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The purported capacity of the digital age to solve the problem of market failure in the broadcasting sector was widely expected to further compromise the already fragile status of public service broadcasting in advanced democracies. The proliferation of niche media content made possible by convergence led to speculation that publicly funded broadcasters would be rendered redundant. However while public service broadcasting in Australia and in comparable states remains under financial pressure, many signs point to a renewed government commitment to the sector. Using the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as our case study we argue that the digital era has contributed to the renaissance of the sector in unexpected ways.

Malawi s economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, especially tobacco, which comprises a majority of the country s exports. Tobacco farmers have one harvest a year, and while their income stream occurs over several months it must last them for the entire year, making it difficult to smooth consumption throughout the year. The objective of this case study is to present the design and implementation of a commitment savings product for groups of tobacco farmers in Malawi. The product was successful in encouraging savings, increasing input purchases and yields for the next year s harvest, and increasing consumption after the harvest. The following sections describe the lack of formal savings options for rural farmers, the behavioral concept behind commitment savings accounts, the product designed to address these problems and subsequent changes to the original design, results of a field experiment evaluating the product, and lessons learned for other commitment savings products.

Der Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) ist immer wieder vorgeworfen worden, insbesondere in den Wahlkämpfen von 1992 und 1997 parteiisch gewesen zu sein und die Berichterstattung zugunsten der regierenden KANU und Präsident arap Moi ausgerichtet zu haben. Die Schrift der Menschenrechtskommission geht diesen Vorwürfen nach. Sie untersucht Medienstrategien der KBC und spürt der politischen Dynamik nach, die die Berichterstattung zugunsten der Regierung und zuungunsten der Opposition ausgelöst hat. Abschließend werden Empfehlungen ausgesprochen, wie die KBC zu der unparteiischen und unabhängigen Organisation werden könnte, die sie eigentlich sein sollte. (DÜI-Sbd)

This chapter explores the ways in which the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has embraced the idea of universal service. While the CBC was not legislatively mandated to elements of universality until 1968, throughout its history, Canada's public broadcaster has striven to provide what are seen today as key elements of this ideal. But the large size of the country, coupled with its small population, the regional, linguistic, and heritage diversity, the vagaries of funding, and relations with the private sector, have made meeting those goals challenging. Today, however, the shifting technologies and fragmenting audiences that characterise the digital media environment present perhaps the biggest challenge yet to the role of the CBC within the system and its pursuit of the principles associated with universalism. Understanding the lessons that past struggles in this regard may have for the challenges currently facing public broadcasting in Canada is the purpose of this work. ; Go to the full book to find a version of this chapter tagged for accessibility.