Public Service Broadcasting (PSB)is broadcasting made, financed and controlled by the public, for the public. It is neither commercial nor state-owned, free from political interference and pressure from commercial forces. Through PSB, citizens are informed, educated and also entertained. When guaranteed with pluralism, programming diversity, editorial independence, appropriate funding, accountability and transparency, public service broadcasting can serve as a cornerstone of democracy. (UNESCO)

 

In Model Public Service Broadcasting Law by Dr. Werner Rumphorst, Legal Director of the European Broadcasting Union, “...public service broadcasting is made for the public, for the entire population, it follows, negatively expressed, that it is not made for the government, parliament, or president, for a political party or a church or for any other (private) interest group or for shareholders. It must be independent of all these, serving “only” the interests of the population, of people as citizens rather than as consumers”. (Committee on Review of Public Service Broadcasting)

 

Often mentioned public service broadcaster is BBC.

Copy of Royal Charterfor the continuance ofthe British Broadcasting Corporation

An Agreement Between Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the British Broadcasting Corporation

Guidance on the conduct of the Public Value Test

We can also find some models of public service broadcasting regulations:

MODEL PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING LAW and Aspects of Regulating Commercial Broadcasting - INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION

A Model Public Service Broadcasting Law - "ARTICLE 19"