Why public media are turning to YouTube
Several major PSM signed special partnerships with YouTube. What does it mean for PSM and what are the costs of such collaborations?
Funding boost, layoffs and crisis | The PMA Briefing
SABC gets temporary relief, the BBC faces cuts and strikes, France Télévisions resists proposed changes, and SRTB sees mass layoffs.
France: Controversial report recommends drastic PSM reforms
The report from the inquiry on the French PSM suggests implementing €1 billion worth of cuts for the French public media sector.
What’s new? Strategies, leadership & funding | The PMA Briefing
Public media in Jamaica and South Korea have rejigged funding, French broadcasters face a parliamentary inquiry, and Nepal launches a new international TV service.
A consequential week for public media | The PMA Briefing
From defunding and media mergers to cash injections and debates over prominence, this week has been a consequential one for public media.
France far-right threatens to privatise public media
The far-right National Rally has pledged to privatise public media in France if it wins a majority in the country’s snap parliamentary election.
“A cultural change”: sustainable PSM
In a follow-up to PMA's session on sustainability at PBI in Tokyo last year, we highlight recent PSM initiatives to be more sustainable.
Le Groupe de travail mondial pour les médias publics s’oppose à l’étiquetage par Twitter des diffuseurs publics australien, canadien, néo-zélandais et sud-coréen
ABC, CBC/Radio-Canada, KBS et RNZ ont tous été désignés « médias financés par le gouvernement »
Going all digital? BBC, France Télévisions consider online-only futures
The BBC is eyeing an online-only future that will see the end of its traditional radio and television broadcasts over the next decade.
VAT funding for French public media approved
The National Assembly approved the first reading of the bill which would end the licence fee and instead fund it through VAT.