Third Party Broadcasting License
According to the German interstate broadcasting agreement, a third- party broadcasting license is intended to secure broadcasting slots in television channels for broadcasters who are independent of broadcasters, thereby helping to ensure diversity of opinion (internal pluralistic model). The basis for this is that from an average audience share of 30%, it is assumed that there is a "predominant power of opinion". Therefore, with an average audience share of 10% or more, a weekly broadcast time of at least 260 minutes must be made available to independent third parties.
Third-party broadcasting licensees include AZ Media or dctp with Spiegel TV . As a rule, these receive fixed, regularly recurring broadcasting slots ( window programs) in the programs of private television broadcasters, for which they themselves are fully responsible for the content.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rundfunkstaatsvertrag , III. Section: Regulations for private broadcasting, Section 26: Ensuring diversity of opinion on television and Section 31: Airtime for independent third parties.