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The ARD's reform concept means: massive cuts to culture at public broadcasting

Joachim Rodriguez y Romero
Joachim Rodriguez y Romero

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ARD plans massive cuts to culture: the public broadcaster presents another reform concept and continues to diligently saw off the branch it is sitting on.

Criticism from viewers paying the broadcasting fee regarding the purpose and use of these funds is likely to become louder.

Last night, ARD announced its further reform steps to the public, according to a press release from the German Cultural Council.

It is encouraging to learn that accessibility options are to be further developed . The aim is to increasingly utilize German Sign Language , audio description , and easy-to-understand language in community programs by 2025

a significant negative aspect is that coverage of culture in the traditional program is to be severely restricted.

In radio information channels will broadcast a joint program from 8 p.m. to midnight.

The ARD's reform concept means: massive cuts to culture at public broadcasting
ARD's reform concept means: massive cuts to culture at public broadcasting.
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The cultural and classical music stations as well as the pop stations of the regional broadcasting corporations are to increasingly merge programmatically from the 2nd quarter of 2024.

Radio plays, a central genre of radio, are to be produced primarily for audio libraries in the future and no longer for regular programming.

The ARD's third channels are also expected to produce more joint programs.

Ultimately, all of this means that the range of different cultural programs will be significantly reduced.

The managing director of the German Cultural Council, Olaf Zimmermann, expressed his concern that cultural diversity on the radio and in the third television programs is to be severely restricted in order to free up funds for digital offerings.

The ARD, however, euphemistically refers to this reduction of cultural programming as a new “era of deeper cooperation.” These steps toward a unified ARD program with ever fewer cultural differences, however, raise the question of why there should still be nine regional broadcasting corporations in the future if increasingly the same content is being broadcast on the various channels.

ARD is sawing off the branch it's sitting on

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