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"Arte has ghettoized culture on a channel that nobody watches (...) it gives other state channels an excuse to avoid broadcasting these types of shows altogethe
by 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.