{"id":6489,"date":"2024-10-14T11:58:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T09:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&#038;p=6489"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:43:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T13:43:36","slug":"expert-opinion-on-the-reform-treaty","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/expert-opinion-on-the-reform-treaty\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief Expert Opinion on the Reform Treaty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/employee\/wolfgang-schulz-2\/\">Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz<\/a> has written a brief expert opinion on the state treaty on the reform of public broadcasting (Reform State Treaty), which is <a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/241008_HBI_Stellungnahme_ReformStV_ENDG.pdf\">available here as a PDF<\/a>. On September 26, 2024, the heads of government of the federal states released a draft state treaty for public consultation and requested feedback on the proposals by October 11, 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4069 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kurzgutachten-ReformStV-WS-241011-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of the brief expert opinion on the Reform State Treaty\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kurzgutachten-ReformStV-WS-241011-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kurzgutachten-ReformStV-WS-241011-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Kurzgutachten-ReformStV-WS-241011.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This reform aims to enable modern public broadcasting that reaches the entire society with its offerings. To this end, public broadcasting&#8217;s mandate will be strengthened in terms of quality but limited in terms of quantity. The draft therefore contains proposals for digitizing services, reducing niche and radio services, and limiting the sports rights budget. Additionally, it seeks to strengthen cooperation between public broadcasters.<\/p>\n<p>The main points of the reform proposals are summarized in this <a href=\"https:\/\/rundfunkkommission.rlp.de\/fileadmin\/rundfunkkommission\/Dokumente\/ReformStV\/2024-09-26_PPP_Zusammenfassung_ReformStV_ofin.pdf\">presentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<span lang=\"de\">KEF-Sonderbericht zu finanziellen Auswirkungen m\u00f6glicher Ans\u00e4tze zur Reform des \u00f6ffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks<\/span>\u201d [KEF Special Report on the Financial Impact of Possible Approaches to Reforming Public Broadcasting], which was submitted to the Broadcasting Commission on October 2, is available <a href=\"https:\/\/rundfunkkommission.rlp.de\/fileadmin\/rundfunkkommission\/Dokumente\/ReformStV\/KEF-Sonderbericht_zu_finanziellen_Auswirkungen_moeglicher_Ansaetze_zur_Reform_des_oe-r._Rundfunks_final.pdf\">here<\/a> (in German).<\/p>\n<p>Wolfgang Schulz&#8217; expert opinion on the <span lang=\"de\">Staatsvertrag zur Reform des \u00f6ffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks (Reformstaatsvertrag)<\/span> [State Treaty on the Reform of Public Broadcasting (Reform Treaty)] is only available in German.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2579,"template":"","tags":[402,403,106],"class_list":["post-6489","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-expert-opinion","tag-public-service-broadcasting","tag-public-service-media"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brief Expert Opinion on the Reform Treaty - Leibniz Institut f\u00fcr Medienforschung | Leibniz Institute for Media Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/expert-opinion-on-the-reform-treaty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brief Expert Opinion on the Reform Treaty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz has written a brief expert opinion on the state treaty on the reform of public broadcasting (Reform State Treaty), which is available here as a PDF. 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