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Documentary stakeholders convene at PBS to mull future of indie productions
PBS is hosting its first Independent Film Summit at its headquarters Thursday, gathering public television’s top documentary supporters for a wide-ranging discussion ...Focus on collective impact highlights pubTV’s role as community convener
Stations work with local partners to identify challenges faced by their communities and to coordinate outreach. Our first in a series about ...PBS tightens rules for food and drink sponsors of kids’ programs
The PBS Board unanimously voted today to amend national program underwriting standards to require a higher level of review for food and ...With Top Coast Festival, MPR News mounts its own big-idea conference
Minnesota Public Radio News will look for solutions to the world’s pressing problems at its first Top Coast Festival, a three-day conference ...$2.5 million in grants will help rural stations complete DTV transition
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced six grants totaling more than $2.5 million Wednesday as part of its Public Television Digital Transition ...WETA receives $1 million for culture, history and public affairs programs
Washington, D.C., philanthropist and financier David M. Rubenstein has established a $1 million fund at WETA in suburban Arlington, Va., for producing ...With Masterpiece sponsorships sold out, PBS adds British sitcom
PBS had lots to crow about during the recent Television Critics Association Press Tour, combined with just enough controversy to keep reporters ...Knight Foundation, INN partner on $1M innovation fund
The Knight Foundation and the Investigative News Network (INN) are teaming up to award $1 million in microgrants for innovation at public ...Al Jazeera America: A news model pubTV should look to emulate
Most nationally distributed public TV series are docile and dull. The system could learn much from the bold, daring AJAM.PBS adds Odd Squad kids show, more films for Makers project
PBS Kids announced today a new live-action math series, Odd Squad, for children 5 to 8 years old. The latest addition to the schedule ...PBS recruiting new development chief
PBS is in "the final stages" of hiring a new executive to improve public TV fundraising efforts at both the local and ...Expanded news team strengthens West Virginia Public Broadcasting response to toxic spill
The network's multiplatform coverage of the crisis led to national media appearances for reporter Ashton Marra.NPR’s Scott Simon to host second pilot of Wonderful Town variety show
NPR is mounting a second pilot performance of Scott Simon’s Wonderful Town, a variety show featuring the Weekend Edition Saturday host. The live taping will take place Jan. 22 at ...Downton giveth — and maybe taketh away — during December pledge
A Downton Abbey pledge show from PBS was the top fundraiser by far for December public television drives, but repeats of the hit Brit ...NPR drives forward with dashboard delivery
Having faced the disruptive threats posed by cassette tapes, CDs, satellite radio and even the iPod, public radio strategists are increasingly looking ...
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