Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

German national broadcaster based in Berlin and Potsdam

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Type| Institution under public law
Country|

Germany

Availability| Regional
National
International
Founded| 1 May 2003; 22 years ago (2003-05-01)
Headquarters| Berlin and Potsdam

Key people

| Ulrike Demmer
Affiliation(s)| ARD

Official website

| rbb-online.de
Replaced| SFB and ORB

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (pronounced [ˈʁʊntfʊŋk bɛʁˌliːn ˈbʁandn̩bʊʁk] ⓘ; "Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting"), commonly shortened to RBB (pronounced [ˌɛʁbeːˈbeː] ⓘ; stylized as rbb), is an institution under public law (national broadcaster) for the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg, based in Berlin and Potsdam. RBB was established on 1 May 2003 through the merger of Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) and Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB), based in Potsdam, and is a member of the Association of PSBs in the Federal Republic of Germany (ARD).

Aside from its two main studios in Berlin and Potsdam, RBB also has regional studios in Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder), and regional offices in Perleberg and Prenzlau. RBB also operates ARD's studio in Warsaw; the responsibility changes every five years between RBB and WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk). RBB also plays out ARD's digital channels from a center in Potsdam. RBB and WDR are jointly responsible for ARD's television studio in Berlin.

## History

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RBB complex at Theodor-Heuss-Platz, Berlin The studio in Potsdam

RBB was founded on 25 June 2002 on the basis of a state treaty between the states of Berlin and Brandenburg. As a result, RBB is required to treat both states equally "with respect to the regional content needs".

In 2022 there were complains about nepotism of rbb-director Patricia Schlesinger. The public prosecutor started an investigation and Schlesinger stepped back from the office as ARD-director and rbb-director.[1]

## Organization and finances

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### RBB Directors-general

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The first director-general of the RBB was Dagmar Reim, from 1 May 2003 to 30 June 2016, at an annual salary of €220,000.[2] Her successor Patricia Schlesinger has been in office since 1 July 2016 and the annual salary has risen to €257,000.[3]

### Finances

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Every household in Germany is legally required to pay monthly €18.36 licence fee -the "Rundfunkbeitrag" (broadcast contribution) to finance the public broadcast system.[4] The fee is collected by Beitragsservice von ARD, ZDF und Deutschlandradio. RBB's revenues from the licence fee amounted to

* €376.535 million in 2013[5]
* €430.722 million in 2014[5]
* €413.004 million in 2015[6]
* €401.915 million in 2016[6]

### Number of employees

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In 2016 RBB had an average number of 1,938 permanent employees.[6]

## Channels

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### Television

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See also: German television

* RBB Fernsehen – Berlin and Brandenburg's regional public-broadcasting TV channel (successor to SFB 1 and ORB TV channels). Between 19.30 and 20.00, the channel transmits separate regional news programmes for Berlin ("Abendschau") and Brandenburg ("Brandenburg Aktuell")
* Das Erste – Germany's main television network, of which RBB – as a member of ARD – contributes 7% of programming hours
* Phoenix – ARD and ZDF's joint news, events and current-affairs channel
* KiKA – ARD and ZDF's joint children's channel
* arte – European cultural channel
* 3sat – cultural channel from ARD, ZDF, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting), and SRG (Swiss Broadcasting)

### Radio

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* rbb 88.8 [de] – radio station for Berlin from Berlin
* Antenne Brandenburg – public station for Brandenburg from Potsdam with regional information from the studios in Potsdam, Cottbus, Frankfurt (Oder), Perleberg and Prenzlau
* Radioeins [de] – radio station for people aged 25 and above
* Fritz [de] – station aimed at 14- to 24-year-olds
* radio3 [de] – cultural channel from Berlin
* Inforadio [de] – news channel from Berlin
* Sorbischer Rundfunk – a joint channel with MDR in the Sorbian language
* COSMO – station from WDR for Germans and foreigners, produced in cooperation with Radio Bremen and RBB, (replaced RBB's own station, Radio Multikulti [de], on 31 December 2008)

## Notable productions

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RBB produces episodes of the crime series Tatort and Polizeiruf 110 for ARD. It also produces Kontraste [de], a political show and the satirical show Nuhr im Ersten [de] (formerly Satiregipfel and Scheibenwischer) for ARD. From 2003 to 2005, RBB broadcast the Kurt Krömer Show, which attracted attention nationwide. RBB has produced the show's successor, Bei Krömers, for ARD since 2005.

The regional news show Abendschau [de] has a high profile in the capital region. Since 1958, initially with a slot in ARD including nationwide transmission of the Berlin visit of John F. Kennedy, and later distributed under SFB-frequency, Abendschau reports on politics, economy, sports in Berlin and as well as news from the various districts and boroughs of the city.

RBB produces Ohrenbär [de], aimed at an audience of four and eight-year-olds.

## Logo history

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* Current logo since 28 August 2018

## References

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1. ^ tagesschau.de. "rbb stellt Leiterin der Intendanz frei". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
2. ^ Ehrenberg, Markus (12 August 2010). "220 000 Euro für RBB-Intendantin Dagmar Reim" [€220,000 for RBB's general-director Dagmar Reim]. Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
3. ^ "So viel verdienen Deutschlands Intendanten" [This is how much Germany's TV general-directors earn]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 27 May 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
4. ^ "Der Rundfunkbeitrag - Informationen zur Beitragssenkung". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
5. ^ a b "Ertrags- und Aufwandsrechnung des RBB 2014" (PDF) (in German). ARD. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
6. ^ a b c "Zahlen und Fakten 2017" (PDF) (in German). Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. p. 5. Retrieved 15 April 2018.

## External links

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Media related to Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons

* rbb Homepage (in German)

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Public broadcasting in Germany

Broadcasters

| ARD|

| Current|

* BR
* HR
* MDR
* NDR
* RB
* RBB
* SR
* SWR
* WDR
* DW

|

Former|

* NWDR
* ORB
* SFB
* SDR
* SWF

|

* ZDF
* Deutschlandradio

Television channels

| National|

| ARD|

* Das Erste
* tagesschau24
* ARD-alpha
* one
* DW-TV

|

ZDF|

* ZDF
* ZDFinfo
* ZDFneo

|

ARD and ZDF|

* 3sat
* arte
* KiKA
* phoenix
* Funk

|

Regional|

| ARD|

* BR Fernsehen
* hr-fernsehen
* MDR Fernsehen
* NDR Fernsehen
* Radio Bremen TV
* RBB Fernsehen
* SR Fernsehen
* SWR Fernsehen
* WDR Fernsehen

|

Radio stations

| National|

* DLR
* Deutschlandfunk
* Deutschlandfunk Kultur
* Dokumente und Debatten
* Deutschlandfunk Nova

|

International|

* Deutsche Welle

Regional
(ARD)|

| BR|

* Bayern 1
* Bayern 2
* Bayern 3
* BR-Klassik
* BR24
* BR24live
* BR Heimat
* BR Schlager
* BR Verkehr
* Puls

|

HR|

* hr1
* hr2-kultur
* hr3
* hr4
* hr4 Mitte
* hr4 Nord
* hr4 Rhein-Main
* hr-info
* You FM

|

MDR|

* MDR Sachsen [de]
* MDR Sachsen-Anhalt [de]
* MDR Thüringen – Das Radio [de]
* MDR Aktuell
* MDR Jump
* MDR Klassik
* MDR Kultur
* MDR Schlagerwelt
* MDR Sputnik
* MDR Tweens [de]
* Sorbischer Rundfunk

|

NDR|

* NDR 1
* NDR 1 Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)
* NDR 1 Radio MV [de] (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
* NDR 1 Welle Nord [de] (Schleswig-Holstein)
* NDR 1 Welle Nord [de] (Hamburg)
* NDR 2 [de]
* NDR Blue [de]
* NDR Info [de]
* NDR Info Spezial [de]
* NDR Kultur [de]
* N-JOY
* NDR Schlager [de]

|

RB|

* Bremen Eins
* Bremen Zwei
* Bremen Next
* Bremen Vier
* Bremen Fünf [de]
* Cosmo

|

RBB|

* Antenne Brandenburg
* COSMO
* Fritz [de]
* Inforadio [de]
* radio3 [de]
* rbb 88.8 [de]
* Radio Eins [de]
* Sorbischer Rundfunk

|

SR|

* Antenne Saar [de]
* SR 1 [de]
* SR kultur [de]
* SR 3 Saarlandwelle [de]
* Unserding [de]

|

SWR|

* DASDING
* SWR1 [de]
* SWR1 Baden-Württemberg
* SWR1 Rheinland-Pfalz
* SWR Kultur [de]
* Archivradio
* SWR3 [de]
* SWR4 [de]
* SWR4 Baden-Württemberg
* SWR4 Rheinland-Pfalz
* SWR Aktuell [de]

|

WDR|

* 1LIVE
* 1LIVE diggi
* COSMO
* WDR 2
* WDR 3
* WDR 4
* WDR 5
* WDR Event

|

Discontinued

| Television
channels|

* ARD 1 Plus
* ARD 2 [de]
* Deutscher Fernsehfunk
* EinsPlus
* RBB Berlin
* RBB Brandenburg
* ZDF 2
* ZDF Musikkanal
* ZDFdokukanal
* ZDFkultur
* ZDFtheaterkanal

|

Radio
stations|

* 1LIVE Kunst [de]
* Bayern 2 plus
* Bayern mobil
* Berliner Rundfunk
* D-Plus [de]
* DT64 [de]
* Hansawelle
* hr XXL
* hr-chronos
* Hr-klassik
* hr-info plus [de]
* hr-skyline
* hr1 plus
* KiRaKa
* MDR Life
* Das Modul
* Ferienwelle [de]
* NDR 2 Plus [de]
* NDR Traffic [de]
* Nordwestradio
* NWDR
* on3-radio
* Radio 3 [de]
* Radio 4U [de]
* Radio DDR 1
* Radio DDR 2
* Radio Kultur [de]
* Radio Multikulti [de]
* Radio B Zwei
* Radio Bremen 2
* Radio Bremen Melodie
* Radio Brandenburg
* Radio Dortmund
* Rockradio B [de]
* Radio Wolga
* SDR 1 [de]
* SDR 3 [de]
* SFB 3 [de]
* SR 4 [de]
* SWF 1 [de]
* S2 Kultur [de]
* SWF 3 [de]
* S4 Baden-Württemberg [de]
* SWF4 Rheinland-Pfalz [de]
* SWR cont.ra [de]
* SWRinfo [de]
* WDR 1
* WDR 2 Klassik
* WDR Info
* WDR VERA

| International|

* Berliner Welle [de]
* Deutschlandsender
* Radio Berlin International
* Stimme der DDR [de]

|

* v
* t
* e

ARD

Current members|

* Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
* Deutsche Welle (DW)
* Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
* Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)
* Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
* Radio Bremen (RB)
* Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB)
* Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR)
* Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
* Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Former members|

* Sender Freies Berlin (SFB)
* Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB)
* Süddeutscher Rundfunk (SDR)
* Südwestfunk (SWF)
* Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR)

Programmes|

* Beat-Club
* Berlin, Berlin
* Der Nachtkurier meldet…
* Ein Herz und eine Seele
* Die Kommissarin
* Harald Schmidt
* Lindenstraße
* Marienhof
* Musikladen
* Polylux
* Raumpatrouille
* Sandmännchen
* Schmidt & Pocher
* Sesamstraße
* Die Sendung mit der Maus
* Tagesschau
* Tagesthemen
* Tatort
* Verbotene Liebe

Channels|

| Main channels|

* Das Erste
* One
* tagesschau24
* ARD-alpha

|

Current regional channels|

* BR Fernsehen
* Hr-fernsehen
* MDR Fernsehen
* NDR Fernsehen
* Radio Bremen TV
* RBB Fernsehen
* SR Fernsehen
* SWR Fernsehen
* WDR Fernsehen

International channels|

* DW-TV

Joint venture with ZDF|

* 3sat
* Arte
* KiKA
* Phoenix
* Funk

Former|

* ARD 1 Plus
* EinsPlus

* v
* t
* e

Members of the European Broadcasting Union

Active
members|

| Current|

* ARD
* BR
* DLR
* DW
* HR
* MDR
* NDR
* RB
* RBB
* SR
* SWR
* WDR
* ARMR
* ARMTV
* Arte
* BBC
* BHRT
* BNR
* BNT
* ČRo
* ČT
* CyBC
* DR
* ENRS
* EPTV
* ERR
* ER
* ETV
* ERT
* ERA
* GPB
* GRF
* FMM
* FTV
* RF
* HRT
* HR
* İCTI
* İR
* İTV
* JRTV
* KAN
* LNC
* LRT
* LSM
* LR
* LTV
* MMD
* MRT
* MSP
* MTVA
* Duna
* NPO
* AVROTROS
* BNNVARA
* EO
* HUMAN
* KRO-NCRV
* MAX
* NOS
* NTR
* ON
* PowNed
* Ster
* VPRO
* WNL
* Zwart
* NRK
* NTU
* ORF
* PBS
* PR
* RAI
* ROR
* RTBF
* RTCG
* RTÉ
* RTL
* RTP
* RTS
* RTSH
* RTT
* RT
* TT
* RTVA
* RTVE
* RNE
* TVE
* RTVSLO
* RÚV
* SMRTV
* SNRT
* SRG SSR
* SRT
* SR
* SVT
* UR
* STVR
* SU
* TDA
* TG4
* TL
* TRM
* TRT
* TV 2 (DK)
* TV 2 (NO)
* TVM (MC)
* TVP
* TVR
* UKIB
* C4
* ITV
* S4C
* STV
* VR
* VRT
* Yle
* ZDF

|

Suspended|

* BTRC
* C1R
* RDO
* MK
* OP
* VGTRK

Former|

* A3R
* C+
* C1O
* COPE
* CRCA
* ČST
* E1
* ERTT
* GRMC
* RMC
* TMC
* IBA (GB)
* IBA (IL)
* INR-NIR
* ITA
* ITCA
* JRT
* LJBC
* MBA
* MR
* MTV (FI)
* MTV (HU)
* NERIT
* NRU
* OFRT
* ORTF
* RTF
* RTVS
* SER
* SRo
* STV
* TDF
* TF1
* TMC
* TV4
* UJRT

Associate
members|

| Current|

* ABC (AU)
* ABC (US)
* ACORAB
* APM
* C13 (CL)
* CBC/SRC (CA)
* CBS
* CMG
* CCTV
* CGTN
* CNR
* CRI
* FPA
* Free
* ICRT
* IRIB
* KA
* KBS
* MBC (MU)
* NBAB
* NBC (US)
* NHK
* NPR
* ORTAS
* PART
* RB
* RNZ
* RTHK
* RTM
* SBS
* SMG
* TBS
* TEME
* TVNZ
* WFMT

|

Former|

* 4TA
* ABERT
* AFMN
* AIR
* AMÉRICA
* ANB
* ATEC
* ATV
* BCB
* C7
* C12
* C13 (AR)
* CBC (BB)
* CBC (LK)
* CMRT
* CNN
* CPB
* CTV
* DA
* EBC
* EMI
* EURT
* FTN
* GBC
* GBS
* GLOBO
* GRTS
* IBB
* IRV
* JBC
* JCC
* IBTE
* KBTS
* KNR
* LBC
* MBC (MW)
* MBC (KR)
* MBS
* MPR
* NACB
* NAEB
* NBC (NG)
* NBC (PNG)
* NET
* NTV
* NTVC
* NYPR
* ORTN
* PANTEL
* PBC
* PTV
* QR
* QTBC
* RCR
* RCTV
* RD
* REI
* RN
* RNT
* RP
* RRI
* RTC
* RTG
* RTI
* RTM
* RTS
* RTV
* SABC
* SABTVS
* SLBC
* STS
* T2
* TBC
* TCM
* TFM/JOAU-FM
* TH
* TIM
* TIME
* TSM
* TSN
* TVA
* TVB
* TVM (MR)
* TVN
* TVRI
* UAERTVD
* USIA
* VK
* VV
* VZ
* WGBH
* ZBC

Approved
participants|

| Current|

* CAT
* Cellnex
* Euronews
* INA
* JPMRD
* RTV
* TV5Monde

|

Former|

* Abertis
* AH
* IETV
* MEBC
* RETE
* RTRN
* SNTC
* URTI

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Israel

Other|

* IdRef
* MusicBrainz label
* Yale LUX

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*[(NO)]: Norway
*[(MC)]: Monaco
*[(GB)]: United Kingdom
*[(IL)]: Israel
*[(FI)]: Finland
*[(HU)]: Hungary
*[(AU)]: Australia
*[(US)]: United States
*[(CL)]: Chile
*[(CA)]: Canada
*[(MU)]: Mauritius
*[(AR)]: Argentina
*[(BB)]: Barbados
*[(LK)]: Sri Lanka
*[(MW)]: Malawi
*[(KR)]: South Korea
*[(NG)]: Nigeria
*[(PNG)]: Papua New Guinea
*[(MR)]: Mauritania