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Interstate Broadcasting Agreement
The (), abbreviated as , is the nationwide law for radio station and television licensing in the Federal Republic of Germany. Based on the (sovereignty of the German states in terms of cultural aspects) it is not a federal law but instead it is a treaty passed by all (states of Germany). The full title of the law is () but on most occasions it is called ''Rundfunkstaatsvertrag''. The first version was enacted on 1 December 1987 (signed on 3 April 1987) and the fifteenth revision of 30 October 2010 was expected to come into effect on 1 January 2013. The German Interstate Broadcasting Agreement is the basis for a series of other laws, most notably the ( – ) and the ( – ). Some aspects were refined by the federal ( – ) that is otherwise covering Internet services. The German public broadcasting services were introduced in post-war Germany in a similar fashion to the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F074847-0022, Bonn, Bundesrat, Medienstaatsvertrag
The German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) (, lit. "Federal Archive") are the national archives of Germany. They were established at the current location in Koblenz in 1952. They are subordinated to the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media (Claudia Roth since 2021) under the German Chancellery, and before 1998, to the Federal Ministry of the Interior. On 6 December 2008, the Archives donated 100,000 photos to the public, by making them accessible via Wikimedia Commons. History The federal archive for institutions and authorities in Germany, the first precursor to the present-day Federal Archives, was established in Potsdam, Brandenburg in 1919, a later date than in other European countries. This national archive documented German government dating from the founding of the North German Confederation in 1867. It also included material from the older German Confederation and the Imperial Chamber Court. The oldest documents in this collection dated back to the y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Licensing
A television licence or broadcast receiving licence is a payment required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts or the possession of a television set. In some countries, a licence is also required to own a radio or receive radio broadcasts. In such countries, some broadcasts are funded in full or in part by the licence fees. Licence fees are effectively a hypothecated tax to fund public broadcasting. History Radio broadcasters in the early 20th century needed to raise funds for their services. In some countries, this was achieved via advertising, while others adopted a compulsory subscription model with households that owned a radio set being required to purchase a licence. The United Kingdom was the first country to adopt compulsory public subscription with a licence, originally known as a wireless licence, used to fund the BBC. In most countries that introduced radio licensing, possession of a licence was simply an indication of having paid the fee. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
