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PMA joins the EBU and media freedom organisations in concerns over fast-tracking legislation to abolish licence fee funding for ČT and ČRo.

As the EU considers reviewing the Broadcasting Communication, PMA calls for the protection of core principles for independent public media.

A new bill for South Africa’s struggling public broadcaster is a step closer to law, but media freedom advocates want it scrapped entirely.

A Pacific media academic ascertains the state of affairs for media freedom in the country, after a new government entered office in December.

A Pacific journalism expert has warned the proposed amendments to media laws in Papua New Guinea could mirror the harsh restrictions in Fiji.

PMA joins fellow media groups to call on the European Parliament for a strong and coherent European Media Freedom Act.

Reforms to strengthen the independence of South Korea’s public media are taking place against a backdrop of recent media freedom concerns.

An amendment to the Broadcasting Act’s “must carry, must offer” principle aims to up the prominence of the country’s embattled public broadcaster.

PMA and other media freedom groups back reform introduced in Slovenia, aimed at limiting political interference over RTV SLO. 

In our submission to the New Zealand Government, we outline our concerns with the legislation which would establish the new entity.