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What is the fee now?
by yborg 6y ago
What is the fee now?
- _Microft 6y ago~18€/month per household, independent of number the members of the household or how many devices they have [0]. It's a controversial issue sometimes but I like the quality of the public broadcasting that this enables. Link [1] has a list of broadcasters, both TV and radio. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beitragsservice_von_ARD,_ZDF_und_Deutschlandradio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beitragsservice_von_ARD,_ZDF_u... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting#Germany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_broadcasting#Germany
- themodelplumber 6y agoIt looks as if some of the money goes toward Arte, as well. From what I've seen of the content, that seems like a pretty good use of the funds...
- woodpanel 6y ago"Arte has ghettoized culture on a channel that nobody watches (...) it gives other state channels an excuse to avoid broadcasting these types of shows altogether" - Dominique Wolton, Research Director of France's National Center for Research (2010) The statement equally holds true for German public broadcasting, which over the decades seems to have shifted focus on copying private broadcasters segments. It looks as if some of the money goes toward Arte, as well. Arte is payed for by France and Germany directly. No money of OP's fee goes to Arte
- themodelplumber 6y agoIt's so terrible that you needed a quote by a research director to really nail it home, eh? If true it seems pretty unfortunate.
- zaarn 6y agoThe fee also pays for FUNK, which in turn funds a bunch of good channels, like, for example, Kurzgesagt on Youtube (both English, Spanish and German). Which is money well spent. Just like Arte, which has plenty of good content. (Quoting a research director doesn't make an opinion true)
- germanier 6y agoThis is not true. The German portion of the budget is financed in half by ARD and ZDF each out of their Rundfunbeitrags proceeds. the equivalent is the case for the French portion. The existence hasn't stopped the German broadcasters from showing culture programming on their other channels. They e.g. even own 16 orchestras to provide content.
- woodpanel 6y agoWell I would argue a part of the controversial issue is that not everybody who is forced to pay likes the quality as much as you do. ;-) High-quality privately-run television like an HBO, a Netflix or even a hey-day NBC never emerged in German broadcasting. In part because well-funded public broadcasting would immediatly outcompete private broadcasters in verticals that are "acceptable" for a public broadcaster to engage in. Thus the incentive to "go low" in quality for private broadcasters.
- qw 6y agoNorway also has a well funded public broadcasting that costs more than in Germany. We still have several good private alternatives.
- lm28469 6y agoIt's even worse than that, I don't own a TV, I don't watch movies/shows, I don't own a radio, I don't even speak German yet I have to pay 18 euros a month for German content Right now it's in some kind of limbo state between a tax and racketeering and I don't lik it. If it's a mandatory tax take it from my salary like the dozen other taxes I pay. I don't get monthly letters asking me to pay for my social security or my retirement...
- jamil7 6y agoFor some reason I never got the letter. 5 years later I don’t appear to be in their system. From what I’ve heard from friends you can also basically ignore it and they won’t pursue you but who knows if you end up with a mark against your name somewhere.
- durnygbur 6y agoTheir budget is approaching 0.5 of NASA budget. The American NASA which by 2030 is planning to put humans on the Moon.
- mellosouls 6y agoSo, like a repeat series?
- durnygbur 6y agoyes the NASA one will be on the telly as well
- jmspring 6y agoI recall the fee, when living there with an ex. That and juggling which dialup internet providers had the best fees at any given time were enlightening.
- durnygbur 6y agoThey are agressively trying to bump it up every year. Last time to 18.36 EUR monthly [1]. They always demand more money, then overzealously and agressively collect existing fees. In many EU countries 18 EUR monthly pays for 200-800 MBit FTTX with no data cap, anyone living in Germany gets copper DSL and Tatort. [1] https://www.morgenpost.de/politik/inland/article231206434/Karlsruhe-weist-Eilantraege-der-Sender-zum-Rundfunkbeitrag-ab.html https://www.morgenpost.de/politik/inland/article231206434/Ka...