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‘Latino Americans’ documentary project gets fall 2013 air date
A three-part, six hour documentary series, Latino Americans, will air on PBS in fall 2013, chronicling the lives of Latinos in the United States ...IDA sponsoring panel on future of documentaries on PBS
The International Documentary Association is hosting a panel discussion, “Doc U: The Future of Docs on PBS,” May 10 in Los Angeles, ...Dues slightly up, content spending slightly down in proposed fiscal 2013 PBS budget
PBS’s draft fiscal 2013 budget would raise member dues by 2 percent. That would add $3.6 million to PBS’s total revenue, bringing ...A musical farewell for a longtime MPR staffer
It’s the last day of work for Valerie Arganbright, managing director of membership at Minnesota Public Radio, first hired by MPR in ...American Graduate Latino coming in November from ITVS
ITVS will launch a bilingual American Graduate Latino this November as part of CPB’s ongoing American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen initiative ...FCC announces channel-sharing workshop on May 22
Lonna Thompson, c.o.o. of the Association of Public Television Stations, will be a panelist in the FCC’s channel-sharing workshop on May 22. ...Public Media Futures forum on local programming now available online
Video of the most recent Public Media Futures forum, April 28 in Los Angeles, is now online. Focused on innovations in local ...Pubmedia journalists among 13 awarded U.S. Knight Journalism Fellowships
The 13 U.S. journalists just awarded John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships to pursue proposals for journalism innovation at Stanford University during the ...‘Long Island Business Report’ to debut as special to attract sponsors
WLIW21, a WNET station, is premiering a 30-minute local news show, Long Island Business Report, on Tuesday (May 1) as a special, with the ...Eaton enjoys choosing shows, and shoes
Rebecca Eaton, e.p. of Masterpiece and the woman who brought the hit Downton Abbey to America, admits she’s “pretty addicted” to her job, in a ...PBS UK channel ‘struggling to find the audience its content deserves’
Ian Burrell, media columnist for The Independent in London, talks with PBS President Paula Kerger, who was in Great Britain to promote the fledgling ...Diverse array of NEA grants includes Mozilla, BAVC, multiplatform ‘Complete Ulysses’
Now online, Current’s roundup of this month’s NEA Media Arts grants, which includes several high-profile first-time recipients with strong digital components. Open-source pioneer ...‘Sesame Street’ goes interactive this fall with help from Microsoft
Here’s an update on the partnership announced last October between Sesame Workshop and Microsoft to use Xbox 360 consoles fitted with Kinect ...Latest Public Media Futures forum, from Los Angeles, to be posted online
The challenges and importance of local pubmedia TV production — from East Harlem to San Diego — was the topic of the ...FCC okays framework for channel-sharing after spectrum auction
The FCC on Friday (April 27) unanimously adopted the basic regulatory framework for broadcast channel-sharing after the auction to free up bandwidth ...
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