25th January 2018
Focus on PSM | Switzerland
Upcoming referendum could result in Switzerland becoming the first European nation to dismantle the majority of its public service broadcasting service.
4th August 2017
Bosnian public broadcaster secures sustainable funding
New model allows BHRT to source independent funding via electricity bills in a deal reached with the Electric Company (Elektroprivreda – JP EP).
25th May 2017
Poland approves amendment to licence fee law
Polish Pay-TV providers will now have to share their subscription databases in a bid to make the collection of the public broadcaster’s licence fee more efficient.
5th April 2017
Trump’s budget blueprint: A real threat to public service media
For the price of a coffee, almost all Americans can currently benefit from daily, local public media content. But Trump’s budget plan would wipe out many of these resources.
31st March 2017
Sweeping changes afoot for RTÉ
Director-General announces sweeping structural and executive changes as the Irish public broadcaster looks to secure its future relevance and survival.
20th January 2017
Trump team to cut federal support for public broadcasters?
The new US administration is reportedly planning to privatise the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the private non-profit organisation that distributes federal funds to more than 1,500 public media outlets and their programmes across the US.
10th January 2017
RAI urged to renovate and relaunch after rejecting editorial plan
RAI's board of directors have rejected a new editorial plan, leading to the resignation of the Head Editor and the potential to lower ratings amid growing criticism.
21st December 2016
Citizen Journalism & Public Media in Namibia
Our bid for an Innovate Africa project fund.
8th December 2016
CBC/Radio Canada calls for additional funding to go ad-free
Canada’s public broadcaster asks government for funding increase of $400million to draw similarities with the BBC’s funding model.
5th December 2016
Changes to Italian TV license measure ‘better than expected’
Since early 2016, Italians have been paying combined TV licence fees and electricity bills in a bid to reduce tax evasion. Did it work?