According to a report in Times of Malta, Reporter, a 10-minute daily studio program, received €88,000 from PBS's (www.pbs.com.mt) €130,000 annual PSO budget, making it the top recipient of PSO funding nationally. The report said production costs were not more than €800. The entire PSO budget is €1.1 million.
The program is produced by Mediatoday (www.mediatoday.com.mt) and presented by the company's owner, Saviour Balzan. Mediatoday publishes the newspaper Malta Today.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.