What is PBI – Public Broadcasters International?
In the wake of globalization and liberalization of the Broadcasting Industry which have both tended to reduce the influence of public service radio and television and lend support to competition from commercial operators, it seemed obvious to public broadcaster executives from all around the world that they should get together once a year to share their experiences and ideas about how best to deal with the new challenges they all faced. PBI was created in 1990 on the initiative of, amongst others, PBS, CBC and TV Ontario in North America and was soon joined by many others including BBC, NHK, KBS, SVT, DR, NRK, SABC, RTE, and France Televisions. Over the following years more than 80 public service broadcasters representing all continents became members of PBI. The conference takes place usually in the autumn at the invitation of one of its members. It generally switches annually from one part of the world to another. PSBs of North America, Africa, Asia and Europe have subsequently hoste
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