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Election pressures, AI safeguards & digital transformation | The PMA Briefing

EBC removes nearly 200,000 articles to comply with pre-election restrictions; TVRI calls for regional cooperation on AI governance & IP.

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How the Public Spaces Incubator is building civic engagement

At this year’s DW Global Media Forum, held in June, PMA’s CEO moderated a session with the members of the Public Spaces Incubator.

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Pressure, prominence & AI | The PMA Briefing

SBC’s CEO decries political pressure, a decline in Germany’s broadcasting fee revenue, and VRT wants more content on its streaming platform.

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Uganda, Germany & Czechia | On Our Radar

On Our Radar this week: the Ugandan military forces Nation Media Group off-air, and how politics is shaping German public media funding.

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Panel: Designing online spaces for democratic debate

PMA will be returning to Bonn in June for the DW Global Media Forum (GMF), where we will be running a session on the Public Spaces Incubator.

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Charter submissions, channel closures, referendum rejection | The PMA Briefing

The BBC outlines its position on the Charter Review, Switzerland rejects defunding SRG, and ZDF & ARD announce channel closure.

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The Public Spaces Incubator: Civility by design

Six public media and one nonprofit R&D lab are embarking on a groundbreaking initiative: to provide online spaces safe for civil debate.

Blackouts, reforms, and a quota for streamers | The PMA Briefing

The protracted reform of public media in Germany has cleared a major hurdle, and Australia will make global streamers invest in local content.

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Towards Digital Sovereignty: German Media Pilot Shared Data Systems

German PSM work hand in hand with private media outlets to trial the creation of a national "Media Data Space".

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German PSM streaming services surpass private streaming platforms

A recent study from ARD & ZDF reveals that public broadcasting streaming networks and 3sat now outperform private streaming services