Monday, October 31, 2022

How Bad Off Financially Is RBB (The Berlin Public TV Network)?

 Well.....70-million Euro short.

The director of the public TV network reported this over the weekend.

A big deal?  What they are saying is that presently....they can carry on and there's always new fresh money coming from the TV-Media tax.  Course, loans have interest attached and the 70-million probably grows every quarter.

What's likely to happen?  I'd suggest some tight budget times for the next couple of years, and a fair amount of low-budget productions.  The ARD guys giving some extra cash over?  I doubt it....it'd just beg questions and some official enquiry.  Somehow, RBB will get through this and in three to four years....emerge with a zero-debt situation.  

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