Rundschau
Rundschau is a news program produced and airing on Bayerisches Fernsehen. It started airing on October 1, 1979. Originally intended as a regional-oriented program, Rundschau later include reports from around Germany which also appeal to viewers in other states. Rundschau reports updates from Bavaria, Germany and the world.
Its sister program Rundschau Magazin (Rundschau Magazine) started airing in 1991. It is similar to Das Erste's (The First Channel) Tagesthemen and ZDF's (Second German Television) heute journal. A 100-second news summary edition called Rundschau News in 100 Sekunden (Rundschau News in 100 seconds), which is also available as a smartphone app, also including specific variations such as Bavaria and economy. Rundschau extra concentrates on particularly controversial current events which are usually taken in the short term.
On July 25, 1988 the news program Tagesschau produced by the Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg was imminent to be cancelled due to a warning strike organized by the broadcasting union RFFU. This blackout would have been for the first time in the history of the ARD. The Bavarian Rundschau helped out as a substitute program and in this way was broadcast nationwide.