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Table of Content

• Preface

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  Democracy cannot exist without free media. Journalists must be able to work independently – without political or economic influence or any other reprisals. This is also a recognition of the terrible history of the Second World War and the totalitarian rule of the National Socialists over a huge part of Europe. For this reason, public service media were established in (West) Germany after 1945 after the model of the BBC. It was without question a gift for Germany and its democratic development.

  by Christoph Plate

• Public Service Media and Its Future: Legitimacy in the Digital Age

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  Our democratic constitution requires a system of public service media (PSM) that is clearly differentiated from private service and that is simultaneously a tool of and a service provider for democracy.

  by Daphne Wolter

• Survey on the Perception of Public Service Media in South East Europe

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  This publication aims to give a complete overview of public service media in South East Europe. In addition to the case studies and analyses of the situation in each country, it was also important to have a look at the perception of citizens and how they view public service media in their countries.

• Public Broadcasting in Albania: Between Legacy and Future Opportunities

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  Public service broadcasting in Albania remains an area in need of reform. Despite the progress achieved in recent years, it remains difficult for the public broadcaster to shed its reputation of a propaganda arm of the government, on one hand, and assert itself as a powerful player in the media market, on the other.

  by Ilda Londo

• Public Service Media in Bosnia- Herzegovina: A Crisis of Legitimacy and Sustainability

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  The extraordinarily complex state structure and divided society of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) is directly reflected in the structure and work of public service media (PSM)1 in the country.

  by Lejla Turcilo

• Public Service Media in Bulgaria: Lack of Sustainability

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  This article sets out an overview of the evolution and current state-of-play of public broadcasters in Bulgaria. These are the Bulgarian National Television (BNT) and the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).

  by Orlin Spassov

• Public Service Radio and Television in Croatia - at the Service of the Public or Politics?

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  In the pre-internet era, journalists were in charge of publishing information to ensure that the public keeps abreast of current developments.

  by Viktorija Car

• Kosovo’s Public Broadcaster – Insufficient Editorial Independence and Management Competence

  During the last two decades the media market in Kosovo has been going around in circles in an attempt to achieve quantitative growth, expansion and financial sustainability.

• The story of an unfinished transformation to True Public Service Media - The case of Teleradio-Moldova

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  The national public broadcasting institution Teleradio-Moldova Company (TRM) (official name: Institutia Publica Nationala a Audiovizualului Compania Teleradio Moldova) is the national public service media in the Republic of Moldova.

  by Nadine Gogu

• Public Service Media in Montenegro - a leaf aflutter in the wind

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  The year 2002 will go down in the modern history of Montenegrin media as a time of extensive reform, which was influenced by the international community and resulted in the adoption of the media legislative framework, notably the Law on the Media, Law on the Public Service Broadcasters Radio of Montenegro and Television of Montenegro and Law on Broadcasting.

  by Nastasa Ruzic

• Macedonian Radio Television in Need of New Professional Standards

  The functions of public service broadcasting in the Republic of North Macedonia (RNM) are performed by the Macedonian Radio Television (MRT) as stipulated in the Law on Audio- and Audio-Visual Media Services (LAAVMS).

  by Dragan Sekulovski

• Public Service Media in Romania: The Battle for Independence from Politics

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  Public radio in Romania was established in 1928 and public television in 1956. During the 45 years of communist rule the regime kept both under the total control of the ruling elite.

  by Romina Surugiu, Liana Ionescu

• Public Service Media in Serbia: A State of Flux

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  In the days of Yugoslavia, each republic and autonomous province has had its own major RTV station in the respective capital. They were all networked into a loose common organisation called Jugoslavenska Radiotelevizija (JRT).

  by Miroljub Radojkovic

• About Us

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  This publication is a project initiated by the Media Programme South East Europe of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS).