Programs/Content
New PBS policy for overlap markets would tighten rules, give Passport to secondary stations
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The proposed revisions to the Program Differentiation Plan are the first major update since 1995.
Programs/Content
‘Antiques Roadshow’ tweaks formula to keep viewers watching
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“We’re making changes so that you’ll still love it,” says Marsha Bemko, EP of PBS’ most popular ongoing prime-time series.
Quick Takes
New Ready To Learn grants will center on ‘community collaboratives’
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Fourteen public television stations will each get $175,000.
Programs/Content
TV stations are getting more data, bigger audiences with end of Nielsen’s paper diaries
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A long-promised change in how Nielsen measures TV audiences in some markets brings benefits for public stations.
Programs/Content
Kansas station’s zoo cams tap global appetite for animal-watching
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KTWU’s webcasts of tigers and giraffes are pulling in YouTube ad income and finding fans in Germany, Japan and Bangladesh.
American Graduate
CPB adds $6.2 million in American Graduate grants, reveals national broadcast plans
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The initiative will support efforts at 33 stations to raise awareness of the dropout problem.