Broadcaster fees could jump to €19 per month: report
Those monthly fees all residents have to pay towards public broadcasting could get steeper in the next five years, officials say.
Mandatory broadcaster fees go before high court
Thirty complaints have been launched against the mandatory monthly fee of €17.50 German residents must pay for public television and radio broadcasters.
Firms and disabled slam new TV licence fee
Drugstore chain Rossmann has become the latest German company to slam the country's new TV licence fee, saying it plans to go to court over its alleged 500-percent hike. Disabled rights groups have also condemned the charge per household.
TV licence fee collector fined for Nazi salute
A woman collecting Germany's GEZ public broadcasting licence fees in Ulm has reportedly been fined after a dispute with a pub owner escalated and she made racist comments and a Nazi salute.
TV licence fee reform will hurt businesses, experts warn
The planned reform of Germany’s unpopular GEZ broadcasting licence fees could heavily burden businesses, industry experts warned on Monday.
Dead dachshunds pay no bills
A Munich resident was recently billed for Germany's public broadcasting licence fees, but the authorities soon discovered there was a problem: “Bini” was a dachshund dead for the past five years.
Language group moots GEZ boycott and support for BBC over radio
A German language association has called for a boycott of the GEZ public broadcasting licence fees because radio stations in the country rarely play German music - instead listeners should pay the BBC.
States agree to reform TV licence fees
Germany’s state premiers have agreed to overhaul the country’s hated GEZ broadcasting licence fees and institute a per-household charge for public television and radio.
Critics call for end to GEZ television licence fees
Critics are once again calling for an end to Germany’s hated GEZ public broadcasting licence fees ahead of a meeting of state premiers on Wednesday.
Private channels to go to EU over licence fees
The chairman of Germany's association of private broadcasters (VPRT) has threatened to make a formal complaint to the European Commission over state broadcasting licence fees.
Broadcasting fees spark coalition rift
The two parties of Germany's ruling coalition, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), are at loggerheads over the issue of licence fees for state broadcasting.