Harry Lock

With the Charter Review underway, we asked fellow public service media to explain why the BBC plays such an important role internationally.

Funding uncertainty clouds UK, Swiss and German international services. Is the recent funding of the USAGM likely to change things?

The contribution of public service media to information resilience is strongest when it supports institutional changes that build over time.

ERR's head speaks to PMA about the funding crisis, how EMFA is shaking things up, and why ERR is as an "Operator of Essential Services".  

Following presidential approval of the funding bill, the head of RFA announced that broadcasts to Chinese audiences have resumed.

Ahead of the Swiss referendum on cutting the licence fee by half, the Public Media Alliance outlines its opposition to the funding cut.

The BBC launches an emergency broadcasting service in Iran, while governance changes for broadcasters in Zambia, Lithuania and Lebanon.

PMA has joined others in calling for the reform of Albania's public media, RTSH, through democratic, lawful and institutional means. 

This edition: We're concerned about attacks on two RAI contractors while covering protests in Turin.

The President of Ghana recently expressed a desire to move away from the current licence fee to an alternative funding model for GBC.