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W.Va. city manager wants Comcast to restore PBS channel location
The city manager of Morgantown, W.Va., is proposing a resolution asking Comcast to restore West Virginia PBS to its original channel location. ...Archive outlook: standardizing file wrappers is one of many aspects
Broadcast hardware technologists are considering standard specs for a “wrapper” for digital video files to give producers an archive-friendly video production workflow, ...Twittered tamales, anyone?
Rick Bayless, chef and host of Mexico — One Plate at a Time on PBS, tweets recipes on Twitter. Yes, 140 characters ...Interactive games within videos boosting numbers on PBS Kids Go! site
The interactive game elements embedded within video content on the PBS Kids Go! site are increasing visitors to the site. The platform ...Nieman Fellows include pubcasters
Two pubcasters been named Nieman Fellows for 2010, and will be traveling to Harvard University for a year of study, seminars and ...FCC to examine Arbitron ratings method
The Federal Communications Commission has launched an inquiry into Arbitron’s Portable People Meter, the ratings methodology scheduled to roll-out in the top ...Mississippi Public Broadcasting director to retire
Marie Antoon has announced plans to retire as executive director of Mississippi Public Broadcasting. “Everything is going so well, it’s a great ...Director discusses filming in Africa
In the latest Independent, the online mag covering the indie film community, David E. Simpson discusses the challenges of filming overseas. The ...Want to star in “Sesame Street”? Okay!
Kids (well, adults too) will soon be able to interact with Sesame Street characters in video segments thanks to a partnership announced ...Women novelist scant on NPR exec’s book list, blogger says
NPR’s Dick Meyer, editorial director for digital media, recently wrote a column listing what he sees as the top 100 English-language novels. ...WHUT dropping Sunday Mass
The “three nons” (nonpolitical, nonsectarian, noncommercial) have been creating discussion in the system lately–especially the “nonsectarian” point–since the PBS board sent the ...Basketball whiz Lydia to join ‘Arthur’
After a nationwide contest to invent a new character, a little girl who uses a wheelchair and plays a mean game of ...A new tune, because we’re not really in the money
Pubradio’s Marketplace has altered its music for “The Numbers” segment of the business program, during which listeners learn if the stock market is ...“Healthy Minds” from WLIW going national
In September pubTV stations will have access to Healthy Minds, an award-winning show on mental health from WLIW in New York. The ...WBEZ asks listeners to “Give 20”
Chicago’s WBEZ is asking its listeners to make donations of $20 in an innovative fundraising campaign running on WBEZ20.org. The website combines ...
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