Public Service Broadcasting Seeks Unity: Australia’s ABC, CBC/Radio Canada & RNZ New Zealand Bosses Talk Teaming To Combat Global Streaming
deadline.comEvery year, around 20 of the world’s most influential public broadcasters get together to discuss the issues of the day such as the challenge from global streaming platforms, rights and the very purpose of their existence.
The Public Broadcasters International conference is part-debate, part-agenda setting and part-pep talk in truth. Last week, the Global Task Force — which comprises the BBC, France Télévisions, KBS, CBC/Radio Canada, the ABC, ZDF, RNZ and SVT — headed to Tokyo for the latest confab.
Once there, CBC/Radio-Canada CEO and President and Global Task Force Chair Catherine Tait delivered an impassioned rallying cry to her PSB colleagues.
Her focus was on building a “united global voice” for public service media, with the speech ending: “If you want to go fast, go alone.
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