Year: 2010
AE to make broadcast history with Facebook premiere of “Earth Days” doc
PBS will score a broadcast first when American Experience posts its “Earth Days” doc on Facebook before its broadcast premiere, reports the ...Dire “State of News Media” provides in-depth look at revamped “PBS Newshour”
“State of the News Media 2010,” this year’s annual report from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, warns ...Battle of the roadshows: Antiques vs. Treasure Hunters, Round 2
WGBH has filed a federal lawsuit in Illinois, alleging that the Treasure Hunters Roadshow violates the Antiques Roadshow trademark and participates in ...Virginia reduces pubcasting funding 15 percent over two years
Virginia’s General Assembly adjourned yesterday after approving a two-year budget that slashes millions from various services in the commonwealth, including pubcasting, reports ...NABET workers to protest NPR contract demands
Broadcast technicians will mount a protest outside NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., at noon today. The National Association of Broadcast Employees and ...Broadcasters may have to pay mandatory fees for keeping their spectrum
Broadcasters who decline to turn over spectrum for an upcoming auction may face fees for their decision, according to Broadcasting & Cable. Citing an ...Former FCC Chair Hundt says decision to favor Internet over TV was made in ’94
In a speech that he described as “confession or admission,” former FCC Chair Reed Hundt yesterday told a Columbia University audience that ...Sesame Workshop, PBS, get passing grades on children’s food marketing report card
Sesame Workshop has received a grade of C and PBS a C+ from the Center for Science in the Public Interest on ...Programming veteran Ron Hull details his first production
Here’s an interesting video interview from the collegiate News Net Nebraska with longtime pubcaster Ron Hull, a passionate advocate for cultural ...Fred Rogers Center to host confab on educational technology
More than 60 national leaders in education, research, technology, policy and children’s media will meet March 22 and 23 at the Fred ...Satellite carriage bill passes Senate, could be law by Easter Congressional break
The Senate yesterday passed the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act. The Association of Public Television Stations had backed passage of the ...Reeling from funding losses, WQUB seeks partnership with commercial operator
WQUB in Quincy, Ill., plans to dismiss its professional on-air staff as of June 1 and turn most of its operations over ...Pubmedia Chatters stifled by 140 characters now have Google Group
A Google group for pubmedia collaboration has sprung from the ongoing Pubmedia Chat Tweetfests on Monday evenings. Chris Beer, a web developer ...Madeleine Brand to helm new KPCC show
Pasadena’s KPCC hired Madeleine Brand to host a new daily news magazine launching later this spring. The yet-to-be named show will bring ...House committee approves bill to extend spectrum inventory deadline
The FCC and National Telecommunications and Information Administration would have four years instead of two to complete a spectrum inventory under a ...
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