The head of ProSieben and Sat.1 wants to stand up to Netflix

Daniel Rosemann, president of ProSieben and Sat 1, wants to confront Germany’s global broadcasting giants with shows and journalism.

On Thursday at the digital and media conference, Rosmann said Rosman believes that local shows and shows dedicated to German-speaking countries as well as the press are “a very distinct characteristic of live broadcasters.” Republic. “Netflix and Amazon will never be able to offer this in the category of quality that regional players can do.”

ProSieben as well as RTL are currently pushing their news areas into the program. For example, Annalena Baerbock gave her first TV interview after nominating Green Chancellor candidate on private broadcasting station ProSieben.

RTL News chief, Stephane Schmitter, confirmed in re: publica that RTL was building on an already existing news image. “We are not starting from scratch.” For example, the station wants to run a news program with former Tageshaw boss Jan Hoover – the details are still unclear. Schmitter assured that they wanted to put in new press anchors with surprising things. We don’t need to duplicate or copy what other people are actually doing. We think we can find another approach. “

WDR Director of Information, Fantasy and Entertainment, Jörg Schönenborn, said of the contest’s news plans that, as a citizen, journalist, and user, he would be happy “when we have a more professional press”. Competition is good for business. The media offensive in the ARD region has been going on for years. In the last few months, many target groups consuming nonlinear programs, i.e. continuous programs, have also been won.

Text: dpa / editor: JN