Author: Dru Sefton
PubTV multicaster V-me faulted for airing ‘ordinary commercials’
V-me, the Spanish-language multicast channel carried by 42 public TV stations, pulled underwriting spots from its schedule last month amid complaints about ...NEA slashes funds to WNET arts series, elevates digital media
The Arts on Radio and Television fund of the National Endowment for the Arts, a source of millions of programming dollars for ...Public Media Company, Independent Public Media finalists to buy San Mateo’s KCSM-TV
The two remaining finalists bidding for KCSM, public TV in San Mateo, Calif., are local groups affiliated with Independent Public Media and ...“This American Life” heads to movie theaters on May 10
WBEZ’s This American Life is planning its third live simulcast show, May 10 from the Skirball Center at New York University to 550 movie ...Headliner Awards go to 18 pubmedia winners; WNET’s “Need to Know” gets three
The prestigious National Headliner Awards, announced April 9, includes several public media outlets.Jacksonville to host second centralcast facility for public TV
The pull of economic strains and push of technical advancements continue to spark collaborations among stations, with seven pubTV outlets signing onto ...Arts group applies for new classical station in St. Louis
The Radio Arts Foundation-St. Louis has applied to the FCC for a new classical station, according to the Post-Dispatch. The group had provided ...Journalism hubs should continue, but with guidelines, evaluation says
A consultant who evaluated the performance of seven CPB-backed Local Journalism Centers has recommended that CPB continue funding the multimedia startups for ...Philadelphia broadcasters John B. Roberts, 94, and Bruce H. Beale, 82
Two pioneering pubcasters in Philadelphia, John B. Roberts and Bruce Harrison Beale, died on the same day, March 8 [2012]. John B. ...CPB Board okays $7 million for seven-station centralcast project in Florida
The CPB Board on Tuesday (March 27) unanimously approved spending up to $7 million for a joint master-control project linking six stations ...Late date seals fate of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s debate
When three unlikely partners — a conservative newspaper in the nation’s capital, a blue-state Republican organization and a public broadcasting station in ...County okays merger of Charlotte’s WTVI, college
The merger of PBS member station WTVI in Charlotte, N.C., with Central Piedmont Community College was approved March 20 by Mecklenburg County ...Indie docs lose viewers, carriage as they’re moved to Thursdays
The shift of Independent Lens from Tuesdays to Thursdays this season has created ratings and carriage woes for the indie-doc showcase.At APTS summit, public TV remembers which way ‘up’ is
“What a difference a year makes,” Patrick Butler, president of the Association of Public Television Stations, told the crowd at the group’s ...FCC authorized to auction off TV spectrum
Legislation enacted last week to authorize FCC auctions of TV spectrum contains some protections for pubcasters, but broadcasters will face technical challenges ...
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