Source: Rodney Benson and Matthew Powers, Public Media and Political Independence: Lessons for the Future of Journalism from Around the World (Freepress, 2011) 61. See further discussion in Toby Mendel, (UNESCO, 2nd revised Public Service Broadcasting: A Comparative Legal Survey 72 edition, 2011) 95. Figure 2: Per-capita funding of public broadcasters ($US 2008) Source: Rodney Benson and Matthew Powers, Public Media and Political Independence: Lessons for the Future of Journalism from Around the World (Freepress, 2011) 61. Figure 3 Per capita public funding for public broadcasters, 2014† Source: Nordicity analysis of annual reports of public broadcasters73 Excludes any commercial revenue earned by public broadcasters. † * Includes certain data for 2013 fiscal year due to unavailability of data for 2014. ** Statistics for are for 2013 fiscal year and include autonomous region public broadcasters. It should be that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation experienced a significant drop in funding from 2015 onward. This will put Australia even further below the international per capita average of funding for public broadcasting. Please also note that figure three uses Canadian dollars, figure two uses US dollars. One $US equals $CAN 1.35. The Nordicity report offers the following conclusions regarding long term funding trends for public broadcasters from a comparative perspective. As in previous editions of this study, only New Zealand and the US posted lower levels of public funding. Canada’s level of public funding was 64% less than the $86 average across the 18 comparison countries. This average, however, belies the fact that there was a wide variation in the per capita levels of public funding across Western countries. .. in summary… we note that levels of public funding are clearly higher in northern European countries, and lower on the southern and western edges of Europe as well as outside of Europe74.
Source: Rodney Benson and Matthew Powers, Public Media and Political Independence: Lessons for the Future of Journalism from Around the World (Freepress, 2011) 61. 72 See further discussion in Toby Mendel, Public Service Broadcasting: A Comparative Legal Survey (UNESCO, 2nd revised edition, 2011) 95. Figure 2: Per-capita funding of public broadcasters ($US 2008) Source: Rodney Benson and Matthew Powers, Public Media and Political Independence: Lessons for the Future of Journalism from Around the World (Freepress, 2011) 61. Figure 3 Per capita public funding for public broadcasters, 2014† Source: Nordicity analysis of annual reports of public broadcasters73 † Excludes any commercial revenue earned by public broadcasters. * Includes certain data for 2013 fiscal year due to unavailability of data for 2014. ** Statistics for are for 2013 fiscal year and include autonomous region public broadcasters. It should be that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation experienced a significant drop in funding from 2015 onward. This will put Australia even further below the international per capita average of funding for public broadcasting. Please also note that figure three uses Canadian dollars, figure two uses US dollars. One $US equals $CAN 1.35. The Nordicity report offers the following conclusions regarding long term funding trends for public broadcasters from a comparative perspective. As in previous editions of this study, only New Zealand and the US posted lower levels of public funding. Canada’s level of public funding was 64% less than the $86 average across the 18 comparison countries. This average, however, belies the fact that there was a wide variation in the per capita levels of public funding across Western countries. .. in summary… we note that levels of public funding are clearly higher in northern European countries, and lower on the southern and western edges of Europe as well as outside of Europe74.