The rise of OTTs and the era of ‘fake news’ have piled political and commercial pressures on public service broadcasters but both provide great opportunities, according to RTÉ director general Dee Forbes.
The public service broadcast sector faces a number of well-documented challenges, from headwinds caused by OTT providers cutting into their business opportunities, to political pressure entwined in the ‘fake news’ phenomenon.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has been vocal in his attacks on the US media. Similarly, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro spent the days after his election saying “enough of the fake news” – a term whic...
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