rundschau was broadcast at 6:45pm on BR Fernsehen; however, as part of a major programming overhaul, from 11 April 2016 it was extended from 15 to 30 minutes and moved to start at 6:30pm. As part of this revamp, Rundschau also received a new format, a new studio and a new on-air design. From 7 August 2017, BR put another new studio in operation, with a green screen and robotic cameras; the design of the Rundschau remained unchanged.

Programmes

Rundschau

Afternoon edition:
Main edition:
Main edition presenters:
Afternoon presenters/main edition co-presenters:
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Rundschau Nacht is a ten-minute bulletin broadcast on weekdays, live on BR's website at 11:30pm, and on BR Fernsehen between 11:45pm and 2:00am the next morning, depending on the length of the programmes shown beforehand.
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