Citizen Journalism & Public Media in Namibia

Our bid for an Innovate Africa project fund.

CBC

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.

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?

CBC newsroom Montreal

Call to slash CBC/Radio Canada’s funding & end advertising

Conservative leadership candidate, Maxime Bernier, announced his policy to streamline Canada’s public broadcaster and withdraw funding if elected.

New Zealand broadcasters face public funding shake-up

New Zealand on Air (NZOA), the body that provides funding for local television, radio and music programming, may soon change the way they distribute their money.

Change on the cards for PSM funding in Ireland

Funding to be examined by Oireachtas Communications Committee as call emerges to include newspapers in reform process.

Update: Bosnian PSB to stay on air?

Internal and external debts could have led to suspended services for Bosnian PSB BHRT but last minute deal with parliament keeps it on-air.

Calls for licence fee reform in Ireland

The Republic of Ireland’s public broadcaster, RTÉ, has called for licence fee reform after a controversial alternative was scrapped amidst an ongoing decline in public funding.

Public Service Media Online: Remit and Financing

The European Audiovisual Observatory organised and filmed this expert conference in November 2015 in Brussels in which participants discussed how public media is facing up to the challenges and competition of delivering content online.