Josef Trappel (right) and Tales Tomaz (left), from the Dept. of Communication Studies at the University of Salzburg (Kommunikationswissenschaft Uni Salzburg), have contributed to a report commissioned by The British Academy to inform the next BBC Charter Review in 2027. Their chapter examines the governance and funding of public service media in German-speaking countries and how these experiences can informed current debates in the UK.

The report brings together contributions from several international experts (Minna Aslama Horowitz, Annika Sehl, Dr. Natascha Zeitel-Bank, Marius Dragomir, Hannu Nieminen, Julie Mejse Münter Lassen, Helle Sjøvaag, Christian Christensen, Fredrik Stiernstedt, Jessica Johnson, Emma Wilkie, Matthew Ricketson, Patrick Mullins, Patrick Barwise, Lee Edwards, Giles Moss, Catherine Johnson, Dan Martin).

The full report is available here.