20th May 2025
What’s the world’s biggest public broadcaster? | The PMA Briefing
A new report ranks the top 100 media companies, including six PSM. Swiss public and private media reach groundbreaking agreement.
30th April 2025
How German-speaking PSM are facing fundamental reform
Across both Austria and Germany, why is there a movement to fundamentally change the public service media, ORF, ARD and ZDF?
17th December 2024
Germany: Reforms adopted but funding frozen
A state treaty was adopted to reform German public broadcasters, but the increase of the institutions’ funding was delayed until 2027.
31st October 2024
Germany: Public media sector set for significant reforms
A funding shakeup, limited services, and a merger are all on the cards as part of a package of reforms for the public media of Germany.
25th October 2024
ARD-GVK and ZDF supervisory boards take positions on reforms
With German federal states announcing reform plans, the ARD and ZDF supervisory boards have called for public media values to be protected.
3rd July 2024
Switching off: Young audiences, streaming and public media
The outlook for public media is not encouraging with young audiences turning to streaming services much more than public media.
29th February 2024
ZDF & ARD: Recommended funding increase “challenging”
The KEF’s recommendation to raise the Germany's public media funding by 58 cents per month has been described as “a challenge”.
9th November 2023
Germany: Scrutiny over licence fee mounts again
A year out from any decision, politicians in Germany are already positioning themselves to oppose an increase to the licence fee.
28th March 2023
ARD and ZDF launch a joint streaming network
The shared network, due to launch in a few weeks, will bring together the streaming libraries of both Germany’s public broadcasters.
1st December 2022
Germany: Public media reforms scrutinised
The heads of Germany’s 16 states have given their assent to reforming Germany’s public media sector, but the proposals have faced criticism.