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Public media and politics: debates over coverage, platforms and funding | The PMA Briefing

Controversy surrounds political representation on public broadcasters in Europe while attacks on PSM escalate in the US.

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How German-speaking PSM are facing fundamental reform

Across both Austria and Germany, why is there a movement to fundamentally change the public service media, ORF, ARD and ZDF?

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New programmes, initiatives, hubs & pledges | The PMA Briefing

Public media highlight and launch new fact-checking initiatives, and Australian and Canadian politicians make new pledges for PSM.

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Germany: Reforms adopted but funding frozen

A state treaty was adopted to reform German public broadcasters, but the increase of the institutions’ funding was delayed until 2027.

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ZDF lodges constitutional complaint

ZDF filed a complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court, as Federal states failed to implement the KEF's contribution recommendation

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Germany: Public media sector set for significant reforms

A funding shakeup, limited services, and a merger are all on the cards as part of a package of reforms for the public media of Germany.

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ARD-GVK and ZDF supervisory boards take positions on reforms

With German federal states announcing reform plans, the ARD and ZDF supervisory boards have called for public media values to be protected.

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Majority of population sees educational function for ZDF

For the majority of the population (80.6 percent), it is (very) important that ZDF contributes to the education of the population.

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Switching off: Young audiences, streaming and public media

The outlook for public media is not encouraging with young audiences turning to streaming services much more than public media.

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ZDF and ARD start open source initiative for shared streaming network

ZDF and ARD start a collaboration on one technical platform for everyone – efficient, oriented to the common good and transparent.