#Public Broadcasting

Articles (5)

• 🇬🇧 The BBC’s Today has always had its critics – they speak to its importance | Letter — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Responding to an article that asked whether the flagship Radio 4 news programme has lost its way, <strong>Francis Bown </strong>writes that it was ever thus</p><p>Since I went up to Cambridge in 19...

  Related: #Media Criticism
• 🇬🇧 BBC World Service to get extra £11m a year in deal ending funding uncertainty — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Corporation welcomes three-year settlement as it continues to push for government to take on all of service’s costs</p><p>The BBC World Service will be given increased government funding as part of...

  Related: #Media Funding
• 🇬🇧 MPs 'deeply troubled' by BBC World Service funding uncertainty — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The current funding agreement between the BBC and the government expires at the end of this month.

  Related: #Media Funding
• 🇺🇸 BBC Says iPlayer Could Host Rival Broadcasters As Corporation Sets Out Charter Renewal Funding Vision — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  The BBC has suggested the radical idea of opening up its iPlayer platform to rival public broadcasters, as the corporation seeks to find new ways of compelling millions more people to pay the license ...

  Related: #Media Innovation, #Digital Transformation, #Charter Renewal
• 🇺🇸 BBC vows to better reflect working-class audiences around UK — 29/01/2026 [USA]

  An independent review also found the BBC can do more to represent the experiences of older women.

  Related: #Media Representation, #Diversity and Inclusivity