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PSM Weekly | 15 – 28 October 2025

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

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Broadcasting under fire | The PMA Briefing

A Rai journalist faces intimidation bomb attack, while ZDF condemns a fatal rocket strike on its Gaza production partner.

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PSM Weekly | 8 – 14 October 2025

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

Why public media still matters today

RTBF's Axelle Pollet looks at the challenges PSM are confronted with and why public media matters more than ever.

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Big decisions ahead for public media | The PMA Briefing

EBU members vote on Israel's Eurovision participation, and the decision on public media funding in Germany is postponed.

RNZ and TVNZ buildings

Public media mergers: no small feat

We take a look at five projects of public service media mergers, which are often seen as a solution to some of the challenges facing PSM.

Old Czech TV building in Brno

New governance structures and electoral concerns | The PMA Briefing

The outcomes of upcoming elections could bring stark choices for ČT & ČRo, while there are similar questions of survival for South Africa's public broadcaster.

Cuts implemented, threatened, and rejected | The PMA Briefing

American public media announce cuts; Czech public media is threatened with a funding drop; Swiss public media gets a boost.

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PSM Weekly | 6 – 12 August 2025

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

A gold wall has the CPB 'Corporation for Public Broadcasting' emblem embossed.

The unanswered questions following CPB’s closure announcement

The CPB announced it would close. What does this mean for public media in the US, and does it have implications for public media overseas?