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2011xx english Chancellor Angela Merkel was the guest of Günther Jauch on September in “Das Erste”. Finally, there is a second national public television corporation: “Zweites Deutsches Fernse- NDR/Marcel Mettelsiefen NDR/Marcel hen” (ZDF), jointly founded and administered by all of the states. “Deutschlandradio”, as a corpo- The German ration under the joint auspices Broadcasting System of ARD and ZDF, provides three national radio programs. Adherence to the public pro- he public broadcasting gramming mandate is monitored corporations are the core in the public broadcasting corpo- T of the overall broadcast- rations by broadcasting councils. ing system in the Federal Repub- They consist of representatives lic of Germany. They were found- of the major organized social ed in West Germany in 1945 at groups (e. g. labor, industrial the end of World War II under management, churches). They the authority of the allied forces represent the interests of the and set up to be democratic, in- general public, i. e. of all the dependent and noncommercial listeners and viewers. An admi- public institutions. Their charters nistrative council monitors their continue to guarantee freedom activities and the corporation of expression, diversity in pro- is headed by a director general gramming and high quality. (“Intendant”). The mission of the broadcast- The public broadcasting sys- ing corporations is to serve the tem is financed by all listeners / public with programs providing viewers on the basis of monthly information, education and license fees. Starting in 2013, entertainment. This model was these fees will be charged on a applied to the states of Eastern residence and business basis. The Germany in 1991. public broadcasting organiza- The broadcasting system of tions also take in revenue from the ARD is today comprised of advertising and sponsoring, but nine state broadcasting organi- this is a limited source of income. zations: Bayerischer Rundfunk Aside from the public broad- (BR), Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), casting corporations with their Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk mandate to provide compre- (MDR), Norddeutscher Rundfunk hensive broadcasting services, (NDR), Radio Bremen, Rund- private broadcasting companies funk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), also operate in Germany. Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR), Südwestrundfunk (SWR) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (WDR). The tenth member is the “Deutsche Welle” (DW), a public broadcasting corporation under German federal law. the broadcasting system Ruth Hieronymi, Chairwoman of the Council of Chairpersons of ARD’s Broadcasting and Adminis- trative Councils, and Monika Piel, Director General WDR and ARD President, at a Press Conference in September (left to right) Bayerischer WDR/Herby Sachs Rundfunk – BR Rundfunkplatz 1 80 335 Munich ARD and its Telephone: +49-89-59 00 01 Members Internet: www.br.de Director General: Ulrich Wilhelm Press officer: Christian Nitsche he ARD general meeting elects a member organi- Hessischer Rundfunk – HR T zation for a term of one Bertramstrasse 8 year to assume responsibility for 60 320 Frankfurt conducting the business of the Telephone: +49-69-15 51 ARD. The director general of the Internet: www.hr-online.de corporation responsible for the Director General: Helmut Reitze conduct of business in a given Press officer: Tobias Häuser year is also the ARD chairperson. The ARD Secretary General in Mitteldeutscher Berlin both supports the chair- Rundfunk – MDR person and management, and Kantstrasse 71 – 73 ensures continuity in media 04 275 Leipzig policy during the rotation of the Telephone: +49-3 41-30 00 chair. Internet: www.mdr.de The public broadcasting cor- Director General: Karola Wille poration currently responsible Head of Communications: for the carrying out of ARD busi- Susanne Odenthal (acting) ness is: Norddeutscher Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln Rundfunk – NDR (WDR) Rothenbaumchaussee 132 ARD President: Monika Piel 20 149 Hamburg Appellhofplatz 1 Telephone: +49-40-4 15 60 50 667 Cologne Internet: www.ndr.de Telephone: +49-2 21-22 00 Director General: Lutz Marmor Internet: www.ARD.de Press officer: Martin Gartzke ARD Spokesman: Stefan Wirtz Radio Office of ARD Secretary General Bremen Masurenallee 8 – 14 Diepenau 10 14 057 Berlin 28 195 Bremen Telephone: +49-30-8 90 43 13 11 Telephone: +49-4 21-24 60 ARD Secretary General: t.b.d. Internet: www.radiobremen.de Press officer: Julia Niesert Director General: Jan Metzger Press officer: Michael Glöckner ard and its members Rundfunk Berlin- Westdeutscher Brandenburg – RBB Rundfunk Köln Masurenallee 8 – 14 WDR 14 057 Berlin Appellhofplatz 1 Telephone: +49-30-97 99 30 50 667 Cologne Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 20 Telephone: +49-2 21-22 00 14 482 Potsdam Internet: www.WDR.de Telephone: +49-3 31-97 99 30 Director General: Monika Piel Internet: www.rbb-online.de Press officer: Gudrun Hindersin Director General: Dagmar Reim Press officer: Justus Demmer Deutsche Welle – DW Saarländischer Kurt-Schumacher-Strasse 3 Rundfunk – SR 53 113 Bonn Funkhaus Halberg Telephone: +49-2 28-42 90 66 100 Saarbrücken Internet: www.DW-WORLD.DE Telephone: +49-6 81-60 20 Director General: Internet: www.sr-online.de Erik Bettermann Director General: Thomas Kleist Press officer: Johannes Hoffmann Press officer: Peter Meyer ooperation inside the ARD is coordinated by commis- C sions, in several of which NDR ZDF holds representation. Indi- Radio vidual directors or corporations Bremen are responsibile for longer-term RBB functions. ARD is represented by appointed individuals in dealings WDR with institutions, such as the MDR European Broadcasting Union HR (EBU). ARD has created independent institutions for the purpose of car- SR rying out certain joint tasks. The SWR major instances are ARD Degeto BR (production and purchase of films), the German National Broad- casting Archives (DRA), the Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH (IRT, re- search and development). The ARGE Rundfunk-Betriebstechnik Südwestrund- (ARGE RBT, testing and measure- funk SWR menting), the Training Centre Neckarstrasse 230 ARD.ZDF medienaka demie, the 70 190 Stuttgart SportA, an agency dealing in spor- Telephone: +49-7 11-92 90 ting rights, and the Fee Collection Internet: www.SWR.de Centre (GEZ) are also managed by Director General: ZDF. Peter Boudgoust Press officer: Wolfgang Utz ard members • joint tasks HD Central Production Television at WDR in Cologne n order to provide the entire population of Germany I with radio and television, ARD and its members utilize all WDR/Herby Saxhs the currently available broadcasting technology: closely con- nected networks of “terrestrial” Joint Tasks • – that is, earthbound – transmit- Technology ters, satellites and cable, plus – on an ever increasing scale – the Internet. ARD.ZDF medienakademie Terrestrial transmission of radio gemeinnützige GmbH broadcasts is still largely analog Wallensteinstrasse 121 (FM), whereas for television and 90 431 Nürnberg other modes of transmission, di- Telephone: +49-9 11-9 61 90 gital procedures are increasingly www.ard-zdf-medienakademie. being used, such as Digital Audio de Broadcasting (DAB and DAB+) and Digital Video Broadcasting Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv (DVB). DRA Deutsches All radio channels and all TV Bertramstrasse 8 Rundfunkarchiv channels are transmitted addi- 60 320 Frankfurt tionally or mainly by satellite. The Telephone: +49-69-15 68 70 radio channels are digital, while the Internet: www.dra.de television channels will be exclu- sively digital starting in May ARGE Rundfunk-Betriebs- 2012. “Das Erste” has been broad- technik – ARGE RBT casting in HD since Frebruary Wallensteinstrasse 119 2010. Furthermore, ARD channels 90 431 Nürnberg are fed into cable networks. On Telephone: +49-9 11-6 57 30 Internet, mainly all those ARD ra- Internet: www.rbt-nbg.de dio channels that are broadcast in MP3 or other special formats, Institut für Rundfunktechnik can be heard. GmbH – IRT Broadcasting organizations Floriansmühlstrasse 60 require extensive studio facilities 80 939 Munich in order to produce and transmit Telephone: +49-89-32 39 90 such a broad variety and scope Internet: www.irt.de of programs – from news broadcasts to TV shows. To record Degeto Film and produce outside the studio, GmbH mobile broadcasting units or Am Steinernen Stock 1 vans outfitted with audio / visual 60 320 Frankfurt equipment are necessary. Telephone: +49-69-1 50 93 49 xxjoint tasks • technology Championship game of the FIFA women’s World Cup in “Das Erste”: Japan – USA Saki Kumagai (l), Alex Morgan (r) programming everywhere in Ger- many, the ARD member organizations cooperate in a number of picture alliance / dpa picture ways. In a revenue equalization system, the financially stronger ARD-members support the wea- Financial Structure ker corporations. Starting in 2013, fees will be charged independent of the devices being used for viewing/ he cost of production and listening. A simple rule will then transmission of radio and apply for all consumers: One T television programs is residence, one fee. Companies high. Transmitters and studios and institutions will also be ex- have to be built and maintained pected to continue their show of and transmission lines must be solidarity by participating in the hired. Feature films and trans- financing of the system. mission rights to such activities DW receives subsidies from as sporting events have to be the federal government. acquired and copyrights must be Varying volumes of advertising purchased. Last but not least, the are broadcasted on 33 ARD radio employees and freelancers de- programs and on first channel mand payment for their services. “Das Erste” before 8:00 pm. The The public broadcasting cor- total air time for TV commercials porations receive most of the may not exceed 20 minutes per funding from license fees paid by workday, averaged annually. their listeners and viewers. The The ARD public broadcasting public financed more than 80 % corporations have established of the programming produced their own independent com- by ARD broadcasting organiza- panies to handle advertising tions under state law in 2010. contracts. These nine companies Revenues from advertising, are all members of the “ARD- co-productions, co-financing, Werbung”.

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