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Even when it’s safe to bring hundreds of conventioneers together in hotel ballrooms, digital meeting platforms will make it possible for more people to participate.
The conference drove home the importance of diversity, education and innovation.
What’s the biggest risk you took in the past year?
We asked attendees at the PBS Annual Meeting in Chicago about their efforts to attract younger audiences.
“This is a new way to experiment around building buzz for a series.”
The public broadcaster is “reimagining the very core” of its “educational value proposition.”
We contemplate the challenges and the opportunities involved in expanding public television to new audiences.
SAN FRANCISCO – Amid previews of upcoming programming at the PBS Annual Meeting, including a groundbreaking 14-hour series on the Roosevelt family from Ken Burns, came extraordinary news of a record-setting donation for Masterpiece. Executive Producer Rebecca Eaton told attendees that the icon strand, through its Masterpiece Trust, will receive $3 million from longtime supporter Darlene Shiley on behalf of herself and her late husband Donald. Shiley’s local station, KPBS in San Diego, will share a portion of the contribution. The gift triples Shiley’s previously unprecedented $1 million donation in 2012. Since its inception in 2011, the trust has raised nearly $10 million for Masterpiece and local stations designated by donors.
The event kicked off Tuesday with its largest crowd in at least a decade.