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The governance of public broadcasters

Most of the time, I look at public service broadcasters (PSBs) as exquisitely political creatures.
Most of the time, I think that’s the right perspective.
Recently, however, I’ve been looking at PSBs as corporations, with all the associated paraphernalia of corporate governance. The results have been interesting.
PSBs can be divided into two types: dual board, or single-board.
German […]

Posted 17 May 2007 † Chris § corporate governance § public service broadcasting ‡ Comments (0)

Rai round-up

On Saturday, Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Finance Minister, writes to Rai saying that he no longer has confidence in Angelo Maria Petroni, the Finance Ministry’s representative on the Rai board. Petroni was nominated by Padoa-Schioppa’s right-wing predecessor. Petroni claims that the move is purely political, and has no legal foundation. Petroni is partly right: the move has […]

Posted 16 May 2007 † Chris § cappon § petroni § endemol § italy § padoa schioppa § rai ‡ Comments (0)

RTÉ responds to government’s proposed media reform

In response to the previously announced government consultation exercise, RTÉ has responded to the government’s draft broadcasting bill with a fair amount of red ink. Politically relevant concerns are the following:

In order to fall under companies legislation, RTÉ is to be constituted as a single-shareholder company with one shareholder, a cabinet minister. RTÉ argues that […]

Posted 17 October 2006 † Chris § RTÉ § Ireland ‡ Comments (0)