The tower and church bells rang at 8:00 p.m., but the “Tagesschau” gong did not appear: the news program started with around seven million viewers on Saturday evening on the first with a slight delay. The time display in front of the blue “Tagesschau” background ran until 8:44 p.m., then the broadcast began.
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AOn Twitter that evening, many people posted photos of their TV screens showing the seconds before the start.
From ARD-aktuell, as the ARD community facility in Hamburg responsible for the “Tagesschau”, it was said on Sunday on dpa request about the delay: “The reason for this was incorrect programming in the program.”
“Tagesschau” spokeswoman Judith Rakers, who presented the program on Saturday evening, responded to a tweet from a user who asked himself what was going on: “All right. I clarify: We had a technical problem with an incorrectly linked graphic (Bundesliga), which then shot us through the opening credits. The moment it should be started. Hence the missing graphic later. #sorry “. (dpa)
