Author: Mike Janssen
“Evolution and revolution” coming as ATSC readies new broadcast standard
Five years after pubcasters switched off the last of their analog TV transmitters and advanced into an all-digital world, planning is underway ...Auction delay allows time to think hard about selling spectrum
Selling or keeping spectrum is perhaps the most consequential decision that the current generation of public television station executives and their boards ...PBS to test whether core series can bring in pledge dollars
PBS has set the lineup for an upcoming fundraising test that will use a full week’s schedule of first-run National Program Service ...Fundraising groups focused on public TV shows expand to bring stations under tent
Four specialized charities cultivating big donations to benefit some of PBS’s most popular programs are gaining traction in the crowded and competitive ...Wednesday roundup: Zoboomafoo lemur dies; that’s Mailchimp
Plus: NPR's ombud weighs in on a story from El Salvador, and IowaWatch weighs the fate of a radio show.Monday roundup: APT kicks off; WTVI boosts revenue
Plus: Jian Ghomeshi and the CBC's bigger problems; and Melody Kramer's proposal for convening communities.Friday roundup: WYPR union bid fails; stations plan to add news, cut classical
Plus: A blogger considers a classical app, and the Onion tells the truth about Ira Glass.Wednesday roundup: Ashbrook takes leave; BBC offers new morning module
Plus: Texas Tribune looks to the next five years, and the FCC fines a Massachusetts college.Current’s annual survey of productions in the works for public TV
More than 100 films are underway, soon to take viewers from sea to sky and everywhere in between.Jazz Ambassadors revisits time when Cold War diplomacy got hip
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — and a handy role in a Cold War propaganda campaign. In ...Friday roundup: Parachutist gets stuck on St. Louis tower; PBS station’s finance manager pleads guilty ...
• The broadcast tower of St. Louis’s Nine Network picked up an unexpected Halloween decoration Thursday night: a parachutist who was stuck ...FCC dismissal of indecency complaints clears way for renewal of pubcasters’ licenses
Pubcasters Louisiana Public Broadcasting, Twin Cities Public Television and KCOS-TV in El Paso, Texas, were among the almost 700 broadcasters whose licenses ...Thursday roundup: Serial spawns much chatter; Music X to launch at SXSW 2015
• It’s Thursday, which means that fans of Serial are getting their weekly dose of podcast crack. The This American Life spinoff, which digs into the details of a ...Clash over Poirot rights caps growing tensions between PBS, Acorn
Acorn TV, the upstart streaming service specializing in British television, is still a tiny operation, with about 115,000 paid subscribers. Nonetheless, its ...Monday roundup: WNYC’s Walker criticizes Christie; Scharpling discusses future of Best Show
Plus: An NPR and KQED founder dies, and a TV critic questions PBS's programming.
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