Overview
- The channel, which glitched Wednesday at 20:15 before Aktenzeichen XY, briefly showed 3sat’s Alpenpanorama and then ARD’s Tagesschau weather.
- ZDF cut to a “Störung. Gleich geht’s weiter …” holding slide for about a minute, then the program started around 20:16 with host Rudi Cerne.
- A ZDF spokesperson later called it a short picture disturbance caused by a coordination error in broadcast operations.
- ZDF uploaded the episode to its online service without the on-air hiccup, and the broadcast reached about 4.5 million viewers.
- Viewers voiced confusion on social media, and such cross-feeds can happen when shared live feeds are misrouted among public broadcasters.