Author: Dru Sefton
Supreme Court won’t hear appeal from controversial television streamer ivi
The Supreme Court has declined to review a 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding an injunction against the streaming television provider ...Initial accuser files another complaint against former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash
The first of four men who late last year accused former Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash of sexual improprieties filed another lawsuit on Monday. ...Downton Abbey Season 3 makes history as PBS’s highest-rated drama ever
Season 3 of the Masterpiece Classic hit Downton Abbey scored a 7.7 average rating and average season audience of 11.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen and ...Nova faulted for failing to disclose funder’s interest in drones
A recent Nova documentary about unmanned aerial drones sparked a flurry of complaints from viewers upset by what the program’s producers didn’t ...Pubmedia local news has ‘a ways to go’ toward gender equity, report reveals
“Looks like we have a ways to go in local public radio and television. Like the rest of the media, women are ...MHz Networks premieres Today’s Ireland programming
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, MHz Networks launched the Today’s Ireland channel in the Washington, D.C., market on March 17, with ...Pubradio and TV audiences continue migration to digital, State of News Media study shows
Audiences for public radio and television news continue to spend less time with legacy broadcast platforms as they transition to digital listening ...PBS cancels Market Warriors series from Antiques Roadshow producer
This item has been updated and reposted with additional information. PBS is ending production of Market Warriors, the much-anticipated series that premiered in July ...CPB details how budget cuts will work, corporation-wide
After automatic spending cuts required under the Budget Control Act of 2011 took effect March 1, CPB received confirmation that its 2013 ...Theme song for “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” running in Canadian Target commercial
For the first time, the famous theme song for public television’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is part of a commercial advertisement — with the blessing ...WGBH selects National Geographic TV exec to head national programming
John Bredar, a senior executive producer at National Geographic Television, is the new head of national programming at major producing station WGBH ...Smiley plans “Latino Nation” symposium, to “re-examine assumptions”
Public broadcaster Tavis Smiley is co-sponsoring a daylong symposium for discussion of issues of importance to the Latino community, modeled on his ...Obama nominates two for CPB Board, Boston pair move from commercial radio to WGBH, and ...
Jim Braude and Margery Eagan debuted Feb. 25 as co-hosts of Boston Public Radio, a midday news/talk show on Boston’s WGBH-FM.POV and StoryCorps each receive $1 million from MacArthur Foundation
American Documentary, home to PBS’s independent film showcase POV, and StoryCorps, the oral history project heard on NPR, are each receiving $1 million ...Iowa PTV Board picks Molly Phillips as new general manager
The Iowa Public Television Board on March 8 selected Molly Phillips, the station communications director, to become its new general manager, reports ...
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