Nationwide German public broadcaster ZDF recently announced the relaunch of one of its digital channels. Of the many interesting and inspired programming decisions, a few stick out as sensational.
Continue Reading...Public broadcasters anywhere would be well advised to convert the current tailwind into genuine and verifiable long-term Public Value strategies. Surprisingly, the best may be still to come.
Continue Reading...Kultur ist Christian Lewke zufolge nicht nur ‚einfachgesetzlicher’ (also veränderbarer) Auftrag und zugleich Existenzgrundlage des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks, sondern vielmehr von Verfassungs wegen unauflösbar mit ihm verbunden.
Continue Reading...As a new law is about to deliver to Public Broadcasters a golden opportunity to innovate and enhance the public’s attention and appreciation for their real and future value, they are trying to nip it in the bud.
Continue Reading...Let the pubcasters worry about the public interest and the private stations about making money. If this separation is really unambiguous, it will bring about more honesty.
Continue Reading...If this public service test is taken really seriously, we may be in for quite a few nice, and rather revealing, disputes. Ideally, it would mean that private media companies could stop any public-sector programme merely by proving that they are willing and able to provide it in a better way.
Continue Reading...Participants from the private sector could not entirely conceal a certain envy of the German public broadcasting system. Both commercial TV groups grudgingly admitted to being with their paid-for video offerings nowhere near Internet viewing figures like that of ZDF.
Continue Reading...The screening sessions of the conference showed how diverse the strategies of publicly funded TV are in the context of different media landscapes.
Continue Reading...Ein besonderer Verdienst des Bandes besteht darin, dass er konsequent eine internationale Perspektive einnimmt. Zahlreiche Beträge beleuchten die Verhältnisse in anderen westeuropäischen Ländern – von Großbritannien und Frankreich bis hin zu kleineren Medienräumen wie der Schweiz und Belgien.
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