Public service broadcasting: revenue from radio contribution decreases to eight.7 billion euros | EUROtoday

The revenue from the broadcasting contribution fell by 3.14 % to round 8.74 billion euros in 2024. ARD, the ZDF in Mainz and Deutschlandradio acquired a complete of 8.57 billion euros, and 164.6 million euros flowed to the state media services, because the contribution service in Cologne introduced on Thursday.

The purpose for the decline in revenue is the expiry of the nationwide registration information comparability, which led to a rise in yield in 2023. In half, this was attributable to computerized and retrospective registrations of flats that have been deregistered once more in 2024 after the process for clarifying the duty to contribute, the contribution service defined.

A complete of 6.09 billion euros (2023: 6.28 billion euros) went to the 9 ARD establishments, to ZDF 2.23 billion euros (2023: 2.30 billion euros). Deutschlandradio acquired 256.6 million euros (2021: 264 million euros).

At the top of 2024, in accordance with the contribution service, 2.4 million folks have been exempt from paying the broadcasting contribution for social causes. That was 0.8 % greater than within the earlier yr. There have been extra exemptions due to the acquisition of fundamental safety in previous age and residents’ and social profit. In distinction, the variety of contributions to contributions had decreased by 1.7 % to 397,371.

The broadcasting contribution has been changing the broadcasting payment since 2013, which was additionally referred to as “GEZ fee”. The levy is due monthly and family – irrespective of how many individuals dwell there. For firms, the contribution is calculated in accordance with the variety of operations, workers and motor autos.