The EBU’s Legal & Policy team advocates for public service media's (PSM) interests towards the EU Institutions and keeps Members consistently informed, including through informative publications. This year sees great popularity for legal focus publications, as well as a familiar handbook in the top spot. Although just out of the top spots, special mention goes to executive summary of EU's digital regulation, Signposts: Finding you way with EU Digital Regulation for Media.

Read the full list of our top downloads over the last year. 

Ranking

10. Public service media bringing their best for Europe

Discover the contribution that public service media are making to Europe in this publication, full of facts and figures that prove the contribution that PSM are living up to their mandate to inform, educate and entertain every citizen.

9. PSM Remit Principles for the Digital Age

This Legal Focus publication deals with the critical question of public service media's role and the scope of its activities in the global digital media markets.

8. Generative AI and public service media - French version

The English version of this publication is at 3rd place. Legal & Policy teamed up with News, Technology & Innovation and Digital, to extract the hot button topics around generative AI for public service media, including its potential positive and negative impacts on public service media.

7. Do the next right thing for media and democracy

In this publication, you can find the EBU’s priorities for the EU elections and new EU mandate. A summary of this publication is available in 20 languages.

6. Public Funding Principles for PSM

This publication serves as a non-binding source of guidance and reference for PSM in the assessment and implementation of new and existing funding models.

5. Governance Principles for PSM

The aim of this Legal Focus is to identify and develop a number of fundamental principles for PSM governance, helping PSM meet new challenges as they carry out their vital role in the new media ecosystem.

4.Legal & Policy Focus — Broadcasters' Rights: Towards a new WIPO treaty

This Legal and Policy Focus aims to further the understanding of the “neighbouring” right that broadcasting organisations enjoy under copyright laws in Europe. 

3.Generative AI and public service media - English version

See number 8 above!

2. EBU Copyright Guide 

This toolkit aims to increase awareness of all the rights and obligations under copyright law to be taken into account when creating, selecting and using protected material.

1. Digital Services Act Handbook (Public Version)

For the second year in a row, this publication has topped our download charts! The Digital Services Act (DSA) Handbook aims to inform public service media about the DSA provisions and how it might affect online activities.