In a letter of complaint, among others ARD foreign correspondents and managers from editorial offices of individual stations positioned: In the ARD is heavily discussed on the prominent slot of the international program "World Mirror" on Sunday evening in the first. The slot directly in front of the "Tagesschau" might soon be owned by the sport, according to internal considerations. The traditional "world mirror", which bundles political, but also cultural and everyday reports of correspondents from very different countries, would have to move to an earlier date.
Among the senders of the complaint letter, first reported by the "Handelsblatt", are also prominent TV faces such as Claus Kleber, Frank Plasberg, Sonia Seymour-Mikich and Tina Hassel, who once hosted the program. They complain that a "years learned slot" lost. This is in the discussion about the legitimacy of public service broadcasting a wrong decision. A reorganization is in the hands of the program director.
Volker Herres, program director of the ARD, pointed out in a statement that from April 2020, the Sunday evening program of the first will be rearranged - when the last episode of the Sunday "Lindenstraße" was broadcast. "Several variants are currently being discussed for this and we ask for your understanding that we are only conducting this discussion internally." The public will be informed about the plans in due course.
The ARD chairman and director of the Bayerischer Rundfunk, Ulrich Wilhelm, made it clear: "No definite decision has yet been made, and the round of ARD directors and intendant will deal with it at their meeting next week." The directors of the public ARD institutions meet on Monday and Tuesday for their next regular meeting in Stuttgart.
