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PMA's weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

The Public Media Alliance hosted training workshops in Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago, as part of an ongoing media literacy project.

PMA joins statement against Czech government plans to abolish the public media licence fee and replace it with direct state budget funding.

This edition: harmful rhetoric against RNZ, approval of a bill to abolish Czech licence fee, and a French journalist's expulsion from Israel.

This edition: Hungary's post-election pledge to overhaul state media, and a new parliamentary inquiry into RTVE raises concerns.

Applications are open for PMA's free MIL training workshops in Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad & Tobago. Deadline: 20 April 2026.

This edition: Hungary's election and public media reform, and a withdrawn but alarming Czech licence fee amendment.

Local identity may be a public broadcaster's greatest asset, says SABC as the corporation celebrates 50 years of television.

This edition: An NHK journalist detained in Iran, BHRT's funding crisis, the future of USAGM & VOA, and a threat to Czech Radio.

In its BBC Charter Review submission, PMA sets out its vision for a well-funded, independently governed, and democratically resilient BBC.