ARD, also known as Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, is State Owned and headquartered in Germany. Founded in 1950, it employs approximately 1880 individuals and reported $7.7B in revenue as of 2024. The entity functions as a joint organisation of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters, with a main product of broadcast television and radio. It was established in West Germany to represent the common interests of the new, decentralised, post-war broadcasting services, specifically for the introduction of a joint television network.

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Founded

1950

Headcount

5,800

Headquarters

Germany

Primary Segment

Content rights

Ownership

State Owned

Deployments

1

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ARD offers 5 products in the media and telecoms services industry. ARD's product portfolio comprises of media and TV services and broadcast television and radio.
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ARD's revenues were over $1B in 2024. Caretta Research has split ARD's revenue into 4 different product categories, the largest of which is sports sublicensing. For full access to ARD's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Examples of ARD's suppliers include Fincons Group, Deutsche Telekom Germany and Avid.

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ARD currently holds 55 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including winter sports, athletics, ice hockey, field hockey, ice skating, cycling, multi-sport, canoeing and kayaking, aquatics and swimming, biathlon, handball, soccer | association football and rowing.

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