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BBC

BBC India Offices searched by authorities

PMA is deeply concerned by today’s search of BBC offices in India as part of an investigation by income tax authorities.


Women gender camera

PSM Weekly | 8 – 14 February 2023

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


World Radio Day 2023 | Radio and Peace

To celebrate World Radio Day 2023, a new PMA podcast explores how radio stations are being used to advance peace in Colombia and CAR.


Recent News


Uncertainty continues for RTVE

Ongoing disagreement over working hours and wages, a long-awaited public tender and centralisation concerns continue to burden Spain’s national public broadcaster.

UPDATE | Financial crisis at NBC

Following the announcement from the NBC’s board that austerity measures are underway, which includes a possible retrenchment of some of the public broacaster’s workforce, employees took to staging a…

Financial crisis at NBC

The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation is in the midst of a financial crisis, with significant programming and job cuts on the cards. With elections just over a month away, how will the public…

PSM Weekly | 2 October – 8 October 2019

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

Social Media Guidelines | For media professionals & journalists in Southern Africa

Read our latest guidelines developed collaboratively with journalists and media professionals from across Southern Africa.

Global Call Out

Today the Public Media Alliance, representing 88 public media organisations worldwide, issued a “Global Call Out” in support of the core values of public service media.

CfP | RIPE@2020

Public service media has never before had to prove its value within and for society, particularly with an increasingly changing media landscape as well as evolving types of society.

New directive offers limited protections for journalists and whistleblowers in Australia

New press freedom ‘safeguard’ could offer more protection following June raids on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and News Corp journalist, but does it go far enough?

BBC Director General reverses decision on complaint against presenter

The BBC’s Editorial Complaints Unit last week ruled that BBC presenter, Naga Munchetty, breached editorial guidelines on impartiality for commenting on racist remarks made by President Trump in a…

PSM Weekly | 25 September – 1 October 2019

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

PSM Weekly | 18 – 24 September 2019

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