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Senate satellite bill passes committee
The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday passed the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA), its version of the satellite reauthorization bill, ...Cap Hill gets flying T-shirts courtesy of Design Squad
PubTV’s Design Squad show was on hand to launch T-shirts into the air at last week’s Education Technology Showcase on Cap Hill. ...Grover stars in first Sesame iPhone app
Sesame Street’s Grover now has his own app. And Grover’s Number Special is the first official Sesame Street app for the iPhone ...WLIU gets four months to find new home
Peconic Public Broadcasting, which recently purchased WLIU pubradio (Current, Oct. 13, 2009; background, Aug. 24) from Long Island University, has won approval ...WNET rolls out pieces of its WordPress CMS toolkit
WNET.org and Brooklyn web developer Tierra Innovation Inc. promoted their WordPress CMS Toolkit at the regional WordCamp NYC last week. Their first ...FTC journalism summit to include numerous pubcasters
Public broadcasters will be well-represented at the FTC’s upcoming summit, “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?”, Dec. 1 and 2 in ...WFYI provides backdrop ambiance for MasterCard commercial
WFYI’s studios in Indianapolis co-star in a new MasterCard holiday ad. David DeMumbrun, station director of production operations, told Current a scouting ...PBS, APTS state case for spectrum to FCC
PBS last week told the FCC that pubcasters should be allowed to continue their multiplatform efforts and and that over-the-air DTV ...Over-the-air tower for MontanaPBS nears full funding
MontanaPBS is just $20,000 away from its $1.3 million goal for an over-the-air broadcast tower for viewers in the Great Falls area, ...Maxie Jackson will head NFCB starting in January
Maxie C. Jackson will become president of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters in January. He succeeds Carol Pierson, who is retiring ...Donor backs new MPR fund for enterprise newsgathering
An anonymous donor is providing a $5 million challenge grant backing the Minnesota Public Radio Enterprise News Fund, a “permanent fund for ...Kentucky pubTV at top of list of agencies immune to state budget cuts
Kentucky’s budget director warned several state last agencies Friday to plan for a possible 6 percent spending cut, according to the Lexington ...Detroit Public Television is top nonprof in city, business paper says
Detroit Public Television is the Best-Managed Nonprofit in that city, as chosen by Crain’s Detroit Business. The publication cites DPT’s programming shift ...ASNE focuses on new media ethics
The American Society of News Editors is conducting a public discussion on news ethics in the evolving media ecosystem during its conference ...WKNO moves into new home
WKNO in Memphis is up and running in its new 44,000 square foot facility, reports the Commercial-Appeal. The sleek building houses two television ...
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