Author: Dru Sefton
MoMA to spotlight POV during its yearly ‘Documentary Fortnight’
As part of its annual “Documentary Fortnight,” the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City is celebrating 25 years of ...Frontline, California Watch receive Polk Awards
Frontline and the nonprofit investigative newsroom California Watch each won George Polk Awards, the prestigious journalism honors presented annually by Long Island University. ...Downton e.p. speaks out on PBS’s fall premiere schedule
Downton Abbey Executive Producer Gareth Neame tells Entertainment Weekly that PBS’s decision to delay the season opener of Masterpiece Classic hit from September, when it airs ...PBS timing for next Downton premiere draws attention
PBS’s pending decision on whether to air the next season of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece in the fall — when it runs in Great Britain ...Documentary Free Angela premieres in theaters April 5
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, a documentary developed with pubcasting support, will have its theatrical release April 5, presented by BET Networks. The ...Sesame Street hopes Telly Monster video will bring its 1 billionth YouTube view
Sesame Street is closing in on a truly remarkable achievement: 1 billion YouTube video views. So today it’s asking for a bit of help ...Upcoming American Graduate specials tackle lax schools, juvenile justice system
A pair of documentaries to be released for public TV broadcasts next month focus on two of the most difficult aspects of ...FCC issues urgent call to broadcasters in wake of EAS breach
The FCC is urging all broadcast stations to make immediate changes to prevent unauthorized users to take over the Emergency Alert System, ...PBS’s Russell takes KOCE executive post, Dominowski to Indiana, Sullivan exits Frontline after two decades, and ...
Andrew Russell, PBS senior v.p. for strategy and research, is moving to PBS SoCal in Orange County, Calif., as chief operating officer, ...Interviews from WGBH and BBC doc series Rock & Roll available in streaming form
Unedited interviews with the subjects in Rock & Roll, the acclaimed 1995 PBS series from WGBH and the BBC, are now available online as ...Programmer Craig Curtis set to exit Southern California Public Radio
KPCC Program Director Craig Curtis is departing Southern California Public Radio after 12 years, according to a station memo posted online by ...Software update reveals FCC methodology for upcoming spectrum auctions
The FCC has “quietly revealed” the methodology it will use for repacking television channels after upcoming spectrum auctions, reports TV Technology. The ...Stars turn out for red-carpet debut of Makers: Women Who Make America
The gala premiere of Makers: Women Who Make America brought out A-list celebs Wednesday at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York ...Russell to exit PBS for COO post at PBS SoCal
Andrew Russell, a veteran pubcasting executive with more than 18 years’ experience at both PBS and CPB, is moving to PBS SoCal ...Well-timed tweet on Super Bowl blackout earns PBS lots of digital attention
PBS “struck social media gold” Sunday night when it tweeted during the Super Bowl’s half-hour power outage that viewers should switch to Downton Abbey ...
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