
Phoenix – ARD and ZDF's joint news, events and current-affairs channel. Das Erste – Germany's main television network, of which RBB – as a member of ARD – contributes 7% of programming hours. Between 19.30 and 20.00, the channel transmits separate regional news programmes for Berlin ("Abendschau") and Brandenburg ("Brandenburg Aktuell") #RADIOEINS VOM RBB TV#
RBB Fernsehen – Berlin and Brandenburg's regional public-broadcasting TV channel (successor to SFB 1 and ORB TV channels). In 2016 RBB had an average number of 1,938 permanent employees. RBB's revenues from the licence fee amounted to The fee is collected by Beitragsservice von ARD, ZDF und Deutschlandradio. Finances Įvery household in Germany is legally required to pay a €17.50 licence fee per month -the "Rundfunkbeitrag" (broadcast contribution) to finance the public broadcast system. Her successor Patricia Schlesinger has been in office since 1 July 2016 and the annual salary has risen to €257,000. The first director-general of the RBB was Dagmar Reim, from to 30 June 2016, at an annual salary of €220,000. Organization and finances RBB Directors-general As a result, RBB is required to treat both states equally "with respect to the regional content needs". RBB was founded on 25 June 2002 on the basis of a treaty between Berlin and Brandenburg. RBB and WDR are jointly responsible for ARD's television studio in Berlin. RBB also plays out ARD's digital channels from a center in Potsdam.
RBB also operates ARD's studio in Warsaw the responsibility changes every five years between RBB and WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk). Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB), based in Potsdam, and is a member of the Association of PSBs in the Federal Republic of Germany ( ARD).Īside from its two main studios in Berlin and Potsdam, RBB also has regional studios in Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder), and regional offices in Perleberg and Prenzlau. RBB was established on through the merger of Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg ( German: ( listen) "Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting" abbreviated: RBB ( listen), stylized as rbb) is an institution under public law (national broadcaster) for the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg, based in Berlin and Potsdam.