Finland: Parliamentary working group makes recommendations to public service broadcaster
by Anette Alén-Savikko
In late 2015, Finnish Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner set up a parliamentary working group to tackle the role of the Finnish public service broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle). Among other measures, the working group has since recommended that the scope and primary task of the service be redefined, while its financial independence should be preserved.
The recommendations the Finnish Parliament's working group made to public broadcaster Yle will probably come into force by early 2017, and have met with mixed reactions from media organisations in Finland. (Photo: public domain)
The ECPMF had earlier published…
