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Rural listeners to Maine net won’t lose service
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network has backed down from its plan to save money by cutting off three broadcast towers in rural ...No pubTV stations denied early shutoff by FCC
The FCC has denied about a quarter of TV station requests to stop analog broadcasts on Feb. 17, the original DTV transition ...Sirius XM enters talks with Direct TV
With a looming deadline to make a $175 million bond payment, Sirius XM Satellite Radio is negotiating a possible deal with Direct ...More on “Street Gang” Sesame history
Michael Davis has some juicy tidbits in an interview with CNN from his book, “Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street.” ...WSKG extends pledge drive after numbers plummet
WSKG-TV in Vestal, N.Y., is extending its winter pledge drive, reports the Press & Sun-Bulletin. Last week’s drive was two-thirds off its ...Sutton questions CPB analysis of stations’ financial health
Revenue shortfalls and reliance on subsidies aren’t a new trend for public radio stations, writes pubradio marketing consultant John Sutton. He ...Senate passes stimulus bill, reduces broadband funds
The Senate has just passed the economic stimulus package, with money for broadband cut from $9 billion to $7 billion, reports Broadcasting ...Former CPBer Halpern on U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council
Former CPB board member Cheryl F. Halpern is mentioned in the Feb. 9 Washington Post story, “Bush faithful rewarded with jobs.” The ...Blog examines POV’s “Made in L.A.”
The indie doc Made in L.A., which ran on PBS’ POV in 2007, “demonstrates successful community engagement in every stage of a media project – ...NOVA’s “Spy Factory” worries some viewers
Some PBS viewers were concerned that the recent NOVA episode “The Spy Factory,” which details the National Security Agency’s intelligence gathering methods, ...NPT President Curley knits and hula-hoops, too
A profile of Nashville Public TV President Beth Curley in The Tennessean highlights her investment in local productions and NPT‘s popularity among ...NPR’s Schiller: endowed journalism works for us
Slate media critic Jack Schafer lays out the case against proposals to save the Washington Post and the New York Times by ...YouTube sets viewing record
PubTV stations are among the thousands of groups, businesses and industries using YouTube as a way to connect with the public. And ...Oregon stations backtrack on transition date decision
Last week TV stations in Portland, Ore., including Oregon pubcasting stations, decided to transition to DTV on the original date of Feb. ...Pa. governor proposes cutting all public TV funding
The Pennsylvania Public Television Authority would lose all state funding under a budget proposed by state Governor Ed Rendell, reports the Pittsburgh Business Times. ...
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