# PSM AP > Public Service Media in the Age of Platforms ## Posts - [Final Report: Challenges and Recommendations for the Future](https://psm-ap.com/final-report-challenges-and-recommendations-for-the-future/): Our project’s final report presents findings from across the 3-years of the project and recommendations for the future as public service media organisations, regulators and policymakers adapt to the platform age. The report contains a foreword by Dr Sasha Scott, Head of Transformation Services at the European Broadcasting Union. The report sets out four core challenges that are being experienced across all the public service broadcasters in our study. It also explores how the implications of these challenges vary from country to country. The report is freely available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/362. You can also read and download the document here: - [Polish Policy Brief – (Re)organizacja mediów publicznych](https://psm-ap.com/polish-policy-brief-reorganizacja-mediow-publicznych/): We are pleased to release our Polish policy brief, (Re)organizacja mediów publicznych: Struktura i kultura organizacyjna TVP w erze platform. The policy brief is associated with our second work package and focuses on organisational strategies, cultures and working practices with specific attention to the Polish case. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/345, or you can read it here: - [Italian Policy Brief: Adattare il Servizio Pubblico all’età delle piattaforme](https://psm-ap.com/italian-policy-brief-adattare-il-servizio-pubblico-alleta-delle-piattaforme/): Our Italian policy brief, Adattare il Servizio Pubblico all’età delle piattaforme: tradizione nazionale, innovazione tecnologica e bisogni del pubblico, that is associated with our second work package is now available. This report proposes a series of findings and recommendations regarding the organisational and cultural challenges facing PSM in six markets across five countries (Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Poland and the UK), giving specific attention to the Italian case. The policy brief is freely available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/344. You can also read and download the document here: - [Presentation at ICA Conference in Denver](https://psm-ap.com/presentation-at-ica-conference-in-denver/): Members of the PSM-AP team presented at the 75th Annual ICA Conference that occurred from June 12-16 in Denver, Colarado, USA. Our project presented in the panel of the Polish Communication Associaton, titled “Reinventing Public Service Media in the Age of Platforms”. The panel included research conducted by PSM-AP team members Tim Raats, Catalina Iordache, Dan Martin, Massimo Scaglioni, Michał Głowacki, Antonio Nucci and Filip Świtkowski. Chairing the panel was Iwona Hofman, President of the Polish Communication Association. The panel took place at Capital 2, Hyatt Regency Denver on Sunday, June 15th from 4:30 – 5:45pm MT. “Reinventing Public Service […] - [Public service algorithms: Balancing the scales between public mission and market pressures at the BBC and VRT](https://psm-ap.com/public-service-algorithms-balancing-the-scales-between-public-mission-and-market-pressures-at-the-bbc-and-vrt/): Our journal article Public service algorithms: Balancing the scales between public mission and market pressures at the BBC and VRT is now published by MedieKultur: Journal of media and communication research. Authored by team members Catalina Iordache, Dan Martin, and Catherine Johnson, the article discusses how PSMs are rethinking their priorities in content production and distribution following the shift to digital-first strategies. The study focuses on the development of public service algorithms in practice, looking specifically at the cases of the BBC (UK) and VRT (Flanders-Belgium), and how their implementation is guided by the organisations’ remits. The discussion is framed […] - [UK Policy Brief: Adapting Public Service Media](https://psm-ap.com/uk-policy-brief-adapting-public-service-media/): Our UK policy brief, Adapting Public Service Media: How are the UK’s major public service media organisations responding to the age of platforms?, puts forward a series of findings and recommendations on how the major PSM organisations in the UK are responding to the rise of platforms. This report is based on in-depthinterviews with PSM employees (top and middle management) in nine European PSM organisations in five countries: Belgium (RTBF and VRT), Denmark (DR, TV 2), Italy (RAI), Poland (TVP) and the UK (BBC, Channel 4, ITV). The collected data was analysed in line with country-specific organisational reports and industry […] - [Italian Policy Brief: Lo streaming del Servizio Pubblico nell’Era delle Piattaforme](https://psm-ap.com/italian-policy-brief-lo-streaming-del-servizio-pubblico-nellera-delle-piattaforme/): Our Italian policy brief, Lo streaming del Servizio Pubblico nell’Era delle Piattaforme: Lezioni da un’analisi comparativa sulla distribuzione e la personalizzazione dei servizi VoD in sette mercati, associated with our third work package is now available. The policy brief puts forwards a series of recommendations on content distribution and personalization practices of PSMs with particular attention to the Italian PSM, RAI. The policy brief is freely available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/324. You can also read and download the document here: - [Danish Policy Brief: Public service-medier i platformenes tidsalder](https://psm-ap.com/danish-policy-brief-public-service-medier-i-platformenes-tidsalder/): Our Danish policy brief associated with our second work package focuses on organisational and cultural challenges currently faced by Danish public service media organisations. The report, Public service-medier i platformenes tidsalder: Balance mellem traditioner, teknologi og publikumsbehov, is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/321, or you can read it here: - [Belgian Policy Brief: Adapting Public Service Media in Belgium](https://psm-ap.com/belgian-policy-brief-adapting-public-service-media-in-belgium/): Our Belgian policy brief, Adapting Public Service Media in Belgium: Meeting technology and audience needs in the Age of Platforms, puts forward a series of findings and recommendations on the organisational and cultural challenges facing PSM in the two main language communities of Belgium. The policy brief is freely available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/322. You can also read and download the document here: - [UK Policy Brief: Streaming Public Service Television in the Age of Platforms](https://psm-ap.com/uk-policy-brief-streaming-public-service-television-in-the-age-of-platforms/): Our UK policy brief, Streaming Public Service Television in the Age of Platforms: Lessons for the UK from a comparative analysis of VoD publishing andpersonalisation in seven markets presents findings and recommendations on PSM publishing and personalisation practices based on analysis of the PSM in-house video-on-demand (VoD) services and main linear channels in the UK market, alongside insights from our wider analysis that includes Canada, Denmark, Italy, Poland, and Belgium. The policy brief is freely available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/316. You can also read and download the document here: - [Polish Policy Brief: Media publiczne w erze streamingu](https://psm-ap.com/polish-policy-brief-media-publiczne-w-erze-streamingu/): We are pleased to release our Poland focused policy brief, Media publiczne w erze streamingu: Praktyki wydawnicze w przestrzeni cyfrowej. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/311, or you can read it here: - [Article published in Journal of Digital Media & Policy](https://psm-ap.com/article-published-in-journal-of-digital-media-policy/): We are pleased to announce that our journal article Publishing public service media on demand: A comparative study of public service media companies’ editorial practices on their VoD services in the age of platformization is now published in the in the Journal of Digital Media & Policy. The article provides results from our third work-package, including analysis of data collected during our pilot study into VoD prime space in comparison to the prime time of the PSM’s linear channels. It is authored by Hanne Bruun, Catherine Johnson, Julie Münter Lassen, Antonio Nucci, Tim Raats, and Filip Świtkowski. The article is […] - [Policy Brief: Adapting Public Service Media for the Age of Platforms](https://psm-ap.com/policy-brief-adating-public-service-media-for-the-age-of-platforms/): We are pleased to release our WP2 comparative policy brief, Adapting Public Service Media for the Age of Platforms: Balancing legacy, technology and audience needs for future development. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/305, or you can read it here: - [Special Issue of Convergence: Comparative Approaches to Public Service Media in the Age of Platforms](https://psm-ap.com/comparative-approaches-to-public-service-media-in-the-age-of-platforms/): Edited by: Hanne Bruun, Catherine Johnson, Tim Raats and Vilde Schanke Sundet Over the past decade, the growth of global platforms has led to the rise of ‘platformisation’: the ‘penetration of infrastructures, economic processes and governmental frameworks of digital platforms in different economic sectors and spheres of life, as well as the reorganisation of cultural practices and imaginations around these platforms’ (Poell et al. 2019:1). This has specific implications for public service media (PSM), which now operate within a platform ecosystem in which a small number of largely US platforms determine the rules of the game (van Dijck et al., […] - [PSM-AP Knowledge Exchange Workshop in Warsaw](https://psm-ap.com/psm-ap-knowledge-exchange-workshop-in-warsaw/): Our second Knowledge Exchange workshop took place in Warsaw from January 22-24, 2025. The workshop, titled Reinventing Public Service Media for the Age of Platforms: Organisation, Culture and Independence, was produced in collaboration with REBOOT and The University of Warsaw, with additional local co-organisation from Zachęta, TVP and Obywatelski Pakt na rzecz mediów publicznych. A detailed rationale for the event is as follows: Introduction Public service media (PSM) remains at the heart of European media systems. In the age of platforms typified by giant global media, misinformation, and socio-political polarisation, there is an overall urgency to strengthen public service media […] - [Danish Policy Brief: Streaming af public service-tv i platformenes tid](https://psm-ap.com/danish-policy-brief-streaming-af-public-service-tv-i-platformenes-tid/): We are pleased to release our Denmark focused policy brief, Streaming af public service-tv i platformenes tid: Resultater fra en komparativ undersøgelse af VoD-publicering og personalisering i syv markeder. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/300, or you can read it here: - [Belgian Policy Brief: Streaming Public Service Television in the Age of Platforms](https://psm-ap.com/belgian-policy-brief-streaming-public-service-television-in-the-age-of-platforms/): We are thrilled to release our Belgian policy brief, Streaming Public Service Television in the Age of Platforms: Lessons from a comparative analysis of VoD publishing and personalisation in the Belgian market. This brief presents findings and recommendations on PSM publishing and personalisation practices based on analysis of the PSM in-house video-on-demand (VoD) services and main linear channels in the Belgian market, alongside insights from our wider analysis that includes Canada, Denmark, Italy, Poland, and the UK. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/301, or you can read it here: - [Policy Brief: Streaming Public Service Television in the Age of Platforms](https://psm-ap.com/policy-brief-streaming-public-service-television-in-the-age-of-platforms/): We are happy to publish the second policy brief from the research done in the PSM-AP-project. This brief sums up the main findings and recommendations from our research on the publishing practices and use of personalisation. We compared 10 PSM-organisations in 7 media markets. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/298, or you can read it here: - [Redefining Public Service Media in the age of platforms: values, strategies and organisations](https://psm-ap.com/redefining-public-service-media-in-the-age-of-platforms-values-strategies-and-organisations/): Tuesday 16 September 2025 – Wednesday 17 September 2025 The closing event of the Public Service Media in the Age of Platforms Conference (PSM-AP) marks the conclusion of a three-year collaborative research project. We invite media professionals, scholars, and policymakers to reflect on our findings and the insights gained throughout this journey, while also looking ahead to the future of public service media (PSM) and its implications for various stakeholders. The conference will focus on the platformisation of public service media and its reinvention, as it adapts to ongoing developments in technology, industry, and politics. We welcome researchers, policymakers, and […] - [Policy and Regulation: A framework for analysing the PSM shift to digital portals](https://psm-ap.com/article-published-in-international-journal-of-cultural-studies/): We’re happy to share another article coming out of our project’s WP1 on Policy and Regulation, in the International Journal of Cultural Studies. In ‘People, personalisation, prominence: A framework for analysing the PSM shift to digital portals and interrogating universality across contexts’ we propose a framework that can be applied by future PSM work, based on the operationalisation of platformisation in PSM policy documents and strategy. We identify the shared priorities across ten media organisations in seven media markets: Belgium—Flanders and Wallonia-Brussels, Canada, Denmark, Italy, Poland, and the UK. The study is based on the qualitative analysis of 61 documents, […] - [CHANSE Mid-Term Conference in Bucharest](https://psm-ap.com/chanse-mid-term-conference-in-bucharest/): PSM-AP team members Catherine Johnson, Tim Raats, Hanne Bruun, and Michał Głowacki were in Bucharest, Romania for the CHANSE mid-term conference ‘Building Networks’ from 18-19 September 2024. Tim Raats chaired the Citizen-state relationships session, where Michał Głowacki presented about our project, with a focus on the situation for PSM in Poland. It was a pleasure to contribute to discussions alongside other CHANSE funded projects JustHEAT, DIGISCREENS, and SoLiXG. In addition to the session, we had a great time networking with and learning about other projects across the two days. More details on the conference can be found at: https://chanse.org/mid-term-conference-2024/ - [PSM-AP Returns to Aarhus](https://psm-ap.com/psm-ap-returns-to-aarhus/): An excellent second edition of the workshop on “Television Strategies in an On-Demand Driven Media Culture: Content production, audience considerations and publishing practices” took place this week at Aarhus University. The event was organised by Hanne Bruun and Julie Mejse Münter Lassen, under the umbrella of the research project Re-scheduling Public Service in the Digital Era. The event brought together media scholars and practitioners from DR and TV 2 in a knowledge exchange workshop focused on how on-demand driven media culture is currently changing the television industry. On the occasion, members of the PSM-AP team presented ongoing research across different […] - [PSM-AP Contributions to ORF's Public Value Texte](https://psm-ap.com/psm-ap-contributions-to-orfs-public-value-texte/): A new edition of ORF’s Public Value Texte is out, providing a diverse collection of contributions from scholars across Europe. What does the future hold for Public Service Media and how can PSM organisations continue to provide value for their audiences? In the collection, you can also find valuable contributions from PSM-AP members: The publication, titled The Future of Public Service Media in the European Union, is freely available at https://zukunft.orf.at/show_content.php?sid=147&pvi_id=2415&pvi_medientyp=t&oti_tag=Texte - [PSM-AP at 10th ECREA conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia](https://psm-ap.com/psm-ap-at-10th-ecrea-conference-in-ljubljana-slovenia/): For the 10th ECREA conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, which took place from 24-27th September 2024, members from our PSM-AP team presented as part of a panel titled Comparative Approaches to Public Service Media Disruption: The Transformation of Values, Norms and Prevailing Structures in the Age of Platforms as well as the round table Re-conceptualising the television ‘text’ for the platform age: textual analysis, texts and interfaces. Chaired by Tim Raats, the panel included Catherine Johnson, Julie Mejse Münter Lassen, Catalina Iordache, Antonio Nucci, Michal Głowacki, and Dan Martin. Since this presentation was at the half-way point of our three-year project, […] - [PSM-AP members present at RIPE 2024](https://psm-ap.com/psm-ap-members-present-at-ripe-2024/): For the RIPE conference on Public Service Media for Innovation and Sustainability, members from our PSM-AP team presented four papers on May 17th. During the conference, which took place in Lisbon from May 16 – 18, 2024, PSM-AP team members Michał Głowacki, Filip Świtkowski, Antonio Nucci, Hanne Bruun, and Julie Mejse Münter Lassen presented recent findings from their research. The first talk by one of our team members was by Antonio Nucci, with a paper titled PSM VOD and Sustainability: How Rai represents ESG issues on its streaming platform. This paper focuses on the Italian branch of our project, specifically […] - [Media Industries Conference – London 2024](https://psm-ap.com/media-industries-conference-london-2024/): The PSM-AP team was pleased to host a panel presentation at the Media Industries Conference which took place at Kings College London between April 16th – 19th, 2024. Chaired by our project leader, Catherine Johnson, our panel presented initial findings into the ways in which platformisation is transforming the values underpinning PSM organisations, regulation/policy and services/texts. Titled ‘Public Service Media in the Age of Platforms: policy, strategy and interfaces’, our panel contained four papers by team members Catalina Iordache, Hanne Bruun (co-presented with Julie Mejse Münter Lassen), Dan Martin (co-presented with Catherine Johnson), and Massimo Scaglioni (co-presented with Mattia Galli). […] - [Universality: A Battleground for UK Public Service Media in the Platform Age](https://psm-ap.com/universality-a-battleground-for-uk-public-service-media-in-the-platform-age/): The public service media case in the UK is the subject of the first academic publication to come out of the PSM-AP work package 1 on Policy and Regulation. You can now read ‘Universality: A Battleground for UK Public Service Media in the Platform Age’ in The Political Quarterly (open access): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1467-923X.13342 The paper, co-authored by Dan Martin and Catherine Johnson (both University of Leeds), examines how UK policy makers are redefining the value of universality in the transition from public service broadcasting (PSB) to public service media (PSM). Presenting findings from an analysis of key and contemporary media policy and […] - [Italian policy brief: La transizione digitale del Servizio pubblico in Italia](https://psm-ap.com/italian-policy-brief-la-transizione-digitale-del-servizio-pubblico-in-italia/): We are pleased to release our project’s Italian country-specific policy brief, which provides insights from our first year of research into public service media in Italy. The brief draws from our comparative analysis of seven media markets, providing observations and recommendations for the Italian case. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/260, or you can read it here: - [Polish Policy Brief – Media publiczne w erze platform: Telewizja czy Platforma?](https://psm-ap.com/polish-policy-brief-media-publiczne-w-erze-platform-telewizja-czy-platforma/): We are pleased to release our project’s Polish country-specific policy brief, which provides insights from our first year of research into public service media in Poland. The brief draws from our comparative analysis of seven media markets, providing observations and recommendations for the Polish case. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/259, or you can read it here: - [Belgian Policy Brief: Een online first publieke omroep als voorwaarde voor een toekomstbestendige publieke omroep?](https://psm-ap.com/belgian-policy-brief-een-online-first-publieke-omroep-als-voorwaarde-voor-een-toekomstbestendige-publieke-omroep/): We are pleased to release our project’s Belgian country-specific policy brief, which provides insights from our first year of research into public service media in Belgium. The brief draws from our comparative analysis of seven media markets, providing observations and recommendations for the Belgian case. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/258, or you can read it here: - [Danish policy brief: Fremtidssikrede public service-medier i Danmark?](https://psm-ap.com/danish-policy-brief-fremtidssikrede-public-service-medier-i-danmark/): We are pleased to release our project’s Danish country-specific policy brief, which provides insights from our first year of research into public service media in Denmark. The brief draws from our comparative analysis of seven media markets, providing observations and recommendations for the Danish case. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/255, or you can read it here: - [UK Policy Brief: Future-Proofing the UK's Public Service Media](https://psm-ap.com/uk-policy-brief-future-proofing-the-uks-public-service-media/): We are pleased to release our project’s first country-specific policy brief providing insights from our first year of research into public service media in the UK. The brief draws from our comparative analysis of seven media markets, providing observations and recommendations for the UK case. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/257, or you can read it here: - [Policy brief: Towards a Future-Proof Public Service Media? Lessons from a comparative analysis in seven media markets](https://psm-ap.com/policy-brief-towards-a-future-proof-public-service-media-lessons-from-a-comparative-analysis-in-seven-media-markets/): Our project’s first policy brief presents lessons learnt from a comparative analysis of seven media markets. We present findings on public service media and platforms based on analysis of media laws, broadcast contracts and licences, annual reports and current policy debates in the following markets: Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Canada, Denmark, Italy, Poland and the UK. The policy brief is permanently available at https://doi.org/10.48785/100/256, or you can read it here: - [Knowledge Exchange Workshop 2024 in Brussels](https://psm-ap.com/knowledge-exchange-workshop-2024-in-brussels/): Last week, on January 26th, 2024, we successfully organised our first Knowledge Exchange Workshop, kindly hosted by the VRT in Brussels. We would like to thank all of our speakers and participants for their valuable contributions and their openness to discussing VoD strategies, research, personalisation practices, and the development of public service algorithms. We’ve learned a lot and hope to have opened new opportunities for dialogue and future collaboration between researchers, policymakers, and the industry. The full-day programme included: 🔎 A series of presentations on the PSM-AP project and the work done in WP1 on Policy and Regulation and WP3 […] - [Aarhus workshop](https://psm-ap.com/aarhus-workshop/): This June, half of the PSM-AP team enjoyed the Danish sun in Aarhus ☀️🇩🇰 At the invitation of Hanne Bruun and Julie Mejse Münter Lassen, we took part in a workshop entitled Television Publishing Strategies in an On-Demand Driven Media Culture: Content production, audience considerations and scheduling practices. We presented some of our work, including preliminary results from WP1 on Policy & Regulation, the project’s conceptual and methodological considerations, and the challenges we are facing in conducting online comparative research. We’re excited to share more of our work soon, but also to spend more time together at future events. If […] - [IAMCR conference presentation on WP1](https://psm-ap.com/iamcr-conference-presentation-on-wp1/): Our postdoctoral researcher Catalina-Mihaela Iordache presented preliminary results from the comparative analysis conducted in WP1 at the IAMCR Lyon23 conference. The presentation, titled ‘Public Service Media online: A comparative policy perspective on the shift to digital portals in six countries’, was part of the Public Service Media Working Group. The paper takes a policy perspective to address how public service media organisations are shifting to online services. The paper’s aim is to determine what the core policy priorities are and how these are translated into specific requirements for the PSM VOD services. The conference took place in Lyon from 9-13 […] - [CHANSE Kick-off Conference](https://psm-ap.com/chanse-kick-off-conference/): The CHANSE Kick-off Conference in Tallinn was a success, with our team members Catherine Johnson, Michał Głowacki, Massimo Scaglioni and Julie Mejse Münter Lassen in attendance. The conference, titled ‘Transformations – Social and Cultural Dynamics in the Digital Age’, brought together CHANSE funded project teams from across Europe for a two-day conference, with keynotes, workshops, and panel sessions. On the second day our project leader, Catherine Johnson, presented the PSM-AP project, providing an overview of the project and what’s to come. In addition, the team was able to meet with project partner Sasha Scott from the European Broadcast Union. - [Conference on Methods in Cultural Production and Media Industries Research](https://psm-ap.com/conference-on-methods-in-cultural-production-and-media-industries-research/): This conference explored many of the contemporary challenges to understanding the nature of media and cultural production, focusing on the research process rather than research findings. It looked at how sectoral shifts in the media and cultural industries has introduced new actors – such as platform industries – and new practices – such as new types of content investment and licensing, and new forms of monetization for user-generated content. This one-day conference explored the methods we use and approaches we take for understanding media and cultural production in the contemporary moment. In the conference, several members of the PSM-AP team […] - [CHANSE Kick-off Conference](https://psm-ap.com/hello-world/): We are excited to present our project in the CHANSE kick-off conference, ‘Transformations – Social and Cultural Dynamics in the Digital Age’ taking place in Tallinn, Estonia! We will present an overview of our project on June 2nd, 2023 during the session ‘Public Services in the Digital Age’. ## Pages - [Policy Briefs Test](https://psm-ap.com/policy-briefs-test/): WP3: Personalisation and publishing practices January 2025 Findings and recommendations from our comparative analysis of the VoD interfaces and the linear broadcast schedules of 10 PSM organisations in 7 media markets. Read the comparative report:Streaming Public Service Television in the Age of Platforms Read the country-specific reports: WP2: Organisational strategies, cultures and working practices January 2025 Findings and recommendations from our comparative analysis of the ways in which 9 PSM organisations in 6 media markets are adapting their strategies, organisations, cultures and working practices. Read the comparative report:Adapting Public Service Media for the Age of Platforms Read the country-specific reports: […] - [Policy Briefs](https://psm-ap.com/publications/policy-briefs/): Final Report: Challenges and Recommendations for the Future September 2025 The report sets out four core challenges that are being experienced across all the public service broadcasters in our study. It also explores how the implications of these challenges vary from country to country and offers recommendations to future-proof PSM. Read the final report:Challenges and Recommendations for the Future WP3: Personalisation and publishing practices January 2025 Findings and recommendations from our comparative analysis of the VoD interfaces and the linear broadcast schedules of 10 PSM organisations in 7 media markets. Read the comparative report:Streaming Public Service Television in the Age […] - [Academic Publications](https://psm-ap.com/publications/academic-publications/) - [Antonio Nucci](https://psm-ap.com/team/antonio-nucci/): Postdoctoral Researcher, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Antonio Nucci is a researcher at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, working with the PSM-AP project since November 2023. He is pursuing a doctorate at the Institute of Media and Journalism (IMeG) of the Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, Switzerland on climate change communication, activism and media representation of environmental issues. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Communication Sciences and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Media Management from the Università della Svizzera italiana. Before studying climate change communication, Nucci focused on Over-the-Top (OTT) media platforms and business […] - [Newsletter](https://psm-ap.com/newsletter/): [newsletter] - [Katarzyna Gajlewicz-Korab](https://psm-ap.com/team/katarzyna-gajlewicz-korab/): Supporting Researcher, University of Warsaw, Poland Katarzyna Gajlewicz-Korab is an Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland. She researches cultural-technological media transformations, including European media policies and organisational strategies to move forward. She has been a team member of several research projects, including the online news media (LEMEL), media democracy monitoring (MEDIADELCOM) and media pluralism in Europe (EUROMO). - [Filip Świtkowski](https://psm-ap.com/team/filip-switkowski/): Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Warsaw, Poland Filip is a doctor of political science and a lawyer. He also graduated from Comparative Law School. His research activity is mainly focused on contemporary political systems and the impact of new media on the processes of shaping public policies. - [Past Events](https://psm-ap.com/past-events/) - [Future Events](https://psm-ap.com/future-events/) - [Jacek Mikucki](https://psm-ap.com/team/jacek-mikucki/): Supporting Researcher, University of Warsaw, Poland Dr. Jacek Mikucki is an Assistant Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland. He has been involved in several projects on media and communication in smart cities, media platforms and media-related risks and opportunities for deliberative communication. His research interests include new forms of media, local communication, audiovisual arts and creative industries. He has professional experience and practical skills in editorial offices, marketing, public relations, and internal communication departments. - [Julie Mejse Münter Lassen](https://psm-ap.com/team/julie-mejse-munter-lassen/): Post-Doctoral Researcher, Aarhus University, Denmark Julie Mejse Münter Lassen, MA & PhD, postdoc in media studies, Aarhus University, Denmark. In her PhD dissertation (2018) she studied the development of the television channel portfolio of DR in a period characterized by channel proliferation (see also, Lassen 2020). Her ongoing research interests are public service media and the transition from traditional broadcast media to on-demand platforms. She currently works on two projects: The Danish Re-Scheduling Public Service Television in the Digital Era (2021-24), supported by the Danish Independent Research Council (grant no. 1024-00001B) and the international CHANSE funded project Public Service Media […] - [Daniel Martin](https://psm-ap.com/team/daniel-martin/): Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Leeds, UK Daniel Martin is a postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds, working on the project “Public Service Media in the Age of Platforms” (CHANSE funded). He has recently completed his PhD in Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick. He is currently in the process of expanding his thesis, examining the “Representation of the Northern Male Body in British Film and Television”, into a monograph. His research interests revolve around the politics of film and television representation – involving issues of class, race, gender, and […] - [Catalina Iordache](https://psm-ap.com/team/catalina-iordache/): Postdoctoral Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Catalina Iordache is a senior researcher and guest professor at the research group imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where she obtained her PhD in 2022 with a dissertation on the transnational flow of audiovisual content online. In the PSM-AP project, Catalina is the postdoctoral researcher for the Belgian team. The project combines key areas of her research expertise including audiovisual production and distribution, streaming media, comparative analysis, Public Service Media, and European media policy. Catalina has published her work in a number of established media and communication journals. She is also currently vice-chair of the […] - [Massimo Scaglioni](https://psm-ap.com/team/massimo-scaglioni/): Co-Investigator, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy Massimo Scaglioni is Full Professor of Media Economics and History at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. He is also the co-Founder and current Director of Ce.R.T.A. (Research Center for Television and Audiovisual Media at Università Cattolica). He is the Director of the Post-graduate Master Course “Fare TV. Broadcasting and Streaming Services Management” at Università Cattolica. He is also Adjunct Professor of Transmedia Narratives (MA) and Television Communication (BA) at Università della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano, Switzerland). He has been Visiting or Invited Professor in several international Universities, including Carleton University, Ottawa (Canada), with […] - [Hanne Brunn](https://psm-ap.com/team/hanne-brunn/): Principal Investigator and WP3 Lead, Aarhus University, Denmark Hanne Bruun, M.A. & Ph.D., professor in media studies, Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research interests are television aesthetics and media genre development, media industries and production studies and audience studies. These interests are combined with an interest in developing research methods, especially in media production studies. Hanne Bruun is the founder and head of Centre for Media Industries and Production Studies (2017+). Currently she is head of the research project: Re-scheduling Public Service Television in the Digital Era (2021-24), supported by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, and PI in the project ScreenMe-Net (2021-23), supported by the EU Horizon […] - [Michał Głowacki](https://psm-ap.com/team/michal-glowacki/): Principal Investigator and WP2 Lead, University of Warsaw, Poland Dr. Michał Głowacki is an Associate Professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland. He has conducted research projects funded by the European Commission, the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, the Swedish Institute, the Research Council of Norway, Poland’s National Science Center, the National Agency for Academic Exchange and the Polish-American Fulbright Commission. Michał was the Programme Advisor to the Advisory Group on Public Service Media Governance at the Council of Europe in 2010. He is Editor in Chief of the “Central European Journal of Communication”. His research interests are […] - [Tim Raats](https://psm-ap.com/team/tim-raats/): Principal Investigator and WP1 Lead, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Tim Raats is Associate Professor at the Communication Sciences Department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) where he teaches courses on media policy and economics and coordinates the Medialab of the department. He obtained a PhD in Media and Communication Studies in 2014 on the role and position of public service broadcasting in a networked media environment. Tim is head of the Media Economics and Policy Research unit at imec-SMIT-VUB (Studies on Media, Innovation and Technology), a group of 20 junior and senior researchers working on fundamental and applied tracks on […] - [Catherine Johnson](https://psm-ap.com/team/catherine-johnson/): Project manager and WP4 Lead, University of Leeds, UK Catherine is an expert in the screen media industries, producing world-leading research that has informed industry and policy, including the BBC, Channel 4, YouTube and Ofcom. She leads the PSM-AP project (Public Service Media in the Age of Platforms), funded by a €1.5m CHANSE grant, that examines the impact of global streaming platforms on public service media in 6 countries. She also co-leads the Yorkshire Film and Television School Innovation Lab, developing new methods that address inequalities in the film and TV industries, and the Routes to Content project, examining how […] - [Contact](https://psm-ap.com/contact/): Feel free to contact us using the form below and we’ll get back as soon as possible. You can also connect with us on social media – follow us on Twitter @psm__ap, on LinkedIn at @psm-ap, or on Facebook: Contact form - [Events](https://psm-ap.com/events/): A key part of the PSM-AP project involves engaging with academic, industry and policy stakeholders through presentations, meetings and events.   Knowledge exchange with stakeholders will involve academic, industry, regulatory, policy, and civil society stakeholders in the interpretation and analysis of the data.   We will be holding two Knowledge Exchange workshops (one in Brussels and one in Warsaw) and presenting our research at industry, policy and academic events.   If you would be interested in us presenting our research findings at your event, please contact us.  - [News](https://psm-ap.com/news/) - [Team](https://psm-ap.com/team/) - [Publications](https://psm-ap.com/publications/): Alongside academic articles, PSM-AP will produce industry reports, policy briefs, press articles/blogs and social media posts that will translate the research findings into industry and policy recommendations at national and transnational levels.  Select one of the below options to read our policy briefs or academic publications. - [About](https://psm-ap.com/about/): Work Package 1: Policy and Regulation Led by Professor Tim Raats, Vrije Universiteit Brussel   Work Package 1 examines the values underpinning regulatory and policy debates about PSM in the six case study countries.   We will analyse documents related to the policies and regulations that govern PSM in each country (e.g. media policies, legislation, PSM remits, reviews of PSM performance) and policy and regulatory debates taking place about the value of PSM in 2023 (e.g., white papers, bills, parliamentary debates, committee reports, regulatory reviews).   Our analysis will pay particular attention to the ways in which the social and cultural values of […] [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)