Tag: Television review
At RTL, the real problems are waiting for Thomas Rabe
Thomas Rabe The manager has to solve problems in the TV business. (Photo: Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, Gütersloh) Media professionals look to Hamburg with concern: Bertelsmann has decided to…
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),…
RBB director Schlesinger resigns
Patricia Schlesinger The RBB Broadcasting Council is expected to meet for a special session this Monday. (Photo: IMAGO/Michael Handelmann) Berlin In view of numerous allegations, Patricia Schlesinger has resigned as…
Lindner and Habeck call for more funds for the Bundeswehr
Robert Habeck and Christian Lindner The economics ministers and the finance minister are calling for more investment in the Bundeswehr. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner and…
ARD chairwoman Patricia Schlesinger starts a news offensive
Hamburg The ARD has recently been repeatedly criticized for its program. Now the new chairman, Patricia Schlesinger, wants to emphasize the information competence of the public broadcaster network. “It’s high…
“You should never lean back”
Munich The outgoing ARD chairman Tom Buhrow rejects a merger of ARD and ZDF. This is a political discussion and has nothing to do with the channel reform, he says…
Stock exchange on November 11th: six points that are important for investors today
On Wednesday, the German stock market stabilized thanks to good company figures. Today investors expect numbers from four Dax companies again. .source site
Russia uses YouTube’s blocking of “RT” for nasty propaganda
RT Youtube has blocked the German-language channels of the state-owned Russian propaganda broadcaster “RT”. (Photo: imago / ITAR-TASS) It’s bad when your own propaganda clouds your brain. For years the…
ARD & ZDF embarrass themselves in the triumph of the chancellor candidates
Three-way battle for the Chancellery Olaf Scholz (from left), Annalena Baerbock and Armin Laschet: The quality of the program was worse than that of the private broadcaster RTL. (Photo: obs)…
Why the moderators did not shine in the TV debate
Oliver Koehr, Maybritt Illner Important topics were not dealt with by the team of moderators at the “Triell”. (Photo: dpa) Munich Maybrit Illner, 56, had many great moments in her…