Funding of Public Service Media

A well-funded public service media (PSM) is essential for attracting and serving audiences with trustworthy news, quality content, high-end fiction, and innovative programming. This report is packed with key insights, trends, and an in-depth look at the financial landscape of PSM in the EBU area.

Did you know? 

• PSM income amounted to EUR 40 billion in the EBU area in 2023.
• PSM are 78% publicly funded in the EBU area.
• Taking inflation into account, PSM funding dropped by 10.9% over the past decade.

This report's unique collection of PSM-related statistics provides EBU Members with a unique international benchmark to complement their understanding of national market dynamics. The report also offers an in-depth analysis of the challenges impacting PSM's funding models.

If you'd like to explore some figures on EBU Members’ operating revenues, staff costs, and programming expenditures with historical series, an updated version of the Income and Expenditure Dataset 2024 is available; which is part of the Media Intelligence Survey publication.