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Local public TV stations continue to clear streaming rights as PBS negotiates with digital providers.
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Local public TV stations continue to clear streaming rights as PBS negotiates with digital providers.
The lifestyle and how-to programs will be available on Amazon’s Prime Video Channels.
“At the beginning of a presidential candidacy, to be doing a valentine to one candidate, I just don’t think it’s a very smart thing to do,” said Oregon Public Broadcasting CEO Steve Bass.
The PBS president told an audience at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour to “stay tuned” for possible announcements involving Sling TV and YouTube TV.
TV stations are now required to renew satellite carriage requests every three years.
The FCC must set reimbursement rules for translators and FM stations by March 23.
PBS signed a 15-year lease on the property, located about a half-mile to the north of its current offices.
The board also heard that PBS’ old non–real-time satellite transponder will be turned off Jan. 2.
The proposed revisions to the Program Differentiation Plan are the first major update since 1995.
“We’re making changes so that you’ll still love it,” says Marsha Bemko, EP of PBS’ most popular ongoing prime-time series.
Fourteen public television stations will each get $175,000.
“Extending our brand into the location-based entertainment space offers new possibilities for connecting with our audience through learning and exploration,” said a PBS executive.
The schedule will feature “high-performing library content and specially commissioned projects,” said Bill Gardner, PBS programming development VP.
The previous PBS Funding Standards and Practices document ran 22 pages; the update is just under 13.
Local stations “have limited financial and operational resources to absorb the impact of the TV repack,” NPR said in FCC comments.
With a stable of correspondents and producers from WNET and CNN, the hourlong show aims to deliver “mind-expanding” interviews for American audiences.
Beyond his achievements as a veteran TV executive, Perry Simon’s involvement with regional theatre distinguished him as a candidate, PBS’ president told critics.
PBA 30 will also rebrand to ATL PBA.
The sweeping four-part series from Providence Pictures reflects on the endurance of tribal cultures and traditions over thousands of years.
More public media fundraisers are working to build planned giving programs, inspired by recent large bequests to stations and the untapped potential of another giving channel.