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KCSM licensee and spectrum speculator trade lawsuits over failed FCC auction bid
An error disqualified the California station from the auction.Attendees at PBS TechCon hear details of ATSC standard’s promise
The interactive components of ATSC 3.0 allow for better audience measurement and interactivity, which could include delivering customized programming exclusively to members.'Washington Week' picks Ifill successor
With “Washington Post” reporter Robert Costa on board, WETA continues its search for a “PBS NewsHour” co-host.
American Archive enlists public in fixing transcripts with correction game
FIX IT asks players to correct transcripts as they compare them to the original audio.Vermont budget squeeze imperils public TV support
The House trimmed Vermont PBS’ line item to just $1.PBS leaders open busy TechCon in Vegas
PBS expanded the TechCon agenda beyond traditional engineering this year to include tracks on content and engagement, development, marketing and digital infrastructure.
Citing threat to low-power FMs, advocacy group asks FCC to rein in AM translators
The Prometheus Radio Project is asking the FCC to reconsider a January ruling.Among Steve Bannon’s filmmaking oeuvre, two documentaries sought a public TV audience
Now in a White House aiming to defund public broadcasting, Bannon was an executive producer of films produced by former CPB exec Michael Pack.Speed builds audience, sloth loses them
Just as a broadcast needs a strong transmitter signal, a website needs fast-loading pages.Peabody Awards go to pubmedia documentary filmmakers
Public media accounted for five of the 12 winners in the category.Ernesto Aguilar: I’m a testament to public media’s transformative power
Aguilar discovered punk rock on a community radio station and found himself coming back to listen to the news.Sale of dozens of noncommercial signals in FCC spectrum auction earns minimum of $1.9 billion
Check out our summary of how the spectrum auction appears to be playing out for public media.Blue Ridge PBS will use $5.8M auction take to upgrade equipment, expand local programming
Station President James Baum said viewers in the stations’ coverage area will not lose PBS service due to overlap from other broadcasters.NPR aims to stop operating its Berlin station
The network hopes the new operator will continue airing NPR programming, however.KQED shares news, gathers feedback through partnership with Nextdoor
The San Francisco station is posting hyperlocal news and interacting with Bay Area residents as one of the social networking site’s first media partners.
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