Jamie Tahana

The Christmas break saw many significant developments - both good and worrying - in public media around the world.

Australian media executive Hugh Marks has been appointed to take over as managing director of the ABC, the national public broadcaster.

The licence fee which funds the BBC will be modestly increased this year, while a further funding review is conducted.

The UK government has announced a funding increase for the BBC World Service in its latest budget, which the broadcaster has welcomed.

With German federal states announcing reform plans, the ARD and ZDF supervisory boards have called for public media values to be protected.

In an independent review into racism at the ABC, nearly every person interviewed said they’ve experienced racism at the broadcaster.

A press association in Peru has proposed a new independent public media company after a series of scandals at the state broadcaster.

Online sites and apps are now as popular as TV news – which saw a steep decline last year – for the first time, new Ofcom research has found.

The Irish public broadcaster RTÉ will receive €725 million over the next three years under a new model the media minister called “unprecedented”.

Australia has passed new prominence laws that force television manufacturers to display local broadcasters’ content on home screens.