"In this study Sandra B. Hrvatin analyzes the public institution RTV Slovenia and the main problems related to it - funding, public control and fulfilment of the public role - and draws comparisons with other public broadcasters across the world. She concludes that RTV Slovenia is in crisis and suggests that it cannot be successfully resolved unless certain questions relating to the role and significance of contemporary public service broadcasters are answered first. "To support PSB today means to support the option of an open communication space in which all citizens, no matter what their material wealth or communication competence, will have access to communication channels and a chance to influence programming and content." (Summary, page 6)
Introduction, 9
What is public service broadcasting? 11
State-owned or public media? 20
RTV Council: civil society versus civil society 27
Appointment of editors: approval or opinion only? 41
Accountability to the public 44
Funding of the public service 47
Public service broadcasters and their audiences 66
The crisis of public service broadcasting? 74
The future of PSB, 76
Conclusion, 83