"In May this year, its [Mitteldeuscher Rundfunk's] veteran director-general, Udo Reiter, resigned just days before the opening of a fraud trial involving one of his staff. There have been several arrests and resignations linked to what has become known as the Ki.Ka scandal (because it centres on the ARD/ZDF children's channel Ki.Ka, which MDR produces)... The scandal comes at a difficult time for German public broadcasting, which is seeking a €1.47bn rise in budget for 2013 through 2016." (Quoted from article)