17th March 2022
France: Public media scrutinised ahead of election
Ahead of France's presidential election next month, incumbent Emmanuel Macron has promised to remove the TV licence fee. He's not the first.
14th March 2022
US public media $50m funding boost approved
The Public Media Alliances welcomes the increase in federal funding approved by Congress for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
4th March 2022
New Zealand: Announcement of public media merger imminent
The long-awaited decision on the merger between New Zealand's radio and television public media entities is expected any day now.
17th February 2022
Congress to vote on $565 million funding for US public media
A crunch vote for crucial US public media funding in Congress is days away, and politicians are being urged to approve the $565 million bill.
16th February 2022
Public media and the fight for young audiences
Reaching younger audiences remains an ongoing challenge. Why does this really matter? And how are public media organisations responding?
3rd February 2022
Ireland: RTÉ pushing for changes to funding
RTÉ's Director-General says the current licence fee funding model is “utterly broken” and needs to be changed urgently.
28th January 2022
Funding Democracy: Public Media and Democratic Health in 33 Countries
Funding Democracy: A new report provides evidence of a positive correlation between well-funded public media and healthy democracies.
19th January 2022
Swedish Radio in 2022
2022 will be an intense year. Swedish Radio's CEO Cilla Benkö points out several major efforts that await and the public broadcaster's contribution to the Swedish media landscape.
18th January 2022
BBC funding freeze: the importance of a licence fee
BBC's funding freeze and talks of a new funding model raise the question of the continued value, or not, of the licence fee as a funding mechanism.
9th December 2021
SABC’s financial and editorial pressures resurface
SABC's financial and editorial pressures have resurfaced in the form of election coverage complaints, disciplinary action against SABC’s editor-in-chief and ongoing funding restraints.