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Re:Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “... by Mirioron on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:27AM (#24208021)
Doesn't the parliament set spending? And if you're worried about the parliament not funding it, then why wouldn't you be worried about parliament just changing the law that set up the public broadcaster in the first place?
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Re:Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “... by stkdump on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:17PM (#24213915)
It isn't so simple. I think the federal government/parliament has to agree with the 16 state governments or so. There is a so called 'Rundfunkstaatsvertrag' (a treaty between states) governing the rules.
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Re:Cities sue Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, claim they owe cable “... by ketzu on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:52AM (#24208154)
One reason might be that it's much easier to take a law changing the structure of the public broadcasting financing infront of the supreme court than it is to do so with regular budgeting.
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