EBC Brazil

The future remains uncertain for public service media in Brazil

The future of public media in Brazil is now even more precarious after new provisional measure is proposed by the government.

PSM Weekly | 21-28 Sept 2016

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

France

French public media needs “thorough review”

Public media in France has been under critique as an industry that is losing sight of one of its core missions: democratising access to culture.

PSM Weekly | 15-20 Sept 2016

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

PSM Weekly | 6-14 Sept 2016

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

Provisional measure threatens autonomy of Brazil’s public broadcaster

The newly confirmed Brazilian government has recently proposed a measure that would change the structure and the autonomy of the public broadcaster.

PSM Weekly | 30 Aug-5 Sept 2016

Our weekly round-up of public service media related stories and headlines from around the world.

Proposed bill could regulate & punish media in Namibia

A new information bill proposed by the government in Namibia could impact media freedom by punishing professionals who report “irresponsibly”.

media freedom

Nigerian public media should be independent to promote democracy

Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), talked about the current state of public broadcasting in Nigeria, calling for structural changes.

Colleagues help fellow public broadcasters after floods in Louisiana

After the destructive flooding that afflicted Louisiana early this month, public media professionals are helping their colleagues.