Global Grantees 2025 group

Meet the 2025 Global Grantees

Discover the stories of our 2025 cohort of nine Global Grantees as they share their reactions to being selected.

NPR HQ Washington DC

Hope for public media funding? | The PMA Briefing

VRT gets a €20 million boost, US Congress approves funding, and is the long-ailing SABC about to turn a corner towards profitability?

Groupe de Travail Mondial

Des changements à la direction du Groupe de travail mondial pour les médias publics

La présidente-directrice générale de la SABC se joint au Groupe de travail mondial pour les médias publics (GTM).

Global Task Force

Leadership changes in the Global Task Force for public media

The Global Task Force for public media welcomes three new members, including the CEO of SABC who joins the GTF for the first time.

NHK

Funding reforms enacted, pondered, and needed | The PMA Briefing

UK Gov't is mulling the future of the licence fee; while in Japan a new cohort of citizens now have to pay the NHK licence fee.

SABC channel signs on tower, Joburg, SA

Turmoil and uncertainty after SABC Bill withdrawn

While the legality of the withdrawal by the Communications Minister has been questioned, civil society groups have welcomed the decision.

Participants sat around a table during the workshop.

PMA runs workshop on Responsible AI & Public Media

Our latest workshop focussed on how to best deploy AI tools in a responsible way, maintaining and respecting core public media values.

SABC-branded satellite against a blue sky.

Regional PMA workshop on Responsible AI and Public Media

PMA is proud to launch a new workshop on Responsible AI for broadcasters across Southern Africa in partnership with Develop AI and SABC.

SABC HQ South Africa

SABC Editor-in-Chief under scrutiny before major election

SABC’s Head of News was called for a security check involving a polygraph test, as South Africa prepares for a general election.

Global Grantees

Meet the 2024 Grantees

Discover the stories of our 2024 cohort of nine Global Grantees as they share their reactions to being selected.