ARD (broadcaster)

The ARD ( " Consortium of public- law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany ") is a composite was established in 1950 public- service broadcasters in Germany.

Currently, the ARD consists of nine regional broadcasting corporations that run the community television programs The first EinsPlus, EinsFestival and tagesschau24 as well as their own regional television and radio programs. In addition, the sending exclusively abroad German shaft member of the ARD. The ARD was awarded the German Broadcasting Archives. Together with ZDF and ARD Germany Radio is the system of public broadcasting in Germany. The ARD and ZDF operate together the television station 3sat, Arte, Phoenix and KiKA.

The term " ARD " is often used as a synonym for which the main video program, but this is an inaccuracy; this was first known German television and today the first.

The nine regional broadcasters ARD have a total of around 23,000 permanent employees, they organize eleven TV channels, 55 radio programs and have 16 orchestra and eight choirs. The total budget of the nine institutions is around 6.3 billion euros per year. The members of the ARD are always present with about 100 private radio and television correspondents in 30 locations around the world.

• 3.1 Chairman of the ARD
• 3.2 Secretary
• 3.3 Program Director
• 3.4 subsidiaries

• 4.1 The First
• 4.2 Other television stations
• 4.3 radio
• 4.4 Internet

History

The ARD is the federal structure of the Federal Republic of Germany based: Each State is entitled to a transmitter. Historically, the federal broadcast structure goes back to the early days of broadcasting in the 1920s in Germany back, as in Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria and Württemberg established individual broadcasters and were loosely organized in the Reichs- Rundfunk -Gesellschaft. The Nazis centralized broadcasting since 1933 and broke the federal structure largely. The ARD was on 9 June 1950 by the then six regional broadcasters BR, HR, RB, SDR, SWF and NWDR as well - founded RIAS Berlin - an advisory capacity. She served the cooperation in various fields and should preclude the preparation of a merger. The shape of the working group left its members their full independence.

In the course of the 1950s began with the preparation and broadcast of a television program first Community in the Federal Republic of Germany. After the establishment of the CRC and division of NWDR in WDR and NDR as well as establishment of the SR ARD 1959 belonged to nine members. They operated under the name " German TV " nationally televised TV Community program. In the following years there were further changes to the membership structure of the ARD, as 1962 came the newly established institutions of federal law DW and Germany radio added, 1992 - after the German reunification - the new national broadcasters MDR and ORB. In 1994, Germany RIAS radio and went in the Germany radio on, which is jointly supported by the ARD and ZDF, and retired from the ARD group from. Recently merged in 1998 SDR and SWF to SWR and 2003 ORB and SFB to RBB. More mergers are not for the time being, but from a survey of media politicians and radio representatives ( see literature) shows that the Saarland Broadcasting and Radio Bremen can be difficult to keep their savings despite considerable autonomy.

The present nine combined for ARD broadcasters operate since then as a television program Community First and Institution own television and radio programs. The tenth member of the ARD, the German wave, the German international broadcaster.

Members of the company

Current institutions

In addition to the international broadcaster Deutsche Welle are the nine regional broadcasters member of the ARD.

Former institutions

Organization

The ARD is a voluntary association of ten German broadcasters. The Association was in 1950 a statute, which is supplemented by the State Broadcasting Treaty. In this Constitution the work and organization of ARD is regulated. Thereafter, the ARD as a principal organ of the General Assembly ( no Television as the broadcaster ZDF). The meeting will be held in the form of working meetings of the directors of the members. Furthermore, there is general meetings to be attended by radio and also chairman of the board of the national broadcasters ( GVK).

The General Assembly appointed for one year at one of their broadcasters with the management of ARD. The director of this executive broadcaster is at this time Chairman of the ARD. The re-election for another year is possible and now also common.

Chairman of the ARD

Secretary General

The Secretary-General reports to the respective biennial changing ARD chairman and co-responsible for

The place of employment of the Secretary General, Berlin, administratively responsible is Rundfunk Berlin -Brandenburg ( RBB). The term of office is five years.

The Secretary-General is also the deputy chairman of the ARD strategy group. He has an access and right of participation in all committees and working groups, including the subsidiaries, in the television program conference and the ARD politically relevant bodies. Secretary General was from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2011 Verena Wiedemann, who was previously employed by the West German Radio and there led the German Liaison Office in Brussels. In 2014, the lawyer Susanne Pfab are new ARD Secretary General. Until then, the post remains vacant and Michael Kühn takes as representative of the German Presidency perform the tasks.

Program Director

The duties of the Program Director of the ARD are set in the ARD State Treaty (§ 6 ARD StV ). It is used for at least two years elected by a two -thirds majority of together in the ARD regional broadcasters ( ARD StV § 5 ). The task of the program director is in conjunction with the director of the regional broadcasters to develop the program offer of ARD and coordinate the Programmzulieferung the individual regional broadcasters.

• To 1973: After Secretary of State Mohr as coordinator Lothar Hartmann followed as the first program director
• 1973-1978: Hans Abich
• 1978-1992: Dietrich Schwarzkopf
• 1992-2008: Günter Struve
• Since 2008: Volker Herre

The program director is provided as an advisory body to the side of the ARD program advisory board. Paul Siebertz since April 2013 Chairman of the Program Committee.

Program management of the ARD is located in the high rise of the Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich.

Subsidiaries

• ARD-Werbung Sales & Services GmbH (AS & S)
• Degeto Film

Joint programs

Substantive community facilities ARD example, ARD News at NDR in Hamburg, the ARD studio in Berlin and the German play-out center at RBB in Potsdam, which spread all television programs and radio channels ARD Digital. In addition, the ARD has its own worldwide network of correspondents ( foreign studios ).

The first

Since 31 October 1954, the ARD sends the later German as First television and today officially designated as the first TV channel as a co-production of the individual national broadcasters. In the ARD broadcasting center (ARD - Stern ) in Frankfurt am Main, the program centrally organization (central transmission line, ZSL ) and technically is (fully digital) produced and distributed again in the states via digital cable channels and broadcasting satellites.

Other television stations

The state broadcasters ARD jointly operate the TV channel 3sat ( with ZDF, Swiss Television and ORF) KiKA, Phoenix ( both in collaboration with ZDF ), ARTE (in cooperation with ZDF and ARTE France ) and the ARD digital bouquet with the programs EinsPlus, tagesschau24 and EinsFestival.

The German television program for abroad is sent from DW-TV Deutsche Welle. By the end of 2005, the ARD ran together with ZDF and Deutsche Welle for North America in addition to pay-TV broadcaster German TV.

Radio

In the radio range are four common ARD - night programs, the ARD - Night Express, the ARD - night concert and the ARD Popnacht and the ARD Info eight. In addition, some regional broadcasters for the night on the radio supply cooperate also on deviant. So the live program broadcast by SWR1 0-5 clock on Radio Bremen 1 and seven youth radios transmit from 23 clock clock bis 1 the call-in show Lateline.

A member of the ARD, the German foreign radio wave.

The merged into the ARD regional broadcasters ZDF and cooperate with the public entity Germany Radio ( DLR) with the three national radio programs Germany Kultur, Germany radio and DRadio knowledge.

Internet

On the Internet, the ARD operates under ARD.de its own online offering, among other things with a focus on news, sports, stock, guides, knowledge and culture. While you are covered the headings " News ", "Sport " and " exchange" the contents of the editorial offices of tagesschau.de in Hamburg, sportschau.de in Cologne and the German stock exchange in Frankfurt editorial, the contents for the sections " guide ", " knowledge "and " culture " compiled by the editors ARD.de in Mainz.

In her audio and video portal ARD ARD library provides access to content of ARD regional broadcasters and community facilities to a limited extent. Here are the programs and contributions of the First, the third television programs and radio waves are focused thematically. In addition, the ARD operates its own channel on YouTube.

Common institutions

As a Community institution ARD 1952, the " German Sound Archive " was, today the German Broadcasting Archives (DRA ) established. The archive has two locations Frankfurt and Potsdam -Babelsberg (formerly Berlin -Adlershof ). From 1994 to 2002 it awarded on behalf of the ARD, the " DRA- Scholarship", an award for the study of broadcasting and media history of the GDR.

Common technical facilities

The program of the first and common parts of the program of radio (about the ARD Night Express) will be merged technically in the broadcasting center of the ARD in the ARD - Stern in Frankfurt (on the grounds of the Hessischer Rundfunk ). About the own fiber optic network HYBNET these signals are distributed to the individual broadcasters.

Since February 2005, the first of the Central playout ( ZSAW ) is played in the ARD broadcasting center. Previously switched each ARD institution that a consignment into the Community program (whether "live" or recorded), a line for ARD - Stern, from where the signal was passed on to all other ARD stations for terrestrial distribution. With the commissioning of the first ZSAW all items that are not "live" (movies, soap operas, documentaries, etc. ) were played directly from the servers in Frankfurt. The ZSAW is a joint institution of the country's broadcasters and will bring significant savings in transmit mode. The broadcasting process is nevertheless able to simultaneously play out up to ten programs. This is necessary for regionalised advertising broadcast on the eve.

Acquisition of donations

The ARD calls in the context of natural disasters regularly in a variety of program formats of the connected transmitter for donations. In March 2011 it was announced that the station network contracted help with that, with the Alliance development is connected.

In light of the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the Tōhoku earthquake triggered tsunami in 2011, the ARD refused on the recommendation of its cooperation partner alliance development helps against the Germany's Relief Coalition to spread calls for donations for victims of the Japanese disasters. Also calls for donations Chancellor and the President were not supported by the ARD with references in the news. No further explanation was given that Japan is a rich country and therefore do not need donations. The Germany's Relief - under the auspices of Richard von Weizsäcker and members of associations such as the Assistance of Malta, St. John, AWO and World Vision - complained about this decision in the management of ARD.

Special

In the GDR the program of the ARD could be received, what was intended by the ARD. Only in certain regions, such as in the Elbe valley, in Saxon Switzerland and in Upper Lusatia, the reception was not possible, so was the abbreviation " ARD " jokingly referred to as "Out of the Dresden " or interpreted " out of the reach of Dresden " and the region also " valley of the clueless " called.

In these areas, on long, medium and short wave radio programs spread the ARD could be received. The light emitted over the long-wave transmitter program Donebach the Germany radio was very easy to receive in the entire territory of the GDR.

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