ARD (broadcaster)

Umbrella organisation of regional and federal public broadcasters in Germany

Organization broadcaster Q49653

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of: broadcaster
Official website: www.ard.de^[28]
Short name: ARD^[32]
Legal form: public-law institution^[31]

Status and dates

Inception: June 5, 1950^[26]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1950-06-05 GND (DNB) 1950-08-05 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗

Location

Headquarters location: Stuttgart^[17]
Country: Germany^[6]
Location of formation: Berlin^[27]

Industry and activity

Industry: mass media^[24]
Product or material produced: terrestrial television^[29]

Relations

Owned by: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Hessischer Rundfunk, Radio Bremen, Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Südwestfunk, Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Sender Freies Berlin, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Saarländischer Rundfunk, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg, Südwestrundfunk, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
Child organization or unit: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, ARD Foto, ARD-Hauptstadtstudio, ARD-Stern^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
Member of: European Broadcasting Union, Themis-Vertrauensstelle gegen sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt, German Music Council, German Media Council^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Owner of: KiKA, One, DW-TV, Phoenix (German TV channel), Arte Deutschland TV, funk, EinsPlus, Das Erste, 3sat, ARD Sounds, ARD Mediathek^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]^[43]

More facts +7

Award received: Saure Gurke (Auszeichnung)^[1]
Different from: ARD^[44]
Motto text: Wir sind deins.^[30]
Official language: German^[7]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[45]
P14715: ARD (broadcaster)
Social media followers: 847k (146k–847k, n=7)

🏷️ Also known as

ar أيه أر دي ar إيه آر دي ar الهيئة العامة للبث الإذاعي في جمهورية ألمانيا الاتحادية cs ARD fa آ.ار.د fr Communauté de travail des établissements de radiodiffusion de droit public de la République fédérale d'Allemagne ja アーエルデー ja ドイツ公共放送連盟 zh 德国公共广播联盟 zh 德國公共廣播聯盟

🔖 Identifiers · 49

ISNI: 0000000121953271
VIAF cluster ID: 159257629
Library of Congress authority ID: n80132267
GND ID: 2004143-3
Image (Wikimedia Commons): ARD-Hauptstadtstudio (aus Nordwesten).jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID: 4053851
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 123049770
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11152089
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216701946496
Crunchbase organization ID: ard
Der Spiegel topic ID: ard
Described at URL: www.kek-online.de

Show all 49 identifiers +37

EU VAT number: DE812481116
Elonet company ID: 1031760
FactGrid item ID: A45
Flemish Public Libraries ID: 000002694
Freebase ID: /m/02vp2b
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 1827655
IdRef ID: 031924506
Instagram username: ard
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 2004143-3
Lex ID: ARD
Libraries Australia ID: 35007673
Mastodon instance URL: ard.social
Muck Rack media outlet ID: ard
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA02982823
NL CR AUT ID: ko2009478734
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007461971305171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000133690
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:V*152726;=BJ
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810658984905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX4995506
Open Library ID: OL13177641A
Open Library subject ID: arbeitsgemeinschaft_der_öffentlich-rechtlichen_rundfunkanstalten_der_bundesrepublik_deutschland
PM20 folder ID: co/001335
Quora topic ID: ARD
RERO ID (legacy): A000008736
RILM ID: 38996
RISM ID: institutions/37581
RITVA company ID: 1228
Stadtwiki Dresden article: ARD
Süddeutsche Zeitung topic ID: ARD
TMDB company ID: 1251
Topic's main category: Category:ARD (broadcaster)
Twitch username: ard
X (Twitter) username: ardde, ARDde
Yale LUX ID: group/450294c3-8669-45aa-970d-b703cac3399a
Yle topic ID: 18-271745
YouTube channel ID: UCqmQ1b96-PNH4coqgHTuTlA

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FAQs

What awards did ARD (broadcaster) receive?

Honors received include Saure Gurke (Auszeichnung)^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[6] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — country (P17): Germany. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — official language (P37): German. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owned by (P127): Bayerischer Rundfunk. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owned by (P127): Hessischer Rundfunk. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owned by (P127): Radio Bremen. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owned by (P127): Norddeutscher Rundfunk. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owned by (P127): Westdeutscher Rundfunk. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owned by (P127): Saarländischer Rundfunk. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owned by (P127): Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owned by (P127): Südwestrundfunk. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owned by (P127): Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — headquarters location (P159): Stuttgart. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — award received (P166): Saure Gurke (Auszeichnung). wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — child organization or unit (P355): Bayerischer Rundfunk. FactGrid. Retrieved 2022-07-18. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — child organization or unit (P355): Südwestrundfunk. FactGrid. Retrieved 2022-07-18. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — child organization or unit (P355): Westdeutscher Rundfunk. FactGrid. Retrieved 2022-07-18. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — child organization or unit (P355): ARD Foto. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — child organization or unit (P355): ARD-Hauptstadtstudio. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2023-12-30. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — child organization or unit (P355): ARD-Stern. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — industry (P452): mass media. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — member of (P463): European Broadcasting Union. www3.ebu.ch. Retrieved 2016-03-19. www3.ebu.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — member of (P463): Themis-Vertrauensstelle gegen sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — member of (P463): German Music Council. musikrat.de. Retrieved 2019-04-05. musikrat.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — member of (P463): German Media Council. deutschermedienrat.de. Retrieved 2019-04-05. deutschermedienrat.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — chairperson (P488): Tom Buhrow. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — inception (P571): June 5, 1950. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — location of formation (P740): Berlin. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — official website (P856): https://www.ard.de/. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — product or material produced (P1056): terrestrial television. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — motto text (P1451): Wir sind deins.. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — legal form (P1454): public-law institution. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — short name (P1813): ARD. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owner of (P1830): KiKA. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owner of (P1830): One. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owner of (P1830): DW-TV. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owner of (P1830): Phoenix (German TV channel). wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owner of (P1830): Arte Deutschland TV. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owner of (P1830): funk. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owner of (P1830): EinsPlus. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owner of (P1830): Das Erste. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owner of (P1830): 3sat. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owner of (P1830): ARD Sounds. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — owner of (P1830): ARD Mediathek. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — different from (P1889): ARD. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ ARD (broadcaster) — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4. wikidata.org.

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6d ago · Jeuwre · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Sitelink count → 56

Der Spiegel topic ID → ard

Pronunciation audio → De-ARD.ogg

Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'diq', 'el'

+ 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: De-ARD.ogg"
9w ago · Rescq · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Süddeutsche Zeitung topic ID → ARD

"/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Süddeutsche Zeitung topic ID: ARD, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213750340|ARD (#213750340)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süddeutsche Zeitung to"
13w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14715 → ARD (broadcaster)

Official website → https://www.ard.de/

"/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14715: Q49653, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785524324610"
17w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Logo image → ARD 2003 logo.svg, ARD 1984 logo.svg, ARD 1950 logo.svg +2

Open Library ID → OL13177641A

Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of ARD

Different from → ARD

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