Committee Chairperson Conference

The Committee Chairperson Conference (Gremienvorsitzendenkonferenz, GVK) makes selection decisions in assigning platforms and allocating wireless transmission capacities for private providers.

The GVK also advises on matters which are significant to (media) society, media policy, and the cooperation between the state media authorities. This particularly involves questions of programme development and media ethics positions, for example on the quality of broadcasting content with respect to the norms and values of our society.

As a result, together with representatives of private television stations and producers, the GVK has devised guidelines for labelling scripted-reality formats. Private broadcasters have implemented these on a voluntary basis since 2015, as they are not legally obligated to do so.

The GVK meets 3-4 times a year as well as twice together with the DLM at the full conference. As of 2009, members meet once a year with the ARD committee chairpersons for a joint conversation on current media policy or technological developments which affect both sides of the dual broadcasting system.
 

Structure

 

In the Committee Chairperson Conference, the respective chairpersons of the 14 state media authority committees work together.

The committees are called assembly, media council, or media commission and are comprised of representatives of social groups (parties, religious communities, associations, and organisations such as child protection agencies, welfare organisations, business associations) – or media experts.

The members perform their work on a voluntary basis. They fulfil a central function, as they make decisions in local and state matters, and generally also elect the director or president of the respective state media authority.

The GVK elects a representative from its members. Since 1 January 2022, Albrecht Bähr, Chairman of the Council of the Media Authority of Rhineland Palatinate, has held this position.

His deputy is Martin Gorholt, Vice President of the Media Authority of Berlin-Brandenburg.

Chairman

Albrecht Bähr

Albrecht Bähr

Chairman of the Council of the Media Authority of Rhineland Palatinate

Contact

Joint Management Office Dr. Shina-Nancy Erlewein

die medienanstalten - ALM GbR Friedrichstraße 60 10117 Berlin

Phone:
+49 30 2064690-0
Fax:
+49 30 2064690-99
E-Mail:
gvk@die-medienanstalten.de

Members

  • Wolfgang Epp

    Dr. Wolfgang Epp

    Chairman of the media council, Media Authority of Baden-Wuerttemberg

  • Walter Keilbart

    Walter Keilbart

    Chairman of the media council, Media Authority of Bavaria

  • Martin Gorholt

    Martin Gorholt

    Chairman of the media council, Media Authority of Berlin and Brandenburg

  • Andrea Buchelt

    Dr. Andrea Buchelt

    Chairwoman of the media council, Media Authority of Bremen

  • Sebastian Schulze

    Sebastian Schulze

    Chairman of the media council, Media Authority of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein

  • [Translate to englisch:] Jörg Steinbach

    Jörg Steinbach

    Chairman of the media council, Media Authority of Hesse

  • Sandra Nachtweih

    Sandra Nachtweih

    Chairwoman of the media council, Media Authority of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

  • Elisabeth Harries

    Elisabeth Harries

    Chairwoman of the media council, Media Authority of Lower Saxony

  • Professor Werner Schwaderlapp

    Prof. Dr. Werner Schwaderlapp

    Chairman of the media council, Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia

  • Albrecht Bähr

    Albrecht Bähr

    Chairman of the Council of the Media Authority of Rhineland Palatinate

  • Prof. Dr. Stephan Ory

    Prof. Dr. Stephan Ory

    Chairman of the media council, Media Authority of the Saarland

  • Katrin Kleeberg

    Katrin Kleeberg

    Vice President of the Media Authority of Saxony

  • Markus Kurze

    Markus Kurze

    Chairman of the media council, Media Authority of Saxony-Anhalt

  • Ute Zacharias

    Dr. Ute Zacharias

    Chairwoman of the media council, Media Authority of Thuringia