Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, commonly shortened to RBB, is an institution under public law for the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg, based in Berlin and Potsdam. RBB was established on 1 May 2003 through the merger of Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) and
Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB), based in Potsdam, and is a member of the Association of PSBs in the Federal Republic of Germany (ARD).
rbb complex of buildings at Theodor-Heuss-Platz
The studio in Potsdam
Sender Freies Berlin was the ARD public radio and television service for Berlin from 1 June 1954 until 30 April 2003. On 1 January 1992, SFB became the public broadcaster for the whole of reunited Berlin. However, SFB had long had a significant audience in East Berlin for some time before German reunification. On 1 May 2003 it merged with Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg to form Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg.
Early electronically generated monochrome test card of SFB, photographed in 1975. This test card was also used by SDR and SWF in southwest Germany, and Sjónvarpið in Iceland.
Sender Freies Berlin TV Centre (now RBB-Zentrale Berlin)