Observed Signal · Sep 4, 2026 · Hiring · Source: DWDL · Impact: 1/5 · Sentiment: Neutral
RBB Appoints New General Counsel from Film Funding Agency
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) has announced that Dörthe Pankowski will become its new General Counsel (Justitiarin) starting December 1. She succeeds Kerstin Skiba, who is moving to lead the media policy department at the new ARD headquarters. Pankowski brings extensive experience from her previous roles in the legal department of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), the company GVL, and as head of Telepool's Leipzig office for eight years. Most recently, she served as General Counsel at the Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA). RBB's Director General Ulrike Demmer praised Pankowski as a distinguished media lawyer with deep knowledge of ARD structures and public broadcasting requirements. Pankowski expressed her commitment to strengthening the independence of public broadcasting and securing its constitutional foundations during this period of significant transformation.
A personnel change at a German public broadcaster (RBB) is a minor industry event, with no direct impact on the AdTech/MarTech ecosystem beyond general media industry interest.
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Key Takeaways & Evidence Grounding
- Dörthe Pankowski will become RBB's new General Counsel on December 1.
- She succeeds Kerstin Skiba, who will lead the media policy department at the new ARD headquarters.
- Pankowski previously led the Leipzig office of Telepool GmbH for eight years.
- She was most recently General Counsel at the Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA).
- She also worked in the legal department of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) and for GVL.
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2 Entities mapped“Kerstin Skiba ... in der neuen ARD-Geschäftsstelle die Leitung des Bereichs Medienpolitik übernimmt....”
“Pankowski war unter anderem in der Rechtsabteilung des Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks ... tätig....”
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