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Dinosaur Train pulls into Smithsonian, Latin America
Jim Henson Co.’s CGI-animated series Dinosaur Train is getting around. First up: The show’s paleontologist Scott Sampson (right, PBS photo) and star ...Indie filmmakers, get reading
The Independent has compiled a list of 30 Quintessential Books for Independent Filmmakers. Included are everything from How to Shoot a Feature Film ...FCC soon may address PEG channel location complaints
The Federal Communications Commission may “in the near future” take up the issue of the location of PEG (public, educational and government) ...Salsa takes over WGBH to welcome show; Obama plans Latin music night
A crowd of nearly 1,000 turned out Oct. 2 at WGBH in Boston for a huge public salsa dance party and sneak ...WGBH’s Gourmet programs survive death of Gourmet mag
The demise of longtime food mag Gourmet is not stopping the Oct. 17 premiere of the new WGBH series, Gourmet’s Adventures with ...Top managers announce retirements in Pittsburgh, Kentucky, Tampa and Salt Lake
George Miles, president of Pittsburgh’s WQED-FM/TV, said Sept. 30 he’ll retire a year from now, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. He’ll have run ...Expedia is latest National Parks series partner
Travel site Expedia.com has jumped on the National Parks bandwagon. It has launched a page dedicated to travel in the parks, with ...Squash the (PBS) bug, NYT blogger says
Oops. More complaints (see item below) about use of the PBS logo during Ken Burns’ National Parks series, this time to the ...Yom Kippur air date for “National Parks” prompts letters to PBS ombudsman
The premiere of National Parks: America’s Best Idea on Yom Kippur Sept. 27 disturbed some Jewish viewers, reports PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler. ...ACL comes to PBS Video portal
For the first time, 35 Austin City Limits episodes will be available on the PBS Video portal starting the day after broadcast. ...Knight Commission report says pubcasting needs “a broader vision”
A blue-ribbon panel, the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, today issued its final report. In it, ...Multi-million project strives to bolster local news coverage
CPB and the Knight Foundation are funding a multi-million dollar, two-year pilot in-depth journalism project with NPR. With $2 million from CPB ...Frontline previews “Obama’s War” online
A 24-minute rough cut of Frontline‘s season opener, “Obama’s War,” is now available online. Due to the breaking news surrounding America’s eight-year ...WGBH and partners produce STEM descriptions for sight-impaired readers
WGBH and its Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media have just issued a guidebook on how to translate ...Funding would eliminate “countless hours” of pledge, ex-WNET president says
William F. Baker, president emeritus of WNET, writes in a opinion piece in The Nation (via the CBS News site) that the ...
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