Workers in Germany’s ARD public broadcasting network walked off the job on Thursday in a strike to demand higher pay in collective bargaining talks despite budget cuts at the broadcasters. Some TV and radio programmes, including the advice show “ARD Buffet,” were cancelled due to the strike and replaced with reruns of older episodes, according to SWR, one of the regional affiliates that makes up the ARD network. Other ARD stations were also affected, including the Bavarian broadcaster BR and the northern German regional broadcaster NDR, which partly replaced some radio programming with other b…