Last but not least: Death goes on air
Today’s «Last but Not Least» is that in the truest sense of the word: The Federal Association of German Funeral Directors (BDB) is planning a macabre channel dedicated to the topic of death. It is intended to address issues relevant to older people.
Today a "To the last" in the truest sense of the word: the Federal Association of German Funeral Directors (BDB) is planning its own mourning channel. The morbid TV program is intended to address topics that are relevant to older people and provide a sensitive approach to the subject of dying. Reports on mourning rituals and documentaries about cemeteries are also planned, as Spiegel Online reports.
In cooperation with the broadcaster EosTV, the BDB plans to broadcast a separate special-interest program via satellite and on the Internet this year. However, the Association of Funeral Directors wants to prevent the creation of a kind of "Big Brother" format with potential candidates for death at all costs. An advisory board will therefore monitor the ethical design of the programs. The program will only accept serious and respectful formats, said Kerstin Gernig, Managing Director of the Kuratorium Deutsche Bestattungskultur.
The German funeral channel wants to finance itself with film obituaries of the deceased, among other things. Television acts as a contemporary book of condolences. Gernig explained to Spiegel Online that the growing number of older people is the target group. Furthermore, a strategic partnership between the broadcaster and online mourning portals is being sought. Death on television is intended to provide information and contribute to removing the taboo surrounding dying.
After the bluff of the Dutch kidney donor show, this news is initially met with skepticism. But this is no bad joke. In Germany, the morticians actually want to go on air with the mourning program, Spiegel Online assures.
In cooperation with the broadcaster EosTV, the BDB plans to broadcast a separate special-interest program via satellite and on the Internet this year. However, the Association of Funeral Directors wants to prevent the creation of a kind of "Big Brother" format with potential candidates for death at all costs. An advisory board will therefore monitor the ethical design of the programs. The program will only accept serious and respectful formats, said Kerstin Gernig, Managing Director of the Kuratorium Deutsche Bestattungskultur.
The German funeral channel wants to finance itself with film obituaries of the deceased, among other things. Television acts as a contemporary book of condolences. Gernig explained to Spiegel Online that the growing number of older people is the target group. Furthermore, a strategic partnership between the broadcaster and online mourning portals is being sought. Death on television is intended to provide information and contribute to removing the taboo surrounding dying.
After the bluff of the Dutch kidney donor show, this news is initially met with skepticism. But this is no bad joke. In Germany, the morticians actually want to go on air with the mourning program, Spiegel Online assures.
