Author: Dru Sefton
Viewers get early peek at new Doc Martin from subscription streamer Acorn TV
Acorn TV, the subscription-based British TV streaming service for U.S. viewers, begins offering new episodes of Doc Martin exclusively on Oct. 7 — months ...WILL, WTVP start ‘dating’ by sharing general manager
The arrangement grew out of a neighborly collaborative relationship between the stations as well as a desire to save personnel costs.PBS’s top engineer McCoskey heading to Motion Picture Association of America
John McCoskey, PBS’s head of technology for six years, has accepted a position as executive vice president and chief technology officer at ...Sheriff arrests two in connection with break-in at West Virginia pubcasting tower site
Two men were arrested Wednesday and charged with breaking and entering in connection with a burglary at a remote West Virginia Public ...PBS SoCal offering Imagen Awards for pubTV broadcast
For the first time, PBS SoCal will distribute the annual Imagen Awards for broadcast on public television stations nationwide. The honors recognize positive ...FCC to host workshop on issues surrounding spectrum repacking
Lonna Thompson, e.v.p., Association of Public Television Stations, is a panelist on the FCC’s Sept. 30 workshop on issues surrounding the reassignment ...CPB finds pubTV stations committed to keeping spectrum
Anxiety among public TV executives about channel repacking after spectrum auctions outweighs their enthusiasm for selling bandwidth, CPB s.v.p. Mark Erstling told ...FCC approves transfer of KSPS to Friends organization
The Friends of KSPS, the nonprofit fundraising arm of KSPS-TV, has taken over as licensee of the Spokane, Wash., pubcaster from the ...Colorado stations help raise $1.1 million in flood relief
Broadcasters across Colorado, including several public media stations, raised $1.1 million Sept. 18 during Colorado Flood Relief, a live fundraiser. Torrential rains caused ...Senators stress importance of international coordination on broadcast spectrum
In a letter dated Sept. 20, a bipartisan group of senators tells the FCC that it is “essential” that the U.S. coordinate ...WBUR, KWSU among grantees in Knight’s community news challenge
WBUR in Boston, Northwest Public Radio in Pullman, Wash., and The Lens, a nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans, are among 10 recipients ...Lacy bound for HBO, Seiken leaving PBS for UK media giant, and more . . ...
Susan Lacy created PBS’s iconic cultural biography series in 1986, and will exit after signing a “very nice multiyear deal” to produce ...Eaton still on the hunt for ‘next really juicy’ adaptation for Masterpiece
Masterpiece Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton was close to retirement a few years back — but no more, she tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Eaton is making ...Ari Shapiro, Steve Bass lend musical talents to latest Pink Martini disc
The new Pink Martini disc is out Tuesday, with guest performances by two pubcasters: NPR’s Ari Shapiro (or, as Pink Martini calls ...Detroit PTV looks to bring cultural groups together through its new arts series
Detroit Public Television is using its new arts series, Detroit Performs, to showcase the Motor City’s talents on a wider scale. Local reaction to ...
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