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Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germany's ARD radio/TV network.
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Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germany's ARD radio/TV network.

Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] (BR) is the public broadcasting authority for the German Freistaat (Free State) of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich. BR is a member of ARD.

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Legal foundation

BR is a broadcaster for the general public. Its functions are determined by a legal foundation, which creates the broadcaster's principles and its internal organization. These regulations are contained in the Bavarian Broadcasting Law (Bayerischen Rundfunkgesetz), originally passed in 1948, and improved in 1993. At that time, it was comprehensively amended to relevant current media and political needs. This broadcast law is supplemented by the Broadcast State Contract (Rundfunkstaatsvertrag), which regulates the relationship of public and private broadcast in the dual broadcast system and which contains fundamental regulations particularly for financing. Just as important for the work of Bavarian Broadcasting is the cooperation of the ARD consortium, consisting of nine other regional broadcasting corporates as well as Deutsche Welle. The broadcasting service is further backed by the relevant European legal bases as well as the media service convention, which contain regulations for the on-line offerings of Bavarian Broadcasting.

Finances

Licensing fees required for Radio and TV sets are €17.03 per month, as of 1 April 2005. For radio reception alone, the monthly fee is €5.52. BR derives 84 % of its income from licensing fees, up to 13 % from other sources of income (e.g. product licensing and investments) and up to 3 % from advertising. For expenditures, 60 % are spent on TV programs, 28 % for radio programs, 8 % for engineering and technical maintenance, and 4 % for management expenses.

Television series produced by BR

BR produces several series that are well known throughout Bavaria, and some of these are re-broadcast throughout other parts of Germany. These include:

Advertising

BR's TV channel, Bayerisches Fernsehen (Bavarian Television), as with all regional "Third Channel" broadcasters (as well as arte, 3Sat, KI.KA, Phoenix and BR-alpha) is free of advertising. Advertising is also not permitted on ARD's "Channel One" or on ZDF on Sundays, holidays, or on any day after 8 pm. On weekdays, only 20 minutes of advertising is permitted, split between breaks between programs. Program sponsoring is not considered to be advertising, and is not subject to these restrictions.

Studios

BR operates a main broadcasting facility in Munich as well as studios in Freimann and Unterföhring. There are also regional TV and radio studios in Nuremberg ("Studio Franconia"), Würzburg ("Regional studio Franconia/River Main") and Regensburg ("Regional Studio East Bavaria").

Programming

BR provides programs to various TV and radio networks, some done in collaboration with other broadcasters, and others completely independently.

Television channels

Radio channels

Two further channels are available only via digital radio or Internet streaming:

Musical organizations

BR administers three musical organizations:

Transmitters

Podcasts

An ever increasing number of podcasts produced by BR are available through the iTunes Music Store. This includes two podcasts by Bayerisches Fernsehen, six by radio network Bayern 1, ten by Bayern 2, 6 by Bayern 3 and two by Bayern 4.

History

Managing Directors of BR since 1945:

Opt-outs

In the 1970s, Bayerischer Rundfunk was notorious for opting out of national ARD television broadcasts when certain broadcast programmes were deemed too controversial.

The best-known opt outs include:

This and all other opt-outs have since been shown on Bavaria's third channel, Bayrisches Fernsehen and today, Bayrischer Rundfunk no longer opts out of national broadcasts.

See also: German television

External links

 Member organizations of the ARD
Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR; Bavarian Broadcasting) 
Deutsche Welle (DW; international broadcasting) 
Hessischer Rundfunk (HR; Hessian Broadcasting) 
Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR; Central German Broadcasting) 
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; North German Broadcasting) 
Radio Bremen (RB) 
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB; Broadcasting Berlin-Brandenburg) 
Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR; Saarland Broadcasting) 
Südwestrundfunk (SWR; Southwest Broadcasting) 
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR; West German Broadcasting)
Former members
Sender Freies Berlin (SFB; Transmitter Free Berlin)
Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB; East German Broadcasting Brandenburg)
Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR; Northwest German Broadcasting)

 

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