licence fee

A new report provides evidence of how British audiences underestimate the value they get from the UK’s largest public service media organisation and the licence fee.

RTÉ's Director-General says the current licence fee funding model is “utterly broken” and needs to be changed urgently.

The Public Media Alliance has serious concerns over the decision to freeze the licence fee which funds The BBC.

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.

The licence fee has remained a popular funding model for PSM. But it's under threat, and broadcasters are searching for an alternative.

MPs have reportedly rejected the BBC’s pleas to increase the cost of the licence fee in line with inflation, which could result in further cuts to its funding.

PMA welcomes the Federal Constitutional Court’s decision to allow a temporary increase of the broadcasting fee that funds Germany’s public broadcasters.

From funding and political pressures to journalist safety, public media in Germany faces an array of challenges. Read our latest update.

The Future of Media Commission is considering moving away from the licence fee model that funds RTÉ and replace it with alternative funding methods.

German public broadcasters have had to adjust financial plans and implement cost-cutting measures to make up for the shortfall in funding.