04/10/2026, 15:15

Dear petitioners,

It was announced in one of the recent news updates, and now the TV report is coming: This coming Tuesday, April 14, at 8:15 p.m. CEST, SWR Fernsehen (a German regional TV channel) will air a story on the topic of “planned obsolescence” on its program Marktcheck, and will also report on the situation involving Vorwerk and Neato.

I was interviewed for this report, and to my knowledge, another petitioner was as well.

A preview is available at the following link: https://www.swr.de/leben/verbraucher/vorschau-artikel-100.html 

Those who cannot watch the report live will also be able to find it afterward in the ARD Media Library: https://www.ardmediathek.de/sendung/marktcheck/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS80NTQ3OTA2 

It will also likely be aired on other German regional stations’ programs (NDR Markt, WRD Markt, etc.). I don’t have any broadcast dates for those yet.

I’m looking forward to the segment myself, and I’d love to hear your feedback.

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