The average amount of time spent consuming media including television, radio, streaming and social media in Denmark is 7 hours and 16 minutes, an analysis has found.
Defence lawyers for three people suspected of implication in the embezzlement scandal at Socialstyrelsen, an administrative department of the Ministry for Children and Social Affairs, say media should not have published information relating to their identity.
The new contract for public service broadcasting between the Danish Ministry of Culture and broadcaster DR emphasises the importance of Christianity, while the word 'integration' has been removed.
Denmark’s governing Liberal (Venstre) party wants media users in the country to be able to access Danish-produced content via an app and 24-hour television channel called Danflix.
Two former editors of gossip magazine Se og Hør could each face two years in prison for their roles in what is widely considered to be Denmark’s largest ever media scandal.
Denmark was singled out as one of the few success stories amongst an overall “deep and disturbing decline in respect” for media around the world in a new report from Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Friday’s edition of Danish newspaper Information was written by a team of a dozen refugees, whom the paper said have become “extras in a political debate”.
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A majority of parliament is against the decision to eliminate the Danish National Chamber Orchestra but interfering with DR's internal decisions goes against the spirit of the public broadcaster's deal with the state.
Citing a changing media landscape and a decrease in licence funding, the public broadcaster announced an expansive savings move that will also spell the end for a 75-year-old orchestra.
A Swedish court ruled that an internet connection does not constitute a television transmission device, sparing Swedes from paying their obligatory media licence fee. Danish authorities however maintain that computers, tablets and phones count, regardless of what the Swedes say.
