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A new report ranks the top 100 media companies, including six PSM. Swiss public and private media reach groundbreaking agreement.

Across both Austria and Germany, why is there a movement to fundamentally change the public service media, ORF, ARD and ZDF?

A state treaty was adopted to reform German public broadcasters, but the increase of the institutions’ funding was delayed until 2027.

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.

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

The outlook for public media is not encouraging with young audiences turning to streaming services much more than public media.

The KEF’s recommendation to raise the Germany's public media funding by 58 cents per month has been described as “a challenge”.

A year out from any decision, politicians in Germany are already positioning themselves to oppose an increase to the licence fee.

The shared network, due to launch in a few weeks, will bring together the streaming libraries of both Germany’s public broadcasters.

The heads of Germany’s 16 states have given their assent to reforming Germany’s public media sector, but the proposals have faced criticism.