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

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

The National Assembly approved the first reading of the bill which would end the licence fee and instead fund it through VAT.

The UK’s House of Lords has suggested replacing the licence fee with a household levy which would not be dependent on owning a television.

Ireland’s long-awaited Future of Media Commission report sets out recommendations to sustain and transform the future of media sector, and how public broadcaster RTÉ should be funded.

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.