Documentaries on PBS

PBS will also reach out directly to public TV stations that don’t air independent film showcases at feed time.

WNET and PBS officials recently concluded a “listening tour” to hear the concerns of documentarians. Did it change their outlook?

Foundation funders have plenty at stake in PBS’s pending decisions about scheduling and promoting independent films.

Representatives from PBS spurred discussion about promotion, distribution and scheduling of independent films on public TV.

Any benefits from the town-hall-style “listening tour” that stopped here Monday courtesy of PBS and several other public media organizations were strictly ...

A dustup between independent filmmakers and the New York City station has co-opted a national "listening tour."

Testimonials from a wide variety of passionate speakers were followed by assurances from panelists that those voices were being heard.

The discussion was friendly, but emotions ran high as filmmakers and public TV executives examined their often stormy relationship.

The goal of the four-month listening tour is to develop a national strategy to raise the profile of independent films on public ...