“Tagesschau” glitch at prime time - the speaker apologizes twice

Created: 12/19/2021, 8:37 PM

From: Florian Naumann

Unusual picture: The viewers of the ARD “Tagesschau” had to forego background overlay on Sunday evening.

© Screenshot: ARD media library

Unusual picture on the “Tagesschau”: A breakdown is causing problems for the ARD news program on Sunday.

Hamburg - Serious problems threaten Germany shortly before Christmas: The Omikron variant threatens to take over the pandemic in Germany - the expert council of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) is already calling for restrictions.

With this far-reaching news, the “Tagesschau” opened on Sunday evening (December 19).

At the same time, the ARD news flagship came into focus with a rather curious side note: At prime time, the program produced by NDR had to struggle with technical problems.

ARD “Tagesschau”: Breakdown on Sunday evening - presenter apologizes twice

Because news anchor Julia-Niharika Sen read the reports in front of the simple blue background image of the “Tagesschau” broadcasts.

The usual illustrative photos in the back of the anchorwoman were missing - as was the overlay with the name Sens.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we have technical problems with this program.

Unfortunately, it is currently not possible for us to play background images - we apologize for that, ”said the spokeswoman after about six minutes of broadcasting time before moving on to a report about the visit by Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) to Lithuania.

There was no improvement: The 8.15 p.m. edition of the “Tagesschau” had to do without any photo background.

The single-player contributions flickered across the screens without restriction.

Shortly before the end of the show, Sen asked "again to apologize".

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The usually sharp-tongued commentators on the short message service Twitter took it calmly.

"Why doesn't a colleague paint something on cardboard and hold it in the picture?

Doing it yourself is completely okay during the Christmas season, ”scoffed a user.

Another was pleased that at least the "crime scene" ran "smoothly" from 8.15 p.m.

The ARD viewers still had to prepare for another change on Sunday evening: The usual political talk "Anne Will" at 9.45 pm was canceled.

However, technical problems were not the reason here.

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