PSM Weekly | 8 - 14 February 2023

PSM Weekly | 8 - 14 February 2023

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???? BBC offices in India searched

The Public Media Alliance is deeply concerned by today’s search of BBC offices in India as part of an investigation by income tax authorities.??

The search of?BBC offices?in Mumbai and New Delhi follow the UK release of a BBC?documentary?in January exploring Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions during anti-Muslim violence in the state of Gujarat in 2002, when Modi was the chief minister.?

In recent weeks, the Indian government has attempted to block people sharing the documentary via social media and labelled it as propaganda. Authorities have also?detained?students for watching it.??

A BBC statement said the organisation was "supporting our staff during this time ... [and] hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible." Read full statement.

#BBC #India


???? Czech TV joins the Public Media Alliance!

We are thrilled to welcome Czech Television into our association of public service media organisations.

Czech TV has become the latest public broadcaster to join the Public Media Alliance. They follow the Canadian educational broadcaster, TVO, who?joined PMA?last week.?

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Aerial view of the Czech TV HQ in Prague, Czech Republic. Credit: Czech TV

Who is Czech TV?

Established in 1953, the broadcaster operates?six?TV channels, including a 24-hour news channel, a sports channel, a children’s educational channel.?The organisation provides an enormous contribution to Czech cultural and educational life. Nearly three quarters of its content is produced in-house.

With an?objective?of “maintaining and developing civil society and democracy”, Czech TV’s mission goes to the very heart of what a public service broadcaster is and should be.

But the broadcaster has not been immune to the pressures some of its neighbors have experienced. In early 2021,?PMA?and the?Global Task Force for Public Media?spoke out about the attempts to influence the broadcaster by the then-government. Since the election of a new government in 2022, PMA has continued its advocacy alongside other civil society organisations, calling for?better legislative protections?for the public broadcaster.

"Based on our own experience, at Czech Television we are well aware of the extent to which cooperation through alliances can be crucial to maintaining a healthy media environment. I am therefore greatly delighted to join colleagues from around the world under the umbrella of the Public Media Alliance and I look forward to our future cooperation." Petr Dvorak, Director?General of Czech TV
"As public media face ever greater challenges, it is critical that we work together, share ideas, knowledge, and experiences. I am delighted that Czech TV has joined our association and I look forward to working together towards a brighter future for independent public media worldwide." Kristian Porter, CEO of the Public Media Alliance

#CzechRepublic #PublicBroadcasting #Members


Latest reports ???

???? NZ: New public media scrapped

Work towards establishing the long-mooted merger is to?"stop entirely"?after 18 months of development, as part of cuts to the government's work programme and a renewed focus on cost-of-living.?

#NewZealand #PublicServiceMedia


?? Joint letter to European Parliament

PMA joins journalists, press freedom, civil society and digital rights groups urging the Members of the European Parliament to ensure that the European Media Freedom Act is a?strong?and?coherent?regulation.

#Europe #PressFreedom #EMFA


?? Four PSBs launch new incubator

Three PMA members – CBC/Radio-Canada, SRG SSR, and ZDF – alongside RTBF, have partnered up to launch a new?incubator?to?develop solutions?to address increasingly toxic, polarised and unsafe online discourse.?

#PublicSpaces #Incubator #SocialMedia #Online


More from PMA ??


PSM Headlines ??

BRAZIL:?EBC Brazil: Hélio Doyle to be the new president of the company (Portuguese)

CAMBODIA:?Cambodia's Hun Sen shuts down independent media outlet Voice of Democracy

CANADA:?CBC won't abandon TV, radio audiences as it charts digital path over next decades, says president?

COLOMBIA:?World Radio Day: the challenge of Colombian stations that talk about peace in conflict zones?(Spanish)

FIJI:?PM unveils rebrand for broadcaster

FRANCE:?France Télévisions and Radio France: one more step towards a high-risk merger?(French)

MALAYSIA:?The broadcast times of the five regional radio stations operated by RTM are coordinated?(Malay)?

JAPAN & UKRAINE:?Japan gives Ukraine portable broadcasting equipment

SOUTH AFRICA:?Civil society seeks legal advice over delays in approving SABC Board

SWEDEN:?SVT's news offering must reach all generations?(Press release - Swedish)?

SWITZERLAND:?Initiative "200 francs, that's enough": Gilles Marchand defends the SSR?(French)?

US:?How a revamped Public Broadcasting Act would help public media fill news deserts?(Paywall)


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