The KBS logo on the side of its HQ building.

Update: No end in sight for crisis facing KBS

Unusually swift political approvals for changes to KBS's funding mechanism and the sudden dismissal of its Chairman signal an ongoing crisis.

The KBS logo on the side of its HQ building.

Confusion and control: the ongoing crisis facing KBS

Consumer confusion has reigned after the licence fee collection system was altered, while there has also been key personnel changes.

SABC HQ South Africa

SABC facing a financial crisis

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is facing a financial crisis as it battles to escape liquidation.

The KBS logo on the side of its HQ building.

KBS Chief Presses President Not to Alter License Fee Collection

The head of KBS has urged the government to scrap its plan to remove the broadcaster's license fee from electricity bills.

ORF logo

Household levy suggested for ORF

ORF has been ordered to identify where it could reduce expenses, as the government looks set to change its funding to a household levy.

Slovak public broadcaster building

Slovakia: Licence fee faces possible abolition

Slovak public broadcaster RTVS’s licence fee structure faces axing, with plans to suspend the funding model from July 2023 up in the air.

Leinster House, seat of Irish government

Ireland: RTÉ promised funding reform

The government has promised to reform RTÉ’s "broken" funding model by September 2024 but has previously rejected funding through taxation.

SABC

SABC licence fee to be scrapped

The South African government is moving ahead with plans to scrap the TV licence fee which funds SABC and replace it with a household levy.

BBC News mobile app interface

Going all digital? BBC, France Télévisions consider online-only futures

The BBC is eyeing an online-only future that will see the end of its traditional radio and television broadcasts over the next decade.

SABC-branded satellite against a blue sky.

Calls to “expedite” SABC board appointments following delays

The new board of South Africa’s public broadcaster has still not been appointed, while financial woes persist.