OKTO is a community television station based in Vienna, Austria, that has operated since autumn 2005, allowing the public to create and broadcast their own content using free production facilities and airtime. The non-profit station is financed by the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR).
RMC BFM is a French media company founded in 2000 by businessman Alain Weill. The group operates major French media properties, including the rolling news channel BFM TV, the radio station RMC, and various regional news networks.
StagePlayer+ is a UK-based subscription streaming platform that also offers international news channels. The company was founded in December 2019 and launched its news streaming service in January 2021. Among its initial 15-channel lineup was CGTN, the English-language international channel of China Central Television (CCTV), the state-run broadcaster under the China Media Group (CMG). CGTN had its UK broadcast license revoked by Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulatory body, in February 2021 for failing to meet editorial independence requirements under British law, though it remained available on the platform operating under European licensing.
Iris FM is a regional radio station founded on December 1, 1985. Operating as an independent broadcaster, Iris FM provides news, music, and opinion programming across the southern Benavente municipality with an emphasis on editorial independence from political parties and local government. The station has expanded its operations to include a news website and podcast distribution of its programs. According to its editorial team, the station was established to serve the information needs of the southern Benavente region, which was experiencing significant demographic and socio-cultural growth during the 1980s.
InfoQuest is a media intelligence company and news agency, established in 1990 by founder and chairman Jalthong Patamapongs, a former executive at Thomson Reuters Thailand who previously led Thailand’s Agricultural Futures Exchange. The company offers media monitoring solutions across social, online, and traditional media platforms from thousands of domestic and international sources, alongside press release distribution services to local and global media outlets. InfoQuest operates a real-time news agency reporting on stock markets, finance, economics, investments, and world news. In 2021 the company was acquired by Dataxet, an integrated data intelligence holding company.
TV5MONDE is a French public television network broadcasting French-language programming across multiple channels to promote Francophone productions and the French language globally. According to its official website, the network is available in more than 40 countries with subtitles in seven languages, offering films, series, cultural content focusing on French gastronomy and fashion, documentaries, entertainment programs, and international news. The network is currently 51 percent owned by a consortium of state-owned public broadcasters, including France Télévisions, Radio-télévision Suisse, RTBF, CBC/Radio-Canada, Télé-Québec, and ARTE France, with France Médias Monde holding the remaining ownership. In 2024, the network signed a memorandum of cooperation with CMG for the historical documentary of Sino-French ties titled “The Witnesses of 60 Years of History.”
The Associated Press (AP) is a major international news agency, providing news coverage, photographs, and video to media outlets worldwide. It was founded in May 1846, when six New York newspapers pooled resources to fund a relay of horses and riders to deliver news from the Mexican-American War. AP operates as an independent, no-profit news cooperative. Headquartered in New York, the organization serves member newspapers and broadcasters across the United States and maintains bureaus in nearly 100 countries. The cooperative has won 59 Pulitzer Prizes for journalistic excellence.
Dataxet is a regional media intelligence holding founded in 2020 by a group of entrepreneurs and headquartered in Singapore. The company provides AI-powered integrated platforms and insight solutions for marketing and public relations professionals across Southeast Asia. The company operates under the brand Dataxet with its DXT360 platform offering social listening — software that tracks and analyzes online conversations about brands, industries, and competitors — alongside media monitoring and analytics services. Dataxet has signed a cooperation agreement with China’s state news agency Xinhua News Agency and its affiliate China Economic Information Service (中國經濟信息社), or CEIS, to market the Xinhua Silk Road Information Service to Thai businesses, which Dataxet describes as providing “high-quality business and financial information related to the Belt and Road Initiatives.” Dataxet is also a partner of Xinhuathai.com, Xinhua’s Thai-language platform.
Les Échos was founded in 1908 by brothers Émile and Robert Servan-Schreiber, initially named Les Échos de l’Exportation to promote their family’s hardware export business. The newspaper covers French and international economic and financial news, stock market analysis, and trends in high-tech development, with sections including “Ideas” and “Debates” that provide platforms for commentary and discussion. It began as a monthly publication, was renamed Les Échos in 1928, becoming a daily newspaper. The family-led luxury products group LVMH Group currently owns the paper, which maintains both print and digital editions.