Year: 2010
NTIA broadband report shows disparities continue; 30 percent do not use Internet
A new report on broadband Internet usage that surveyed 50,000 households reveals all demographic groups are using more broadband but disparities among ...Apple competitors create alliances for compatible mobile apps (good luck!)
Mobile app developers will get “a simple route to market” that lets them develop a single app for wireless devices’ various incompatible ...Idaho PTV cuts CPB spots after state legislator’s comments
Idaho Public Television has removed spots touting the importance of public television that featured state legislators, reports the Twin Falls, Idaho, Times-News ...PBS ombudsman emerges from snowdrift with latest column
Plenty of interesting comments in this week’s Mailbag (well, Snowbag) from the PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler. Topics include “The Bombing of Germany” ...Illinois Public Media cuts staff, changes format due to budget crunch
Illinois Public Media in Urbana-Champaign will realign its AM, FM and TV staffing to survive its budget woes. The operation at the ...CNN hires Tom Bettag, former news and pubaffairs advisor to PBS
Tom Bettag, who authored a recent advisory report for PBS on its news and public affairs initiative, has joined CNN Worldwide as ...John Boland new president of Northern California Public Broadcasting
John Boland, former PBS chief content officer, was today named president and CEO of Northern California Public Broadcasting. Boland succeeds Jeff Clarke, ...Nova calling
Want a PBS-style ringtone? That catchy theme for Nova is now available. Download it here. It’s free.Sesame Street actress hit by car
Actress Loretta Long, 71, who has starred at Sesame Street’s Susan Robinson since its debut, suffered head wounds after being struck by a car, ...Candidates sue KERA in Dallas over gubernatorial debates
KERA/North Texas Public Broadcasting in Dallas is being sued by four Democratic candidates for Texas governor for not being included in a ...Town hall webinar tomorrow to focus on broadband funding
StimulatingBroadband.com is offering a free webcast, “Broadband Stimulus National Town Hall Meeting,” starting at 11 a.m. Eastern tomorrow. It’s sponsored by the ...KCET show partners with Annenberg School journalists
KCET’s SoCal Connected today announced a partnership with the News21 team at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. Tomorrow ...Meet him in St. Louis, Louis: Proffitt to depart Alaska
Pubcaster and blogger John Proffitt is leaving his home of nine years, Anchorage, Alaska, and venturing back to the Lower 48 and ...Longtime pubcaster Fred Flaxman writes memoirs
Longtime producer and station exec Fred Flaxman has written a “tongue-in-cheek” memoir of his life in broadcasting, Sixty Slices of Life … on ...
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