Public Service Media and Democracy
An international conference on Public Service Media and Democracy is under way in Prague.
Radio România, 10.11.2016, 15:33
The European Broadcasting Union, the Council of Europe and its Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), the Czech Parliament and Czech TV are organizing an international conference on Public Service Media (PSM) and Democracy in Prague on 10th & 11th November. Hosted by the Czech Parliament, the event brings together MPs from Central and Eastern Europe, regulators and PSM managers from across the region. The European Parliament, the OSCE and the European Federation of Journalists are also supporting the event.
The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz has sent a video message to the conference.
The conference discusses the role of Parliaments in protecting the media; the impact of PSM on society; governance; how broadcasters deal with hate speech and the long term independence and sustainability of PSM in the region.
