PMA Update | 10 January 2025
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A Happy New Year from all of us at PMA!
This year, we’re excited to share a new weekly feature: The PMA Briefing. Every week, we’ll bring you short summaries of the most pressing stories from the global public media industry, keeping you informed of developments worldwide. In our first edition, we’re looking at funding questions in Belgium and Slovenia, Google’s moves in Canada, the death of FM in Switzerland, and crisis for Israeli public media.
The PMA Briefing
???? Belgium: RTBF faces austerity
Belgium’s independent media regulator, the?Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA), published its annual review into how the public broadcaster, the RTBF, is fulfilling its mission. It applauded the RTBF’s status as a key player in local audiovisual production, and that it was fulfilling its mission to be close to Belgian people, reaching 89 percent of those aged 16 and older…
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???? The tech giant Google has paid?$100 million?to the Canadian Journalism Collective (CJC), to avoid complying with the Online News Act for the next five years…
???? The High Court has intervened in the Israeli government’s efforts to privatise the public broadcaster, KAN…
???? At 11:59pm on New Year’s Eve, FM radios in Switzerland that were tuned to any of the public broadcaster’s stations fell silent…
???? The Slovenian public broadcaster RTV SLO has entered the new year without a clear budget plan…
Latest reports ???
?? Why Meta fact-checking cuts highlights the need for public media
The cuts to fact-checking operations in favour of community notes is deeply concerning and highlights the need to better support the critical role public media play in debunking falsehoods and disseminating trustworthy news and information.
???? Rti: The evolution of an international broadcaster
Rti’s International Language division manager discusses the new book published by the public broadcaster and the mission they have fulfilled over the years for their global audience.
???? PMA welcomes new Board member from the BBC
Director of Transformation in BBC News and Current Affairs, Phil Harrold, becomes PMA’s 11th board member.
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?? PMA & CBU to co-host workshop on journalist safety
As multiple Caribbean countries prepare for general elections in 2025 and in the context of a recent spate of online attacks on journalists across the region – sometimes spearheaded by politicians – the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and the Public Media Alliance (PMA) are coordinating a workshop on journalist safety to take place in February 2025.
The event will consider the practical steps that both journalists and media houses can take to address the current climate. There will also be an exploration of how regulatory frameworks can foster a more tolerant environment. Experts from across civil society and the media industry will be brought in to offer practical actions and tips which attendees will be able to take away and implement.
We are pleased to announce that?Sylvie Coudray, UNESCO Director of the Division for Freedom of Expression, Media Development and Media and Information Literacy, will be giving the keynote.
When??14.30 – 16.30 GMT / 10.30 – 12.30 AST 27 February
Where??Online
How to register??Registration is being coordinated by the CBU. If you want to pre-register, please email?[email protected]?and we will contact you once the registration is set up.
Agenda:?The agenda will be announced shortly.
PSM Headlines???
AUSTRIA:?Coalition negotiators quickly planned new ORF committees, a “convention” on FM4 and a contribution (German)?
PALESTINE:?Al Jazeera Is Banned, Again
SOUTH AFRICA:?SABC: Citizens urged to pay TV licenses or be fined
US:?Noem’s public broadcasting cut proves she’s nothing like Mr. Rogers and a lot like Trump (Opinion)
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