3rd October 2017
SABA 2017 & SABC Annual Report
The publication of the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) 2017 Annual Report reveals few surprises to those attending last week’s Southern Africa Broadcasting Association (SABA) conference in Windhoek.
4th August 2017
Bosnian public broadcaster secures sustainable funding
New model allows BHRT to source independent funding via electricity bills in a deal reached with the Electric Company (Elektroprivreda – JP EP).
25th May 2017
Poland approves amendment to licence fee law
Polish Pay-TV providers will now have to share their subscription databases in a bid to make the collection of the public broadcaster’s licence fee more efficient.
31st January 2017
Spain has most affordable public broadcasting in Europe
A new study published in collaboration with FORTA and Spanish universities, confirmed that the state’s public television service is the cheapest in Europe.
5th December 2016
Changes to Italian TV license measure ‘better than expected’
Since early 2016, Italians have been paying combined TV licence fees and electricity bills in a bid to reduce tax evasion. Did it work?
9th June 2016
Calls for licence fee reform in Ireland
The Republic of Ireland’s public broadcaster, RTÉ, has called for licence fee reform after a controversial alternative was scrapped amidst an ongoing decline in public funding.
1st April 2014
World Service comes under BBC funding and control
Today is a historic moment in the 82-year history of the BBC World Service, it will no longer be funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but from the BBC licence fee