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‘Sherlock’ special to hit movie theaters soon after airing on PBS, BBC
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The Abominable Bride will air on the same day in the U.S. and U.K., a first for Masterpiece.
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The Abominable Bride will air on the same day in the U.S. and U.K., a first for Masterpiece.
As the creator, producer and host of specials that are virtually synonymous with public TV pledge drives, Lubinsky is among public TV’s most successful fundraising producers.
The specialized genre of pledge-drive programming has become a mixed blessing for public television.
The televised town hall about race that aired Sept. 21 boasted a social media and digital campaign that was one of PBS’s most dynamic.
The Department of Education awarded $25.5 million in grants in the latest round of RTL funding.
In a first for PBS, an entire Nova episode is premiering online Thursday to coincide with an important scientific announcement.
Book View Now will provide live coverage of the event in Washington, D.C., this weekend.
“It seems to me there is something depressing about all this,” lamented PBS’s ombudsman.
Thoughts on the Sesame Street news, and an encore interview with PBS Vice President for Children’s Programming Linda Simensky.
The study’s authors argued that films such as God Loves Uganda are central to public TV’s mission.
“I loved NPR, I still do. I kind of love it for its flaws, as well.”
An arts festival will promote a documentary about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, among other films.
”We really have an abundance of programs that have been pitched to us.“
Thoms has concentrated mainly on arts and drama programs, overseeing projects such as the PBS Arts Fall Festival.
An excerpt from a new book looks at the shifts in funding that doomed the documenting of an era.
PBS is ramping up efforts to attract a new generation of sponsors, with a campaign that combines paid ads and web-based marketing.
Martha’s Vineyard Public Broadcasting Station — MVPBS — is also the subject of a local newspaper investigation.
With nearly $1 million in local underwriting on the line, PBS is piloting an initiative to bolster sponsorships.
The funds would have supported adapting the PBS materials to state standards.