Organizations Arbeitsgemeinschaft der offentlich rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

ARD

ARD (German pronunciation: [ˌaːʔɛʁˈdeː] (listen); full name: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland – "Working group of public broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany") is a joint organisation of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters. It was founded in 1950 in West Germany to represent the common interests of the new, decentralised, post-war broadcasting services – in particular the introduction of a joint television network. The ARD has a budget of €6.9 billion and 22,612 employees. The budget comes primarily from a licence fee which every household, company and public institution are required by law to pay. For an ordinary household the fee is currently €17.50 per month. Households living on welfare are exempt from the fee. The fees are not collected directly by the ARD, but by the Beitragsservice (formerly known as Gebühreneinzugszentrale GEZ), a common organisation of the ARD member broadcasters, the second public TV broadcaster ZDF, and Deutschlandradio. Read more at Wikipedia...

Inception: 1950

Owned by: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Hessischer Rundfunk, Radio Bremen, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Südwestfunk, Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Sender Freies Berlin, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Saarländischer Rundfunk, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg, Südwestrundfunk, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Website:  http://www.ard.de/ 
Associated Place(s): Germany

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