Author: Dru Sefton
PBS Kids underwriting changes provide more space for sponsor messages
The updated policy will create new opportunities for delivering promotional messages online.Architects honor Public Media Commons in St. Louis, and more awards
Also, Peggy Berryhill was selected for a Native Media Resource Center honor.Series draws on neuroscience studies to link infant support and adult success
The project is more than six years in the making and features community screenings sponsored by 600 partners nationwide.WHUT in Washington, D.C., could lose spectrum in FCC auction
The FCC set the opening bid for WHUT’s spectrum at $461 million, though prices are expected to plunge during the bidding process.‘Offbeat sensibility’ of ‘Jack Irish’ leads to Acorn distribution in U.S.
Jack Irish is based on author Peter Temple’s popular crime novels set Down Under.WNYC creates diversity v.p. position, reddit’s Taylor to host Vermont PBS show, and more comings ...
WNYC has promoted Brenda Williams-Butts into the new position.‘Sherlock’ special to hit movie theaters soon after airing on PBS, BBC
The Abominable Bride will air on the same day in the U.S. and U.K., a first for Masterpiece.Third top departure from Greater Public, Bromberg retires in Milwaukee and other comings and goings ...
Ellis Bromberg will leave public broadcasting after almost 40 years.FCC issues initial bids for first phase of spectrum auction
Among the larger opening bids for public television spectrum are $775 million for New Jersey Public Television and $672 million for WLIW, ...It’s official: WPBT and WXEL are now South Florida PBS
The two have been in talks on the deal for more than a year.Florida public TV station examines options as spectrum auction looms
The university has hired financial consultancy Bond & Pecaro to estimate WUSF’s spectrum value.Attorney Marc Mangum dies; handled PBS copyright issues
Mangum was lead attorney in PBS's lawsuit against Internet TV service Aereo, which went to the U.S. Supreme Court.Trustees at WUSF’s university vote to participate in upcoming auction
The trustees did not vote on how the public TV station would participate.‘Peg + Cat’ gets second $3 million grant for teaching STEM
The PBS Kids’ math series for preschoolers is produced by the Fred Rogers Co.WQED downsizes under weight of millions in debt
The joint licensee is undertaking drastic measures to tackle a decades-old debt that once topped $17 million.
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