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Media organizations including New York Public Radio have joined the BBC’s 50:50 Project, which is expanding beyond gender to track race and ethnicity.
The move was a “strategic decision reached by PRX and WGBH.”
WETA will take over distribution of “BBC World News” and “BBC World News America” to PBS stations starting Saturday.
The project aims to better serve Minnesota’s large Somali community with translations and BBC audio.
A former chief executive of the BBC argues that public-service broadcasting will only become more important as media continue to expand on digital platforms.
The most famous general manager in public radio is going to try again with another station.
The world’s biggest public broadcaster is under the microscope, and its funding is in jeopardy.
Younger millennials were the least familiar with NPR, while Baby Boomers preferred PBS.
At the Circus Maximus of the nonfiction film world, a nod from a commissioning editor can mean financial life or death.
More films for Nature are among the offerings.
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PBS President Paula Kerger announced the deal Monday at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.
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Responding to an opening created by changes to the clock for NPR’s Morning Edition, the BBC is rolling out a 90-second news module for insertion into a bottom-of-the-hour segment designated for local news coverage. The BBC’s Topline will curate top international news stories selected to compliment Morning Edition’s coverage. Stations that subscribe to the BBC World Service through American Public Media can pick it up at no additional cost, but the window for airing it is limited to the newly created 8:31:30 a.m. (Eastern time) break in Morning Edition. Stations are also prohibited from editing it. In a Q&A about the offering, the BBC said its editors will monitor Morning Edition to ensure that the stories featured on Topline don’t overlap with those covered by NPR.
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A joint effort among PBS and five member stations has created a more efficient way for stations to offer online streams of British imports such as Doctor Who and Death in Paradise while honoring BBC restrictions that limit web streaming. The BBC’s agreement for streaming programs besides Masterpiece limits access to viewers within a station’s market. But COVE, PBS’s online video platform, does not allow for filtering by location, which hampered stations’ ability to offer BBC content. Those restrictions made for an “unmanageable” situation, said John Decker, director of programming at KPBS in San Diego. But stations are now using a new web page created by PBS that allows for location-based filtering, and five stations have agreed to handle uploading of BBC content to ensure quality and prevent duplicative uploading.
The pubcaster is restructuring its news division, with little effect on programs airing on stateside pubmedia.
The show’s executive producer says it’s “become more character-driven and, frankly, more emotional.”
Plus: NPR explains its analytics dashboard, and the Knight Foundation’s interest in digital storytelling.
Two NPR alums are gunning for the afternoon listening sweet spot.