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Gert Scobel Revives 'scobel' on YouTube With Sept. 4 Relaunch Backed by Probono

The 66-year-old ex-3sat presenter says he will pursue "good old enlightenment" for younger as well as older viewers outside public broadcasting.

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Overview

  • Production is being handled with Friedrich Küppersbusch's Probono in Cologne.
  • He will continue the former 3sat-linked channel that had been discontinued, keeping the established name.
  • Scobel says mostly young viewers urged him to continue, telling him, "Mach weiter, das ist cool – Das bringt mir was."
  • He frames the project as delivering education, background and science on a commercial platform he calls a tough non-public environment.
  • Scobel retired from 3sat/ZDF this summer, and his earlier YouTube work won the 2022 Grimme Online Audience Award.