Dated 31 August 1991 (incorporating the third amendment adopted between 26 August and 11 September 1996)Interstate Broadcasting Agreement • January 22nd, 2023
This Agreement contains the regulatory framework for public service and private broadcasting in a dual system of the states in united Germany. It takes account of European developments in the field of broadcasting.
DE] Interstate Broadcasting Agreement AmendedInterstate Broadcasting Agreement • June 10th, 2024
This updating of German media law was preceded by intensive debate, particularly on two questions. The first concerned tighter definition of the role of public-service broadcasting - as, for example, through limitation of the number of radio and television programmes that the broadcasters could produce. New programmes may now be broadcast only to replace previous output, with 1 April 2004 as the reference date for determining the number of programmes permissible. The second issue concerned the fact that licence fees had to be reviewed following expiry of the last licensing period. Any alteration in the level of fees is fixed by the independent Committee for Determining Broadcasters' Financing Requirements (KEF), on the basis of figures supplied by the public- service broadcasters. This time, however, there was a change of procedure. The KEF had already decided that the broadcasters' requirements were considerably less than they claimed. Thereupon and for the first time, the Minister Pr
