Featured Reports


The Pacific

ABC launches ground-breaking new show The Pacific

Designed and created specifically for Pacific audiences, The Pacific is dedicated to covering the stories that matter in the region.


Television studio gallery

PSM Weekly | 29 March – 4 April 2023

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


Aalia Farzan rehearsing the programme in front of a camera.

BBC World Service launches “Dars”

Dars is the first multi-platform education series for Afghan children barred from school, available via the BBC News Afghanistan channel.


Recent News


African media association leads way with 50% female board

The Southern African Broadcasting Association has put equality for women in media firmly on the agenda by insisting on a gender-balanced board

What shape will children’s media take in the digital era?

This is one of the discussion points for our workshop on the future of programming for young people in an international summit on children’s media next week

A Conversation with RIPE Scholars

In a conversation recorded at the 2014 RIPE Conference in Tokyo, PSM scholars discuss their research into political, social, and cultural questions faced by public service media in the age of global…

Caribbean broadcasters supported to attend CBU AGA

We are facilitating three member stations to attend the Caribbean Broadcasting Union’s AGA, a key regional broadcasting meeting

Our Ebola briefing to broadcasters

As some of our members grapple with the impact of the virus outbreak, we have sent a practical briefing to affected and potentially affected broadcasters

Ebola outbreak: West African broadcasters play vital role

How some of our members in Sierra Leone and Nigeria are covering the deadly virus crisis and helping inform and reassure the public

World Broadcasting groups unite to protect TV spectrum

The battle for spectrum is on, as broadcast unions stand together to oppose ceding TV’s dedicated frequencies to mobile web use

CBA Secretary-General awarded honorary degree

Our congratulations to Sally-Ann Wilson, head of the CBA, who has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bedfordshire

2014: Broadcaster bursars bring back new ideas from their trips

The CBA Travel Bursary enables broadcasters to go on international exchange to share knowledge, see what this year’s bursars found on their journeys

Australia, UK’s PSBs receive cuts to international and news

This week saw the announcement of 80 job losses for ABC Australia, and a net 220 posts from BBC News, the latest in ongoing cuts to Public Service Broadcasting around the world

CBA member broadcasters on air for Commonwealth Voices

From today our members from Cameroon, Canada, the Caribbean, Gibraltar, Namibia, New Zealand and Malawi are joining in pop-up radio broadcasting for the Commonwealth Games