Deutsche Welle: Germany's broadcaster for audiences abroad
Deutsche Welle broadcasts Germany to the world, not to Germans. That job has led it to hire a British transmitter firm and cost it its Moscow bureau.
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Every household in Germany pays for ARD and ZDF, TV or not
Germany's Rundfunkbeitrag charges each household a flat monthly fee, whatever devices it owns, and that money pays for most of ARD and ZDF.
Britain and the US both moved against Iran's Press TV
Ofcom pulled Press TV's UK licence in 2012 because its editors sat in Tehran. The US later seized its web domains, alleging they spread disinformation.
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