Informations-Verarbeitungs-Zentrum

The Informations-Verarbeitungs-Zentrum (IVZ) is a cooperative IT service unit of Germany's public broadcasting organizations ARD and Deutschlandradio. It is organized as a public-law, non-legal-capacity administrative community (nicht-rechtsfähige Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) and is based at Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb) in Potsdam. The IVZ was founded in 1993 by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB) and Sender Freies Berlin (SFB). Over the following decades, additional broadcasters joined: Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in 1997, Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR) in 2000, Deutschlandradio (DRadio) in 2003, Radio Bremen (RB) in 2005, Deutsche Welle (DW) in 2009, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) in 2011, and Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) and Südwestrundfunk (SWR) in 2017. The IVZ's tasks include the collection, processing and use of data, including for the broadcasters' own journalistic and editorial purposes, the establishment of databases, program production and software development, as well as business and archival IT applications for the broadcasters or on behalf of third parties. Its business fields include IT services for media-specific SAP applications, data center services for cross-ARD IT services, and IT services for the archive systems of public broadcasting organizations. The IVZ is governed by a steering committee composed of the heads of information systems/organization of the participating broadcasters, and a board of administration (Verwaltungsrat) with one member per broadcaster, which elects a chairman for two business years. The managing director coordinates with the steering committee on all technical matters.

The Informations-Verarbeitungs-Zentrum (IVZ) was founded in 1993 as a cooperation between Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB) and Sender Freies Berlin (SFB). It was established as a public-law, non-legal-capacity administrative community (nicht-rechtsfähige Verwaltungsgemeinschaft) with its seat at Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg in Potsdam. Additional broadcasters joined over time: Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in 1997, Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR) in 2000, Deutschlandradio (DRadio) in 2003, Radio Bremen (RB) in 2005, Deutsche Welle (DW) in 2009, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) in 2011, and Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) and Südwestrundfunk (SWR) in 2017. The IVZ's purpose is to provide IT services for the public broadcasting organizations, including the collection, processing and use of data for journalistic and editorial purposes, database establishment, program production and software development, as well as business and archival IT applications. Its business fields include media-specific SAP services, data center services for cross-ARD IT services, and IT services for the archive systems of public broadcasting organizations. Governance is handled by a steering committee of the heads of information systems/organization of the participating broadcasters and a board of administration (Verwaltungsrat) with one member per broadcaster, which elects a chairman for two business years. The managing director coordinates with the steering committee on all technical matters.

• 2017

  Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) and Südwestrundfunk (SWR) join.

• 2011

  Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) joins.

• 2009

  Deutsche Welle (DW) joins.

• 2005

  Radio Bremen (RB) joins.

• 2003

  Deutschlandradio (DRadio) joins.

• 2000

  Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR) joins.

• 1997

  Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) joins.

• 1993

  IVZ founded as a cooperation of MDR, ORB and SFB.

Shared IT service provider for Germany's public broadcasters, focused on media-specific SAP, data center and archive systems.

• Media-specific SAP services

  IT services for media-specific SAP applications for public broadcasters.

• Data center services for cross-ARD IT

  Data center services for IT services used across ARD broadcasters.

• Archive system IT services

  IT services for the archive systems of public broadcasting organizations.

1. 1Informations-Verarbeitungs-Zentrum – Wikipediade.wikipedia.org
2. 2Informations-Verarbeitungs-Zentrum – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Offizielle Websiteivz.de
4. 4Regional und weltoffen - ARD und rbb | rbbrbb-online.de
5. 5Geschichte des rbb | rbbrbb-online.de