French public media needs “thorough review”
Public media in France has been under critique as an industry that is losing sight of one of its core missions: democratising access to culture.
PSM Weekly | 15-20 Sept 2016
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
Public Media Alliance welcomes new board members
The Public Media Alliance today announce the appointment of their new President, Vice Presidents and Board following the associations AGM and Global Conference in Montréal.
Maldivian government warns against involvement with Al-Jazeera documentary
The Maldivian majority party has threatened to use defamation laws to punish those involved in producing or broadcasting a documentary that uncovers corruption in the country, produced by Al-Jazeera.
Foreign journalists in Maldives to require background checks
Media professionals will be now face restrictions to work in the Maldives, as the government has now disposed new immigration rules.
Provisional measure threatens autonomy of Brazil’s public broadcaster
The newly confirmed Brazilian government has recently proposed a measure that would change the structure and the autonomy of the public broadcaster.
PSM Weekly | 30 Aug-5 Sept 2016
Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.
Public media in Kosovo under attack over demarcation deal
Kosovo’s public broadcaster, RTK, suffered a second attack last week on its premises by a group that is against the government’s demarcation deal with Montenegro.
Proposed bill could regulate & punish media in Namibia
A new information bill proposed by the government in Namibia could impact media freedom by punishing professionals who report “irresponsibly”.