ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland – the "Consortium of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany"), is a joint organization of Germany's regional public broadcasting agencies. It was founded in West Germany in 1950 to represent the common interests of the new post-war broadcasting services - mainly the introduction of a joint television network. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ...

Today ARD maintains a large television and radio broadcasting organization in Germany. It operates a national television network, Das Erste, or "The First," as it has been known since 1994. The television network began transmissions in 1952 as Deutsches Fernsehen ("German Television"), and became known as Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen in 1984. This translates roughly as "First German Television", indicating that it was the primary network, comparable to BBC1. ARD is transmitted directly to homes throughout Germany using its own, vast terrestrial transmitter network, and takes part in the production of cable/satellite channels Phoenix (events, news, and documentaries), KI.KA (children's programmes), 3sat (cultural/traditional programming) and arte (European cultural programming). It also produces a digital package of three free-to-air channels (EinsFestival, EinsPlus and EinsExtra). A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ... The principal German public national TV channel. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest United Kingdom, and indeed, the world. ... // Phoenix is a German publicly-funded television station and which was created by the television stations ARD and ZDF. Its programming is consisting of documentaries, news broadcasts, event coverage and debate rounds. ... KI.KA (Der Kinderkanal = The Childrens Channel)is a public television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. ... 3sats logo 3sat is the name of a public, advertising-free, television network in Central Europe. ... Arte is a Franco-German TV network, which aims to promote quality programming related to the world of arts and culture. ...

Moreover, ARD's constituent member agencies WDR, BR, SWR, MDR, NDR, RBB, HR, SR and Radio Bremen (see below for an explanation of the abbreviations), and international broadcaster Deutsche Welle operate around fifty regional and local radio stations and networks, two nationwide radio channels, and seven regional TV networks, some of which split further during certain times of the day. The Westdeutsche Rundfunk (WDR) is a public broadcaster in the German Bundesland North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office is in Köln. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Current logo of Norddeutscher Rundfunk. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Radio Bremen, the smallest public radio and television broadcaster in Germany, based in Bremen. ... This article is about the German international broadcaster. ...

Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of ARD

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History

1940s and 1950s

The winning Allies of World War II were determined that German radio after the war would not broadcast the same propaganda as the pre-war Reichsrundfunk ('Imperial Broadcasting'). A federal structure, the renunciation of state influence and the avoidance of economic dependence were to be the key of the radio and TV institutions under public law (öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk- und Fernsehanstalten, public broadcasting and TV organizations). In 1947 the US military governor Lucius D. Clay declared diversity of public opinion as the main aim of post-war media policy. Individuals aligned with the post-war Allied forces in their respective sectors of Germany had a local influence on local regional broadcasters. NDR cites the influence of Hugh Greene on the early years of their organization. The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The word broadcast can refer to: Broadcasting, the transmission of audio and video signals. ... An Australian anti-conscription propaganda poster from World War One U.S. propaganda poster, which warns against civilians sharing information on troop movements (National Archives) The much-imitated 1914 Lord Kitchener Wants You! poster Swedish Anti-Euro propaganda for the referendum of 2003. ... A map displaying todays federations. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... Lucius Dubignon Clay (April 23, 1897 - April 16, 1978) was an American general. ... Public Opinion is a book on media and democracy by Walter Lippmann. ... Look up policy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sir Hugh Carleton Greene (1910-1987) was Director-General of the BBC from 1960 to 1969, and is generally credited with modernising an organisation that had fallen behind in the wake of the launch of ITV in 1955. ...

After the creation of individual broadcasting agencies for most German federal states, these principles were further consolidated by Länder broadcasting laws, decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), and state treaties between the Länder. ARD members are thus (at least nominally) free of government influence, and rely for only a small part of their income on advertising (1995: ten percent). They are financed mainly from licence fees from radio and TV owners, the amount of which is determined in a complex political process. The proclaimed aim of the ARD corporations is not only to inform and to entertain, but also to encourage the integration of various parts of society, and let minorities have a say in the programming. Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as Länder (singular Land). ... The Federal Constitutional Court (in German: Bundesverfassungsgericht) is a special court established by the German constitution, the Grundgesetz (Basic Law). ... Commercialism redirects here. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television licence (or more correctly broadcast receiver licence, as it usually also pays for public radio) is an official licence required in many countries for all owners of television (and sometimes also radio) receivers. ... The ASCII codes for the word Wikipedia represented in binary, the numeral system most commonly used for encoding computer information. ... A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an event, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ... Young people interacting within an ethnically diverse society. ... The definition of a minority group can vary, depending on specific context, but generally refers to either a sociological sub-group that does not form either a majority or a plurality of the total population, or a group that, while not necessarily a numerical minority, is disadvantaged or otherwise has...

In the 1950s the ARD radio services became the major factor of the mass media system in West Germany. As early as 1952 the ARD radio stations had ten million listeners. However, the radio stations operated on a regional level, and it was only the development of a television umbrella that helped the ARD to establish itself nationwide. The broadcasting of a countrywide television service was the goal of the ARD from the outset, and the go-ahead for this was given at the end of 1952. The same year ARD was admitted as a full active member of the European Broadcasting Union. In 1955 there was a split of the founding member NWDR ("Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk", English: "North-West German Broadcasting") into today's NDR and WDR. The year before (1954), the smaller SFB was split off. The first daily news feature, the Tagesschau went on the air from Hamburg in 1956. The eight o'clock announcement of the Tagesschau newsreader: "Hier ist das Erste Deutsche Fernsehen mit der Tagesschau" ("This is the first German television channel with the Daily Review") continues to be the ARD's trademark, currently attracting eight million viewers every day. This does not cite its references or sources. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... <marquee bgcolor=white><text color=lime> sup --> The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), known in French as LUnion Européenne de Radio-Télévision (UER), and unrelated to the European Union, was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organisations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see News (disambiguation). ... Tagesschau (View of the Day) is the title of a television news programme broadcast on several German-language television stations. ... Hamburg from above Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1960s-1980s

After starting with a schedule of a mere two-hours per night, television became more and more widespread during the 1960s. Color broadcasts were introduced in 1967. Without competition from commercial broadcasters, the ARD stations made considerable progress in becoming modern and respected broadcasters. ZDF, a second public television broadcaster, began its programming in the 1960s, but there would be no commercial competition until 1984. They have also been a significant force in German politics: Investigative news magazines (for example Monitor, Panorama) still reach millions of viewers every week. The environmental movement of the 1980s increased in popularity not least as a result of the disclosures made by the ARD. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Competition is the act of striving against another force for the purpose of achieving dominance or attaining a reward or goal, or out of a biological imperative such as survival. ... Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Second German Television), ZDF, is a public service German television channel based in Mainz. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (in German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is a federal representative democracy. ... Investigative journalism is a kind of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a topic of interest, often related to crime, scandals, government corruption, or white collar crime. ... The Environmental Movement (a term that sometimes includes the conservation and green movements) is a diverse scientific, social, and political movement. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ...

A continuity announcer on Das Erste in the 1980s

When commercial broadcasters were licensed in Germany in the mid-1980s, ARD television made subtle changes, adapting somewhat by producing more accessible programming for their national networks and shifting cultural and news programs to the regional networks and newly-created niche channels. In-vision continuity on ARD (Das Erste) from the 1980s. ... In-vision continuity on ARD (Das Erste) from the 1980s. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ...

Information programs on television and the orientation of Deutschlandfunk programs towards the GDR were of crucial importance to the eventual collapse of the GDR. Established in 1974, the ARD bureau in East Berlin made ARD television the most important source of information for GDR citizens (eighty per cent of them could watch what they referred to as Westfernsehen). Notwithstanding obstruction on the part of GDR authorities and the repeated expulsion of their correspondents, the ARD-Tagesschau and Deutschland-Funk broadcast reports about the Leipzig Monday demonstrations as early as September 1989. Modern logo of Deutschlandfunk. ... Disambiguation Page Global Depositary Receipt East Germany ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ...   [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state of Saxony in Germany with a population of over 504,000. ... Monday demonstration in Leipzig The 1989 Monday demonstrations in the East German city of Leipzig were a series of peaceful political protests against the East German government. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1990s

After unification and the closure of the GDR television service, two new regional broadcasters were established in the East, becoming ARD members in 1992. These were originally the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR, English: "Central German Broadcasting"), and Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB, English: "East German Broadcasting Brandenburg"). The existing NDR service expanded into the north-east, where it also covers Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The ORB service has since merged with the former Sender Freies Berlin (SFB, English "Broadcaster Free Berlin") to become Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB, English: "Broadcasting Berlin-Brandenburg"). 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ...

Another merger took place between two member organizations of the ARD in 1998. The former Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR, English: "Southern German Broadcasting") and Südwestfunk (SWF, English: "Southwest Radio") became Südwestrundfunk (SWR, English: "Southwest Broadcasting") on 1 October 1998. Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...

ARD programming

Radio

Today, ARD member stations usually regulate their own radio programming. Some ARD member stations usually collaborate for common radio services (an example being Nordwestradio, a culture-oriented radio station co-produced by Radio Bremen and NDR). Most ARD stations, however, will have at least a news-oriented radio station, a classical-music station, a youth-oriented station, and a cultural station. At night some stations will relay common night programming produced on a rota system by the ARD stations themselves. There are three common night programming services: Nachtexpress/Radiowecker (light music), Nachtkonzert (classical music), and Popnacht (pop music). Most services are on the FM broadcast band, though some services are also available on DAB. In most of the world, the FM broadcast band, used for broadcasting FM radio stations, goes from 87. ... Official DAB logo, found on compliant devices Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), also known as Eureka 147, is a technology for broadcasting of audio using digital radio transmission. ...

A similar network intended for national coverage is called DeutschlandRadio, however DeutschlandRadio is not an ARD member - instead DeutschlandRadio is controlled by both ARD and ZDF. DeutschlandRadio provides two radio services: DeutschlandFunk (DLF), a news-oriented service, and DeutschlandRadio Kultur, a music-oriented service. DeutschlandRadio is the national German radio network. ... Modern logo of Deutschlandfunk. ... The RIAS building, now the headquarters of Deutschlandradio Kultur. ...

ARD is probably best known to shortwave enthusiasts for member station Deutsche Welle, which broadcasts its radio services mostly on shortwave radio, though DW broadcasts can also be picked up via satellite and the Internet. This article is about the German international broadcaster. ...

Television

The main television channels of the ARD are the nationwide Das Erste and seven regional channels operated by the different regional broadcasting agencies. These channels were available on the analogue terrestrial transmitters until the shutdown of the analogue transmitters started in 2003. Das Erste and the third programmes, like the radio stations, are funded mostly via licence fees. The principal German public national TV channel. ...

Das Erste broadcasts nationwide for 24h except for "Morgenmagazin" (a breakfast-TV show also broadcasting on ZDF weekdays from 0530-0900 Central European Time) and for 2.5 hours of regional programming provided by the member stations in the evening. Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ...

The respective regional member operates a regional channel of its own, "die Dritten", the "Third Programmes". These channels are:

• Bayerisches Fernsehen from Bayerischer Rundfunk
• HR-fernsehen from Hessischer Rundfunk
• MDR Fernsehen from Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
• NDR Fernsehen from Norddeutscher Rundfunk
• RBB Fernsehen from Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
• SWR Fernsehen from Südwestrundfunk
• WDR Fernsehen from Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

The regional channels also have regional opt-outs during certain times. The smaller broadcasters Radio Bremen and Saarländischer Rundfunk don't have a third programme of their own, but instead collaborate with NDR and SWR, respectively. Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Current logo of Norddeutscher Rundfunk. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... The WDR building in Cologne Der Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. ... The Westdeutsche Rundfunk (WDR) is a public broadcaster in the German Bundesland North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office is in Köln. ... Radio Bremen, the smallest public radio and television broadcaster in Germany, based in Bremen. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ...

ARD is also involved in several joint venture channels: A joint venture (often abbreviated JV) is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. ...

• 3sat, a cultural channel with ZDF, ORF and SRG
• KI.KA, a children's channel with ZDF
• Arte, a Franco-German cultural channel
• Phoenix with ZDF

The international broadcaster Deutsche Welle also produces television services; however these services are mostly available via satellite. 3sats logo 3sat is the name of a public, advertising-free, television network in Central Europe. ... ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk, literally Austrian Broadcasting) is the national Austrian public service broadcaster. ... SRG SSR idée suisse is the Swiss public broadcasting organisation, founded in 1931. ... KI.KA (Der Kinderkanal = The Childrens Channel)is a public television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. ... Arte is a Franco-German TV network, which aims to promote quality programming related to the world of arts and culture. ... // Phoenix is a German publicly-funded television station and which was created by the television stations ARD and ZDF. Its programming is consisting of documentaries, news broadcasts, event coverage and debate rounds. ... This article is about the German international broadcaster. ...

ARD has started three additional channels as part of their ARD Digital package: EinsPlus, EinsExtra and EinsFestival.

Institutions and member organizations

Regional broadcaster (translation)	Abbreviation	Logo	Main office location(s)	Income 2004 (Millions of Euro)	Year of establishment	Region of coverage
Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting)	BR		Munich	806	1949	Bavaria
Deutsche Welle ("German Wave")	DW		Bonn	Financed through taxes	1953	International
Hessischer Rundfunk (Hessian Broadcasting)	hr		Frankfurt	383	1948	Hesse
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Central German Broadcasting)	mdr		Leipzig	561	1991	Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (North German Broadcasting)	NDR		Hamburg	892	1956	Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein since 1955; Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 1991.
Radio Bremen			Bremen	41	1945	Bremen
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (Broadcasting Berlin-Brandenburg)	rbb		Berlin, Potsdam	340	2003	Berlin, Brandenburg
Saarländischer Rundfunk (Saarland Broadcasting)	SR		Saarbrücken	64	1957	Saarland
Südwestrundfunk (Southwest Broadcasting)	SWR		Stuttgart, Mainz, Baden-Baden	922	1998	Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German Broadcasting)	WDR		Cologne	1067	1956	North Rhine-Westphalia

Over the history of broadcasting in Germany since World War II, there were other members of ARD, which are now defunct, through splits or mergers. These include Sender Freies Berlin (SFB; Transmitter Free Berlin) and Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB; East German Broadcasting Brandenburg) which merged to become RBB. There were also Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR, Southern German Broadcasting) and Südwestfunk (SWF, Southwest Broadcasting) which merged to become SWR. Until the 1950s, there was also Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR; Northwest German Broadcasting), which split into the present NDR and WDR. Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1181x326, 147 KB) Bayerischer Rundfunk Logo This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... 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The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) has a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... With an area of 20,447 km² and a population of 2. ... The Free State of Thuringia (German: Freistaat Thüringen) is located in central Germany and is considered one of the smaller of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 km² and 2. ... Current logo of Norddeutscher Rundfunk. ... Image File history File links NDR_logo2. ... Hamburg from above Hamburgs motto: May the posterity endeavour with dignity to conserve the freedom, which the forefathers acquired. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ... Radio Bremen, the smallest public radio and television broadcaster in Germany, based in Bremen. ... Image File history File links RB_Dachmarke. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name in German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is the smallest of Germanys 16 Federal States (Bundesländer). ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (867x275, 92 KB) Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg Logo This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Potsdam is the capital city of the federal state of Brandenburg in Germany. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...   (Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Image File history File links SR_Dachmarke. ... Saarbrücken [] is the capital of the Saarland Bundesland in Germany. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saarland is one of the 16 states of Germany. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Image File history File links SWR_logo. ... City Center seen from Weinsteige Road Stuttgart Palace Square - New Palace Solitude Palace The 1956 TV Tower U.S. Army Kelley Barracks Stuttgart [], located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of 591,528 (as of April 2006) in the city... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Baden-Württemberg is a state of the Federal Republic of Germany in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine. ... 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ARD operates many correspondents' offices in foreign cities, only rivaled in numbers by CNN. ARD and its regional broadcasters are also represented on the World Wide Web. WWWs historical logo designed by Robert Cailliau The World Wide Web (or the Web) is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents that runs over the Internet. ...

ARD operates several other companies and institutions, sometimes jointly with ZDF: Degeto Film, a television rights trader and production company; the German National Broadcasting Archives (DRA), the Institute for Broadcasting Technology (IRT - Institut für Rundfunktechnik), responsible for research and development; the Fee Collection Center (GEZ), and others.

Current controversy

The fact that ARD (and also ZDF) uses license fees to subsidize their World Wide Web sites, and also the non-transparency of their license fee expenditure, is the topic of an ongoing controversy with the European Union. The ARD has mounted a Public Relations campaign to counter current controversies, comparing themselves favorably to the BBC, and stating publicly that they hope to avoid the marginalization that they feel has befallen PBS. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ...

Reference

• ARD: ARD Jahrbuch 2005. Hans-Bredow-Institut, 2005 ISBN 3-8329-1730-6 (Online Excerpts, in German)

External links

• Official Site (German)
• Official information about ARD in English (PDF document)

Podcasts

The Tagesschau, produced by the ARD on a nightly basis, is available through the iTunes Music Store and on the ARD website as a podcast (available as audio-only or as audio and video). Other audio programs from the ARD's members (e.g., BR, MDR) and Deutsche Welle are available as podcasts, also through the iTunes Music Store, or their respective websites. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into ITunes. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... This article is about the German international broadcaster. ...

See also

• German television
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Second German TV channel)
• List of German language television channels