Quick Takes
“An American Family” heads back to 1973, once again
The stars of TV’s very first reality series, PBS’s An American Family, are reliving their 1973 lives as consultants on Cinema Verite, ...Move carefully on spectrum, FCC commissioner warns Congress
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps advises Congress to move carefully in reclaiming spectrum from broadcasters because of the potential harm to a ...Private nonprofit corporations: Tough to define
Rick Cohen of the Nonprofit Quarterly, who blogs on the intersection of nonprofs, politics and policy, asks the question: “When is a ...TechCon attendees to examine NGIS
One theme of TechCon 2010, PBS’s annual technical and management confab April 7-9, will be “doing more with less,” PBS’s Chief Technology ...PBCore expands into 2.0 version
CPB today announced PBCore 2.0, a development project to improve pubcasting’s metadata and cataloging resource since 2005. CPB is working to expand ...PBS arts programming disappoints columnist
In today’s column Terry Teachout, the Wall Street Journal’s drama critic, laments what he terms PBS’s “slow but steady shrinkage of airtime devoted to ...Will do-gooder pubcasters in South Dakota lose state money?
Now it’s South Dakota pubcasting that may face state funding reductions. The Daily Republic in Mitchell, S.D., reports that Republican state legislator ...System needs evolution, not revolution, writes digital strategist Rob Bole
Public broadcasting thought leader Rob Bole declares himself an evolutionist — at least when it comes to the growth of the pubcasting ...Newsweek editor, Bryant Park co-host are faces of new PBS Friday-night hour
WNET confirmed yesterday that Alison Stewart, former cohost of NPR’s Bryant Park Project, and Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek, will be co-hosts ...“Major news initiative” coming from CPB next week
CPB next Thursday announces a major news initiative to help stations produce more in-depth local journalism. CPB President Pat Harrison will ...If it’s March, it’s Muppet Madness time
This month the bracket brouhaha emerges once again, but forget all that March Madness b-ball boredom. This year, try a little Muppet ...Mobile DTV superior to broadband, coalition says
In reaction to the new National Broadband Plan, the Open Mobile Video Coalition told a teleconference of reporters today that mobile DTV ...Leading Gen! series garners attention
The Leading Gen!, currently carried by some 120 PBS affiliates, seems to be on a publicity roll. Last month Daily Variety TV ...California’s KOCE partnering with web news network
KOCE in Huntington Beach, Calif., is joining the Orange County Local News Network (OCLNN), owned by the for-profit web journalism chain United ...SXSW showcase a “plum gig” for Spoon & a coming out party for NPR Music
As the South by Southwest Music festival keeps getting bigger and bigger, the potential for bands to break through to commercial success ...
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