Current (https://current.org/tag/american-public-television/)
A partnership between American Public Television and PBS will dramatically expand the catalog of programs available for streaming on PBS Passport and the PBS Video app.
First-prize winner Martin Amado will create a 10-part series on budget-minded crafting and home decor.
“Hometown Create” will include full-length cooking, travel, gardening and other how-to shows produced by local stations.
The winners are a show aimed at 50-plus viewers and a program about self-improvement.
APT hopes to present the winners of the APT PitchFest to client stations in fall 2019 or spring 2020.
Former host Thomas MacDonald is suing WGBH, alleging trademark infringement.
James Patterson, an author who knows how to entertain middle-schoolers, teamed up with South Florida PBS and American Public Television to launch a four-episode series.
The final season will be shot and broadcast in Britain in 2019 and will available here in 2020.
“There are lots of stories we want to explore, and we want to do them well,” series producer Philippa Braithwaite told Current.