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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has convened a special committee to investigate allegations of editorial interference against its Group CEO and board chairperson. SABC News editor-in-chief Phathiswa Magopeni levelled the allegations against SABC board chairperson Bongumusa Makhathini and Group CEO Madoda Mxakwe last year.

Sports minister Nigel Huddleston plans to add the FIFA Women’s World Cup and Women’s European Championship to the listed events regime. The Broadcasting Act...

Lord Grade, said the sum may not be a lot for Gary Lineker but it was for ordinary Britons, as he called the annual, universal levy a regressive tax.

Japan continues to tighten foreign direct investment reviews but also offers a prior notification exemption - Japan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) and its ministries with...

Ms Dorries indicated that she wants to put in place a new funding model for the broadcaster when the current licence fee deal expires in five years time.

EXCLUSIVE: Nadine Dorries, who grew up a working-class woman on a Liverpool council estate, has fired a sharp warning at Britains liberal elite: Its over for the BBC as long as I am in this job.

DAVID MELLOR: I had four stabs at being the minister for broadcasting and one of my firmest convictions was that the licence fee was essential to provide British people with quality broadcasting.

EXCLUSIVE: Tense negotiations between the Government and BBC over the cost of the licence fee have concluded, with Nadine Dorries deciding to freeze the cost at £159 for the next two years.

Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks to the press upon arrival for The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit. Duda said on Monday he had vetoed a media reform bill that drew international criticism, especially from the United States. -/NATO/dpaPolish President Andrzej Duda said on Monday ...

Thousands of protesters calling for “free media” marched through Warsaw on Sunday, 19 December, two days after the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) ignored Senate objections and held a rushed final vote on the “Lex TVN” bill in the Sejm, the lower house, catching the opposition unawares on the eve of the parliamentary recess.