Regaining the initiative for public service media

Public service media is challenged on every front. Public and politicians see the commercial approach as ‘normal’. There are strong pressures to downsize PSM organisations, to limit investment, to restrict online and digital operations, to narrow remits to genres and for audiences that are not commercially attractive. The principles no longer resonate very widely and there is growing criticism about a decline in distinctiveness. In Europe the institution has not yet presented a coherent and convincing strategy for relevance in the 21st century. PSM has lost or is in danger of losing the initiative. At the same time, there are promising efforts to develop PSM in regions lacking a domestic history with PSB – to gain the initiative for building PSM. This 5th RIPE Reader incorporates proceedings from the RIPE@2010 conference, Public Service Media After the Recession. The book is divided into four sections, reflecting the varied and distinctive narratives of PSB around the world.

ISBN: 978-91-86523-33-6
Publisher: Nordicom
Year of Publication: 2012