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Flanders: Increasing Transparency of Public Service Media through Stakeholder Involvement in Policy-Making?

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With increased debate on the public broadcasters’ role in society (and the market) comes a boosted importance of accountability. To whom and how are public broadcasters held accountable for their performance in the public interest? This chapter analyses how transparency of the public broadcaster Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT) in Flanders is enforced, and whether PSM policy-making itself can be considered transparent. After briefly explaining the ins and outs of public broadcasting in Flanders, it provides an overview of the most important transparency instruments, rules and bodies. Subsequently, it addresses the ways in which PSM policies are being increasingly developed on the basis of multi-stakeholder-based processes and whether these contribute to more transparent policy-making in this area. Finally, the chapter develops some policy suggestions of how to increase VRT transparency.

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Donders, K., Raats, T. (2018). Flanders: Increasing Transparency of Public Service Media through Stakeholder Involvement in Policy-Making?. In: Herzog, C., Hilker, H., Novy, L., Torun, O. (eds) Transparency and Funding of Public Service Media – Die deutsche Debatte im internationalen Kontext. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17997-7_4

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