Tag: broadcasting fee
Budget of ARD and ZDF increases to more than ten billion euros a year
Kai Gniffke The ARD chairman wants to invest significantly in the technology in order to keep up with Netflix and Co. (Photo: dpa) Munich The incumbent ARD chairman, Kai Gniffke,…
Germany’s most important media researcher says what’s wrong with ARD and ZDF
Munich Lutz Hachmeister, 63, is one of the most prominent media researchers in Germany. For decades, the former head of the Adolf Grimme Institute has been observing public broadcasting, occasionally…
Scandals force public broadcasting to reform
WDR director Tom Buhrow In the turmoil of the reform debate. (Photo: Imago, Getty Images, ARD [M]) Munich Anyone who believed that the end of the series of explosive, scandalous…
Scandals force public broadcasting to reform
WDR director Tom Buhrow In the turmoil of the reform debate. (Photo: Imago, Getty Images, ARD [M]) Munich Anyone who believed that the end of the series of explosive, scandalous…
Need new social contract for public service
Tom Buhrow “Does Germany want to continue having two nationwide, linear television channels in parallel in the 21st century?” (Photo: IMAGO/Future Image) Hamburg The director of West German Broadcasting (WDR),…
Merz calls for reforms of public broadcasting
Friedrich Merz The CDU boss sharply criticizes the work of the public institutions. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin In view of the affair surrounding the resigned RBB director Patricia Schlesinger, CDU…