The 1 p.m. RTL Info will now start at 12:55 p.m. According to our information, the 1 p.m. news will now contain a section devoted to the news of the day summarized over a few minutes before moving on to regional news and the sections previously present in RTL Info Welcome et RTL Info with you, including an interview with a guest (singer, actor, etc.).
The idea behind all this is to rationalize resources – human and financial – to concentrate them on the time slot where there are the most people watching linear television, i.e. the 5-11 p.m. slot. The hope is perhaps also to regain a few points in market share, the slicing of the 1 p.m. news into several parts having caused it to lose a few additional feathers since 2019.
As for the 7 p.m. news, there will be no big changes to report, with the exception of the fact that Caroline Fontenoy and Luc Gilson will also alternately present the 7 p.m. Friday edition of the news, instead of Michaël Miraglia who will focus solely on weekend editions.
“Facing Buxant” changes boxes
We will also note – as indicated a few days ago by our colleagues from Ciné Télé Revue – that the Sunday debate Facing Buxant, disappears from the grid at noon. Last December, audiences for this Sunday debate fluctuated between 125,937 viewers (01/12) and 204,390 (22/12). An excellent final score which did not change the decision. From next Sunday, January 12, the meeting will take place right after the 7 p.m. news.
It has been several years since the political debate at midday no longer attracted crowds. RTBF had already drawn a line under this meeting, by moving it to September 2017 In your opinion presented by Sacha Daout from Sunday lunchtime to Wednesday evening. This meeting then transformed into QR the debate in 2021, also with a daily variation QR news which has been integrated for several weeks into the 7:30 p.m. news following the appointment of Sacha Daout to present the weekend newspapers alternating with Mariam Alard.
