PBS
Next year’s PBS budget proposes live-streaming experiments
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The tests would involve both over-the-top and mobile platforms.
PBS
PBS-BBC nonfiction deal embarks with focus on nature, science
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More films for Nature are among the offerings.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #15: Did Skip Gates cave to Ben Affleck?; CBC releases Ghomeshi investigation; Why local radio voices have more bass
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Did one of public TV’s most revered figures really cede editorial control to a celebrity? It certainly looks that way to PBS ombudsman Michael Getler.
Programs/Content
WNET keeps indie docs on Monday nights, while PBS plans to boost promotion
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PBS will also reach out directly to public TV stations that don’t air independent film showcases at feed time.
Programs/Content
Gates apologizes to production partners over Finding Your Roots controversy
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“We apologize for putting PBS and its member stations in the position of having to defend the integrity of their programming,” said Gates and a co-producer.
Programs/Content
Affleck admits asking Gates to omit family’s slave-owning past from Finding Your Roots
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Affleck characterized his request to Henry Louis Gates, the show’s host, as part of the “collaborative creative process.”
PBS
Hacked emails imply possible Finding Your Roots censorship by Gates
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No mention was made of Ben Affleck’s family’s slave-owning past when his segment aired in October.
People
CPB’s Curren to retire, Reveal expands, and more comings and goings in public media
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Curren has been CPB’s c.o.o. since 2006.
Quick Takes
Weekly roundup: Norman Lear vs. PBS, funding strategies and more
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Plus a video to give you vertigo.
"The Pub" Podcast
The Pub #13: WNET stands by documentary rescheduling; why public media unions are spreading
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WNET and PBS officials recently concluded a “listening tour” to hear the concerns of documentarians. Did it change their outlook?
Documentaries
How Ric Burns stepped out of his comfort zone and into Ballet Theatre
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With a new American Masters documentary in the wings, the filmmaker says he prefers to let his projects find him.
Documentaries
For doc funders, broadcast on public TV remains key
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Foundation funders have plenty at stake in PBS’s pending decisions about scheduling and promoting independent films.
Quick Takes
Weekly roundup: Serial, Sound Medicine and community radio
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Plus a marriage proposal delivered by pledge drive.
Quick Takes
Friday roundup: Jarl Mohn, James Baker and an NPR gap in the Caribbean
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Our guide to the news and links you might have missed this week.
Documentaries
Final listening tour event taps filmmakers for ideas
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Representatives from PBS spurred discussion about promotion, distribution and scheduling of independent films on public TV.
Television programs
Masterpiece revives literary tradition with Wolf Hall, a complex tale of Thomas Cromwell’s rise
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This miniseries is no Downton Abbey — heads are rolled, not pie dough.
SXSW
Our Storify of public media tweets from SXSW Interactive
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A roundup of insights and comments from several public media sessions at the annual conference.
Independent Lens
PBS SXSW panel talks common carriage, indies in primetime
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A panel session at the 2015 SXSW conference focused on the continuing debate between PBS and independent filmmakers about the place of their work within the network’s national schedule.
SXSW
Our guide to public media events at SXSW
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Check our list of pubmedia-related sessions — and let us know if we missed yours.
Television programs
Listening tour about documentaries on PBS brings debate to WNET’s hometown
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Any benefits from the town-hall-style “listening tour” that stopped here Monday courtesy of PBS and several other public media organizations were strictly therapeutic.