Tag: Ken Burns
Tuesday roundup: Orman leaves CNBC, Burns pops up in Interstellar
Plus: Sesame Workshop's SVOD strategy, and a new website from Fred Rogers Co.Fundraising groups focused on public TV shows expand to bring stations under tent
Four specialized charities cultivating big donations to benefit some of PBS’s most popular programs are gaining traction in the crowded and competitive ...Thursday roundup: USDA backs digital projects; PBS hires Fox exec for digital
• Public TV stations in four states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will receive a total of $2.5 million in federal ...Thursday roundup: Charlie Rose makes for healthier viewing; Sagal opens up on The Moth
Plus: Jesse Thorn discusses the businesses of podcasting and radio, and a blogger argues for the greatness of Ken Burns.Tuesday roundup: Sun columnist criticizes PBS; Pacifica board censures directors
Plus: WGBH options Pinkalicious, and an Indiegogo project with support from Ken Burns is falling short.Fibs, Yiddish and Crosbys: tidbits from PBS’s press tour
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — They don’t make the front page, but the comments and observations of panelists during PBS’s portion of the Television ...With on-demand streaming, PBS will enable premiere-week bingeing on Burns’s Roosevelts
In a session with TV critics, PBS's Kerger said the streaming experiment will "accommodate a wide range of viewing habits."Masterpiece Trust secures $3 million gift from San Diego donor
SAN FRANCISCO – Amid previews of upcoming programming at the PBS Annual Meeting, including a groundbreaking 14-hour series on the Roosevelt family ...Wednesday roundup: INNovate Fund backs eight grantees; KQED hires Martin away from CPB
Plus: Hawaii Public Radio enjoys a pledge record, and Ken Burns recalls his early influences.Friday roundup: Heartbleed poses danger for newsrooms; PRPD elects new chair
Plus: KCETLink has some laughs, the CBC cuts more than 600 jobs and WCRB searches for a sonic logo.When developing films, Ken Burns selects topics that make “light bulbs go off”
Ken Burns decides on films through a deliberative process, involving both his creative team and accommodating PBS’s desire for multipart series that ...Morning roundup: SCOTUS sets Aereo date, Burns gets GIF’d
• The U.S. Supreme Court has set a date for ABC TV v. Aereo, a challenge to the startup service that allows subscribers to watch ...New Ken Burns app and website showcase 30 years of history films
PBS filmmaker Ken Burns put a new spin on U.S. history today, debuting his first app and a new website dedicated to ...PBS acquires new British drama to anchor Sunday nights
Aiming to build on its successful strategy to boost viewing on Sunday nights, PBS acquired a new hit drama from the BBC, Last ...Judge denies New York City’s request for outtakes from Ken Burns’s Central Park Five
More than five months after subpoenaing notes and outtakes from The Central Park Five, a crime documentary about the 1989 arrest and conviction of five ...
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