Author: Dru Sefton
ITV commissions Season 4 of Downton Abbey
Britain’s ITV is commissioning a fourth season of Downton Abbey, it announced on Friday. Filming of the eight new episodes begins at Highclere Castle ...Court will reconsider issue of political ads on noncoms in March 2013
An 11-judge federal appeals court panel in San Francisco will reconsider a ruling that would allow public TV and radio stations to ...Pledge special builds on Downton’s buzz
Fans of Masterpiece’s hit Downton Abbey await arrival of the British drama’s third season, PBS and some 70 local stations hope to reel them ...You can get anything you want, on Thanksgiving on public radio
Several public radio stations are among those taking part once again in a longtime on-air Thanksgiving tradition, the annual broadcast of Arlo ...PBS announces Black Culture Connection to celebrate African American arts, history
Today PBS unveiled a beta site, Black Culture Connection, highlighting African American history and arts. The vertical site contains films, stories and ...Lawsuit against Elmo’s Clash seeks more than $5 million in damages
Here is a link to the lawsuit filed today by Cecil Singleton, alleging that Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash coerced him into sexual ...Pizzato lands at WYES in New Orleans, Galmiche chairs MMG, Malesky pens second book, and ...
Pubcasting veteran Allan Pizzato will succeed Randall Feldman as president of WYES-TV in New Orleans.Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash resigns; second accuser files lawsuit
The Associated Press is reporting that Kevin Clash, the puppeteer behind Elmo, has resigned, and a second man has filed a lawsuit ...PRC sets up fund to subsidize consulting work
Public Radio Capital and a New York–based philanthropic investment nonprofit have established a $100,000 Revolving Public Media Fund to help subsidize PRC’s ...Retsek, veteran of KCET and KPFK’s The Car Show
John Retsek, a production designer who wore many hats during a 43-year career at KCET in Los Angeles and created one of ...John Battison, founded Society of Broadcast Engineers
John Battison, former director of engineering at WOSU-TV in Columbus, Ohio, and founder of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, died Aug. 28 ...KPBS journalist Gloria Penner
Gloria Penner, a senior political correspondent who spent 43 years with San Diego’s KPBS-TV/FM, died Oct. 6 after a two-year battle with ...Detroit PTV documentary to focus on bipolar entrepreneurs
Detroit Public Television has received pre-production funding for a documentary examining how bipolar disorder both hinders and inspires successful business leaders, to ...Stay Tuned in St. Louis is live, interactive TV
Nine Network in St. Louis has premiered a unique interactive weekly television series, Stay Tuned, in which experts and community members discuss matters of ...Maine network ends Down Memory Lane after 33 years
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network is ending its local radio show Down Memory Lane, which has run since 1979, it announced Nov. 16. The ...
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