Q49653
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Q49653 is an umbrella organization that brings together regional and federal public broadcasters across Germany under one coordinating body. It matters because it helps these independent broadcasters work together while maintaining their separate operations, ensuring coordinated public broadcasting service across the country.
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ARD-Hauptstadtstudio (ARD Capital Studio) in Berlin ARD 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.
ARD has a budget of €6.9 billion, 22,612 employees and is the largest public broadcaster network in the world. The budget comes primarily from a mandatory licence fee which every household, company and public institution, regardless of television ownership, is required by law to pay. For an ordinary household the fee is €18.36 per month, as of 2023. Households living on welfare are exempt from the fee. The fees are not collected directly by ARD, but by the Beitragsservice (formerly known as Gebühreneinzugszentrale GEZ), a common organisation by the ARD member broadcasters, the second public TV broadcaster ZDF, and Deutschlandradio.