Overview
- About 230 positions will be eliminated in the RTL News division as part of the previously announced 600 job cuts across RTL Deutschland.
- Celebrity coverage will be consolidated under the 'Exclusiv' brand, which will air daily from January 17, 2026, while 'Gala' (RTL), 'Prominent' (VOX), and the short format '#VOXStimme' will end.
- RTL and ntv plan a joint weekday morning program from spring 2026 (6–9 a.m.), replacing RTL's 'Punkt 6', 'Punkt 7', and 'Punkt 8'.
- News operations will shift to a centralized newsroom in Cologne with a Berlin counterpart and a stronger primetime focus on investigative formats such as 'Team Wallraff', 'stern investigativ', and 'Extra'.
- Digital portfolio changes include discontinuing Wetter.de as a standalone portal and outsourcing Sport.de, while ntv and the brands stern, GEO, and Capital are not directly affected by the cuts.