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Allen Weatherly, former executive director of Arkansas Educational Television Network, was honored posthumously with the Daniel K. Miller PBS Station Leadership Award.
The film will air on PBS stations after a limited theatrical release.
The program for kids ages 3 to 5 is being produced by WGBH in Boston.
The pilot explored whether a social fundraising platform could enhance pledge by providing a new stream for “microtransactions.”
PBS expanded the TechCon agenda beyond traditional engineering this year to include tracks on content and engagement, development, marketing and digital infrastructure.
Now in a White House aiming to defund public broadcasting, Bannon was an executive producer of films produced by former CPB exec Michael Pack.
The board also approved a $323.9 million budget proposal for FY18 with no member dues increase.
PBS’s Beth Hoppe said her team is eyeing other American dramas.
A long-pending proposal would allow noncommercial stations to devote up to 1 percent of their annual air time to raising funds for other nonprofits.
The program set in a Civil War hospital was PBS’s first original drama since 2004.
More than a year after its debut, PBS and stations are reaping rewards of the on-demand offering and planning for its future.
Simon’s films included an unflinching, deeply intimate portrait of a Vietnam veteran, broadcast on PBS in 1981.
Support for funding spanned all regions of the country, with most respondents citing public TV’s educational mission as its most important value.
PBS decided to schedule Kathleen Dowdey’s documentary days before the congressman’s fiery exchange with then President-elect Trump.
Stations will work with Goodworld.me, a platform that streamlines the process of making donations via Facebook and Twitter.
The Digital Immersion Project will provide training, workshops and mentorships.
PBS President Paula Kerger assures critics that stations are communicating with members of Congress about the importance of CPB funding.
Tamar Charney joined NPR early last year to focus on the mobile app’s use of station content.
NPR also has a new voice for funding credits, Chioke I’Anson.
Also named in the complaint are California stations PBS SoCal, KVCR and KLCS.